Economic Reporter :
Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) is set to start open market sale (OMS) of essential commodities across the country from Sunday ahead of the holy month of Ramadan.
“A total of 179 trucks, of which 32 trucks in Dhaka, 10 trucks in Chittagong, five trucks each in other divisional cities and two trucks each in district towns would sell the essential commodities,” TCB Public Relations Officer Humayun Kabir told media on Thursday.
He said a consumer could buy highest 4kgs of sugar, 2kgs of lentil, 5 liters of soybean oil, 5kgs of gram and one kg date from the OMS.
Each liter of soybean oil would be sold for Taka 80 while Taka 48 fixed for each kilogram of sugar, Taka 89.95 for each kilogram of lentil, Taka 70 for each kilogram of gram and Taka 90 for each kilogram of date.
TCB would set a target of daily sale of 300-400kgs of sugar, 150-200kgs of lentil, 400-800kgs of gram, 50kgs of date and 300-400 liters of soybean oil at a truck.
Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) is set to start open market sale (OMS) of essential commodities across the country from Sunday ahead of the holy month of Ramadan.
“A total of 179 trucks, of which 32 trucks in Dhaka, 10 trucks in Chittagong, five trucks each in other divisional cities and two trucks each in district towns would sell the essential commodities,” TCB Public Relations Officer Humayun Kabir told media on Thursday.
He said a consumer could buy highest 4kgs of sugar, 2kgs of lentil, 5 liters of soybean oil, 5kgs of gram and one kg date from the OMS.
Each liter of soybean oil would be sold for Taka 80 while Taka 48 fixed for each kilogram of sugar, Taka 89.95 for each kilogram of lentil, Taka 70 for each kilogram of gram and Taka 90 for each kilogram of date.
TCB would set a target of daily sale of 300-400kgs of sugar, 150-200kgs of lentil, 400-800kgs of gram, 50kgs of date and 300-400 liters of soybean oil at a truck.
