TCB to sell potato from tomorrow

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will sell potatoes at subsidised rates alongside essential goods in Dhaka metropolitan area from Wednesday.

Consumers in Dhaka can purchase up to 3 kilogrammes (kg) of potatoes at Tk 40 per kg through 50 trucks deployed across the city. 

The initiative, launched under the commerce ministry's directive, aims to ease costs for low-income households amid rising food prices.

The programme, which also provides TCB products such as edible oil, lentils, and rice, will be inaugurated by Commerce Adviser Sk Bashiruddin at TCB Bhaban, Karwan Bazar, at 9:30 am tomorrow. 

A single individual can buy up to 2 litres of cooking oil at Tk 100 per litre, 2 kilogrammes of lentils at Tk 60 per kilogram, and up to 5 kilogrammes of rice at Tk 30 per kilogramme.