The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling essential commodities in late April in a bid keep prices stable during the Ramadan, reports BSS.
“The TCB is likely to start selling commodities across the country including the capital for Ramadan from Apr 22 at lower price compared to those at the retail markets,” the state news agency quoted its Chief Commercial Officer M Shekhabur Rahman saying on Monday (Apr 1).
The state-owned agency will sell sugar, chickpeas, lentils, cooking oil, onion and dates to keep their prices stable during Ramadan.
But the rates are yet to be fixed, said the TCB official.
Commodities will be sold at 187 locations across the country—35 in capital Dhaka, 10 in Chattogram, five each in all divisional and one each in the district headquarters.
Every year, TCB puts up the sale to keep the prices of essential commodities steady during Ramadan. Nearly 2,900 distributors will take part in the sale this year, up from some 2,400 in recent years.
The sale locations in the Dhaka are Secretariat Gate, Jatiya Press Club, Kaptan Bazar, Victoria Park, Science Lab intersection, New Market-Nilkhet intersection, Shaymoli-Kalyanpur, Jigatola intersection, Khamarbari at Farmgate, Kalmilata Bazar, Rajanigandha Supermarket at Kachukhet, Agargaon Taltola and Election Commission Office, Rajlokkhi Complex at Uttara, Mirpur-1 Mazar Road, Shantinagar Bazar, Malibagh Bazar, Basabo Bazar, Ideal School at Banasree, Bangladesh Bank Chattar, Mohakhali Kitchen Market, Shewrapara Bazar, Dainik Bangla intersection, Shahjahanpur Bazar, Fakirapool Bazar and Ideal Zone, Motijheel Balaka Chattar, Khilgaon Taltola Bazar, Rampura Bazar, Mirpur-10 Roundabout, Ashkona Hajj Camp at Uttara, Mohammadpur Townhall Kitchen Market, Dilkusha, and Madartek Nondipara Krishi Bank.