Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Wednesday said the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would sell essential items to some one crore low-income group people at low prices ahead of the forthcoming month of Ramadan.
"TCB will come to the market increasing its capacity around four times. Essential items of the TCB will reach one crore people within the next one or one and a half months. I think, around five crore people will benefit through the initiative," he said.
The minister said this while speaking at a press conference after a meeting held at the Secretariat on keeping the commodities prices in check during the month of Ramadan.
To control the unusual price situation, the minister said law enforcement and intelligence agencies, deputy commissioners, consumer rights protection department, competition commission and other agencies have been instructed to conduct drives in the market.
However, Tipu Munshi said there is no possibility of a crisis of essential commodities during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan across the country as there is enough stock of the items.
"There will be no shortage of essential commodities in the country during the Ramadan ... the country has sufficient stock of essential commodities," he said.
