TCB to start selling essentials from May 6 ahead of Ramadan

Staff Correspondent: The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) is set to start selling essentials in open markets across the country from May 6 in a bid to ensure smooth supply and keep the prices of the items stable during Ramadan, the fasting month for Muslims.

Under the programme, the TCB will sale edible oil, sugar, red pulse, chick-pea and dates across the country including the capital.

Md Ruhul Amin Khan, Director (clearing, movement and sales, distribution) of TCB, said, “The programme will begin from May 6 and it would continue up to the Eid-ul-Fitr.”

The selling programme will be carried out through 2,784 dealers and 187 trucks across the country, he said. "Every dealer will get all the commodities in three installments and the people will buy a certain amount of commodity from the dealer," he added.

In addition to this, the programme would also be operated from 10 retail selling centers across the country-- three in Dhaka and the rest seven selling centers are located at the divisional cities.

The truck sale will be operated at 35 spots in Dhaka, 10 spots in Chittagong, five spots in each divisional cities and two spots in each district towns.

The government has given Tk 375,99,75,769.00 crore as subsidy to the TCB in last five years from 2010-2011 to 2015-2016 fiscal years.


risingbd/Dhaka/April 24, 2018/Asad/AI