Market visits to be continued: Ahsanul

Business Report :
State Minister for Commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu on Tuesday said that the ongoing visits of kitchen markets by the concerned government agencies would continue to stop irrational stockpiling of commodities as well as to prevent market manipulation by the vested quarter.
“There is sufficient supply of essential items in the market. If all the producers, wholesalers and retailers come to a more disciplined system, then the prices of items will come down gradually,” he said.
The State Minister for Commerce said this after visiting the Tangail Park Market in the district town.
He also opined that the retail businessmen should have to have vouchers for buying commodities, said a Ministry press release.
Earlier, speaking at a view-exchange meeting at the conference room of the deputy commissioner of Tangail, Ahsanul said that the lists of the recipients of the commodities distributed by the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) are being updated by the concerned public representatives to incorporate eligible people in the lists.
Mentioning that the government has taken various steps to develop the ‘handicraft’ industry across the country, Ahsanul said there are many potential industries in Tangail which could boost both trade and commerce at home and abroad.