TCB starts selling essential commodities on Monday

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) is going to start selling essential items across the country from Monday.

One crore low-income beneficiary cardholder families will be able to purchase essentials from designated dealers at a subsidised rate.

TCB, the government trading arm, issued a press release in this regard on Sunday, announcing the launch of the program across the country for the month of October.

Four items - sugar, lentil, onion and soybean oil -will be sold across the country, including Dhaka.

As per the latest subsidised rate, sugar will be sold at Tk 55 per kg while lentils and onion will be sold at Tk 65 and Tk 20 per kg respectively.

Besides, soybean will be sold at TK 110 per litre.