TCB to start selling essentials today

The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling of essential items from today, Tuesday, at subsidised rates as part of its operation for the running month of this year, reports BSS.

The corporation in a statement on Monday said it would sell essential commodities in different parts of the country through its dealers and at fixed places in association with the city corporations and district and upazila administrations.

Commerce minister Tipu Munshi will formally inaugurate the operations of sale of the TCB essentials at a programme in the city's Agargaon area at around 11:30 am.

Soybean oil will be available at Taka 110 per litre, sugar at Taka 60 per kilogram (KG) and lentil at Taka 70 per kg.

Each family card holder can buy a maximum of two litre of soybean oil, two kgs of lentils and maximum one kg of sugar.