TCB starts selling essential items across the country today

The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling essential items across the country Tuesday at a subsidised rate.

Commerce minister Tipu Munshi will formally inaugurate the operations of the programme today in the capital.

Earlier on Sunday (July 31), a press release of TCB said that TCB's sales activities for the month of August will start from Monday (August 1) across the country, including Dhaka metropolis, with the aim of delivering TCB products (oil, sugar, pulses and onions) to one crore beneficiary families at subsidized prices. However, TCB said on Monday morning that although the allocation has started, the products will be available at the consumer level on Tuesday. And the minister will inaugurate this program.

This sales activity will be conducted from the dealer's shop/designated permanent establishment with the overall cooperation of the City Corporation, District and Upazila administrations and as per their scheduled date and time plan.

During this period, the cardholder can buy a maximum of two liters of soybean oil, two kg of lentils, one kg of sugar and two kg of onions.

Soybean oil will be sold at Tk 110 per liter, sugar at Tk 55 per kg, lentils at Tk 65 and onion at Tk 20 per kg. However, onions will be sold only in City Corporation areas and TCB regional office-affiliated districts.