Bangladesh
Sugar Price TCB rises sugar price by Tk 30 per kg
Dhaka, March 7: Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has decided to increase the price of sugar by Tk 30 to Tk 100 per kg.
Earlier, the company sold sugar at the rate of Tk 70 per kg to the family card holders. And last Ramadan, the price of sugar per kg was Tk 10 less, Tk 60 per kg.
In a press release on Wednesday, TCB informed about the sale of products at subsidized prices from Thursday, March 7, where the new prices of sugar were mentioned.
In this regard, TCB spokesperson Humayun Kabir said that the price of sugar has been increased to adjust the price in the market. Earlier, TCB sold sugar at a relatively low price. The last time sugar was supplied to the dealers two-three months ago, the price was falling. Now the price of sugar in the market has increased a lot.
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.
