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A meeting with traders at Islampur, one of the capital’s largest wholesale fabric markets, is scheduled for December 22 to raise awareness about the issue.

Similar meetings will be held in phases across Dhaka as well as other divisional and district cities to inform traders about government measures and legal consequences related to false declarations during the Eid season, the official said.

Another price monitoring cell official, also requesting anonymity, said members of district-level price monitoring taskforces will be deployed to check irregularities during the peak sales period.

Under the Consumer Rights Protection Act, the government has the authority to take stringent action against traders involved in deceptive sales practices, he added.