BCC cancels 60,000 TCB cards

Around 60,000 card of Trading Corporation Bangladesh (TCB) has been cancelled by Barishal City Corporation on Friday on charges of fraud.

Assistant Director (Engineer) of Barishal TCB, Shotodal Mondol, said that the authority identified 60,000 fraud and illegal cards. 

"We also returned 31,574 smart cards to the city corporation due to irregularities," he said.

Chief executive officer of the city corporation Md Rezaul Bari confirmed the development.

"The cancelled cards will be distributed to actual needy people. However, those whose cards have been cancelled have poor possibility to be reissued," he said.   

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