The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has started selling essential items at a subsidised prices ahead of holy Ramadan.
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi inaugurated the first phase of the programme at Tejgaon area in the capital on Thursday (March 9).
He said, "The TCB will sell the essentials till March 30. The number of TCB cards will be increased."
TCB cardholders will be able to buy one kg sugar at Tk 60 per kg, two kg lentils at Tk 70 per kg, two litres of soybean oil at Tk 110 per litre and one kg chickpea Tk 50 per kg, and dates at Tk 100 a kg, according to a press release.
Dates will be sold only inside Dhaka city.
