The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) is set to resume its sales programme through trucks today (Monday), aiming to provide essential commodities at subsidised rates to consumers in Dhaka and Chattogram metropolitan areas.
According to a media release issued on Sunday, the TCB will offer items including edible oil, lentils, sugar, chickpeas and dates through mobile trucks.
This initiative is designed to assist low-income families and stabilise market prices.
Purchase Limits and Pricing:
Edible Oil: Up to 2 litres per person at Tk 100 per litre.
Lentils: Up to 2 kilograms at Tk 60 per kg.
Sugar: 1 kilogram at Tk 70.
Chickpeas: Up to 2 kilograms at Tk 60 per kg.
Dates: 500 grams at Tk 155.
TCB trucks selling edible oil at Tk100 per liter set to hit the streets from tomorrow
Each consumer is allowed to purchase the specified quantities to ensure wider distribution among the populace.
The TCB said that the initiative will start in Dhaka and Chattogram, with plans to expand to other divisional cities and select districts in the near future.
Consumers are encouraged to queue at designated truck station points to avail themselves of these subsidised goods.