Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) published a circular on Wednesday (March 6) by increasing the price of sugar by 30 taka to 100 taka per kg. A day after the announcement, on Thursday (March 7), the company canceled the price and announced the restoration of the previous price.
Earlier, the company sold sugar to family card holders at the rate of Tk 70 per kg. And last Ramadan, the price of sugar per kg was 10 taka less, 60 taka per kg.
In this regard, TCB spokesperson Humayun Kabir told Jago News that the new price of sugar has been canceled and the previous price has been reinstated. That is, now buyers can buy sugar per kg at the rate of Tk 70 per kg.
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Meanwhile, the company is going to start selling products at a subsidized price from today as part of the monthly program of March and holy Ramadan sales program by increasing the price of sugar.
In this phase, a consumer with a family card can buy a maximum of two liters of soybean oil, two kg of lentils, one kg of sugar and one kg of dates. In this case, the price of soybean oil will be kept at Tk 100 per kg, sugar at Tk 100 and lentils at Tk 60 per kg, dates at Tk 150 and rice at Tk 30 per kg.
According to TCB, the distributors will conduct this activity according to the scheduled date and time in cooperation with the city corporation, district and upazila administration. During this time, family card holders can buy products from the distributors’ shops or designated places in their respective areas.
It is known that the second phase of the sales program will be inaugurated by State Minister for Commerce Ahsanul Islam (Titu) on the occasion of Ramadan. The inauguration ceremony will be held on Thursday morning at 9:30 am at the polytechnic ground adjacent to East Colony Market, Tibet Mor, Ward No. 24 of North City Corporation.
