Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs has recommended measures to eliminate irregularities in the distribution of ration cards among repatriated refugees and non-ethnic people living in cluster villages in the hill districts, ensuring that only genuine beneficiaries receive the cards.

The recommendation was made at a meeting of the committee, chaired by its Chairman Abdul Wadud Bhuiyan at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on Thursday.

The committee asked the ministry to submit detailed information at its next meeting on vacant posts in the ministry and its subordinate offices, along with the steps taken to fill those positions.

It also recommended that the ministry present detai...