Staff Correspondent, Barta24.xom
Dhaka: TCB products including rice will be sold at subsidized prices to one crore family card holder low-income families nationwide from Tuesday (May 7).
This information was disclosed in a press release of the government agency Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) on Monday (May 6).
It is said that the program will be inaugurated by State Minister for Commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu at Ward No. 18 of North City Corporation next to Baridhara Park at 9:30 am on Tuesday.
Products will be sold at subsidized prices among one crore low-income beneficiary families. Distributors will conduct the sales activities of TCB products as per the scheduled date and time with the cooperation of City Corporation and District-Upazila Administration.
At this time, family card holders can buy products from distributors' shops or designated places in their respective areas.
A cardholder can purchase a maximum of two liters of soybean oil or rice bran oil, five kg of rice and two kg of lentils. In this, the price of soybean oil per liter will be kept at Tk. 100. Rice will be sold at Tk. 30 and lentils at Tk. 60 per kg.