The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling essential commodities at subsidised prices today for the month of September.
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi will formally inaugurate the operation at Indira Road Krira Chaktra Math (T and T Math), near Khamar Bari Farmgate at 10am today.
Some one crore cardholder families would be able to buy subsidised lentil, edible oil and rice nationwide. Beneficiaries will find these items at their designated areas or designated distributors in their respective areas.
Each cardholder is eligible to buy two litres of soybean oil, two kgs of lentil, one kg of sugar, and five kgs of rice.
The Directorate General of Food began selling subsidised rice last month, with each family purchasing a maximum of 5kgs of rice.
