The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh
(TCB) will start selling of essential items tomorrow at subsidized rates as
part of its operation for the running month of this year.

The corporation in a statement today 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 tomorrow
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.