TCB Resumes Truck Sale for Low Income People

The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) today resumed its truck sale to reach essential items to low-income group people at a subsidized price and also to keep the price of essentials stable.

The sale started through some 450 mobile trucks in Dhaka, in all the metropolitan areas, in district and upazila level and it would continue until February 22.

Joint director of TCB and information officer of Dhaka regional office Md Humayun Kabir informed to media that the TCB is conducting the sale of essential items through mobile trucks at a subsidized price among the low-income group people during this difficult time of pandemic while such operation would continue until February 22.

He informed that from the TCB trucks, a consumer would be able to take maximum 2 kgs of sugar at Taka 55 per kg, 2 to 5 liters of soybean oil at Taka 110 per liter, 2 to 5 kgs of onion at Taka 30 per kg and 2 kgs of lentil at Taka 65 per kg.

Humayun also urged all the dealers to conduct the operations following the health safety guidelines.

Each TCB truck of essential items will contain 300 to 800 kgs of sugar, 400 to 800 kgs of lentil, 100 to 1,000 kgs of onion and 500 to 1,000 liters of soybean oil.