TCB’s sugar, lentil sales begin today

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has announced that it would sell sugar at Tk 60 a kilogramme to one crore family cardholders during Ramadan.

The state-run agency will also sell lentils at Tk 70 a kg, soybean oil at Tk 110 a litre, chickpeas at Tk 50 a kg, and dates at Tk 100 a kg starting today, according to a press release.

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Dates will be sold only in Dhaka city.

During the fasting month last year, the corporation sold sugar at Tk 55 a kg, lentils at Tk 65 a kg, soybean oil at Tk 110 a litre, and onion at Tk 30 a kg.

Meanwhile, general consumers in Bangladesh are still paying higher prices for sugar although more than a week has passed since the National Board of Revenue removed the import duty on both raw and refined forms of the sweetener.

Sugar was sold at Tk 115-120 per kg in Dhaka's kitchen markets yesterday, TCB data showed.