TCB starts commodity sale at subsidized rate from March 17

Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start country-wide commodity sale programme in subsidized price from Wednesday aiming to keep the essentials price stable in the markets before the holy Ramadan tentatively begins from middle of the next month.

“The state-run enterprise TCB will start commodity sale from March 17 in subsidized rate throughout the country including Dhaka and Chattorgram metropolitan city,” said a TCB press release on Monday.

Under the programme, the TCB will sell edible oil, sugar, lentil and onion to the consumers on 400 mobile trucks — 80 trucks in Dhaka city and 20 trucks in Chattorgram city, reports BSS.

The TCB will operate the special programme as part of its commodity selling programme before the holy Ramadan and also marking the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the release added.

In the city, each truck will sell around 500-600 kg sugar, 300-500 kg lentil, 500-1000 litre soyabean oil and 300-1000 kg onion in a day. The TCB will sell sugar at Tk50 per kg, lentil at Tk55 per kg, soyabean oil at Tk90 per litre and onion at Tk15 per kg at the retail level.

An individual will allow to buy maximum 2-4 kg sugar, 2 kg lentil and 2-5 litres soyabean oil directly from the TCB truck in a day.

The TCB programme also will be operated in all district headquarters and upazilas through the dealers. The special commodity selling programme will continue till March 31.

Apart from this, the TCB also will launch a month-long commodity selling programme throughout the country with 500 trucks from April 1 to May 6 on the occasion of Ramadan, the fasting month for Muslims.