Govt to sell four essentials at subsidized rate in Dhaka from today

Business Report :
Bangladesh government will start sale of four daily essentials-lentils, soya bean oil, potatoes, and onions-in trucks at various points in the capital from today alongside its family card programme.
The government move came amid skyrocketing prices of the daily essentials across the country and the authorities failure to contain the price hike.
The government will sell the four essentials in Dhaka through the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh.
These products will be available at half of the current market price.
Secretary to the Commerce Ministry Tapan Kanti Ghosh said these while talking to reporters at the conference room of the Ministry of Commerce at the Secretariat on Monday.
‘Through the TCB card, 13 lakh families in Dhaka are being given products at a fair price. Apart from this, from Tuesday (November 14), 25 to 30 trucks will sell products in Dhaka when 9000 more families will be able to buy goods at lower prices. 300 people will get these products from each truck.