TCB Postpones Products' Sale through Trucks

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) was scheduled to start selling soybean oil and other products at Tk 110 per liter in the open market from today (May 16). But today, Sunday (May 15) evening, the corporation issued a notice suspending the activities.

It says that even in the capital now only TCB products will be given on family cards. Products will no longer be sold by truck in the open market. The sale of products in the open market has been suspended from Monday (May 16) due to the implementation of family card activities.

The government has decided to sell TCB products (edible oil, lentil pulses, sugar) through family cards in order to manage the sales activities in an orderly manner and reach the real beneficiaries at affordable prices, the TCB said in a statement. Family card preparation and distribution activities are underway in Dhaka (North and South) and Barishal City Corporation.

TCB will continue to sell products through this card only after the completion of Family Card distribution activities.

For that reason, in order to implement that decision, the general track sale activities (from 16 to 30) have been suspended for a short period of this month.

TCB said that in June, TCB will sell daily necessities to one crore low-income families through family cards at subsidized rates.

So far, the government marketing company has been selling these products at affordable and subsidized prices among low-income families across the country to keep the prices of daily necessities affordable in the open market in the capital. Which were sold by truck in different parts of the capital. Due to the introduction of family cards, this opportunity is no longer available.