Published on 09:43 PM, October 20, 2020
TCB to start selling potatoes at Tk 25 per kg from tomorrow
Farmers pile up potatoes in a field after harvesting the crop in Kotgaon area of Munshiganj’s Sirajdikhan upazila. Selling their produce for Tk 400 a maund, the growers expect a good profit as they have a bumper crop this year. The photo was taken early this month. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Star Online Report
State-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will begin selling potatoes at Tk 25 a kg in Dhaka through their trucks tomorrow, said its spokesperson today.
Each person will be able to buy two kilogrammes of the vegetable, said TCB Information Officer Humayun Kabir.
The decision comes two days after Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi announced the plan of selling the popular tuber at subsidised rates in the face of spiraling prices.
One of the most consumed vegetables, potatoes were retailing at around Tk 50 a kg in Dhaka.
The TCB official said the mobile trucks of TCBs will sell potatoes along with onions, oil, sugar and pulse.
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