Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has said there will be no hike in the prices of daily essentials if people refrain from purchasing excess items ahead of Ramadan.
“Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members, police and executive magistrates will monitor markets and there will be no price hike of essential items if people do not buy excess items before Ramadan,” the commerce minister told reporters after attending a program at Chandpur Police Lines Auditorium on Friday.
Due to the dollar price going up, prices of daily essentials have gone up in many countries and the prices of imported goods have also seen a rise in Bangladesh, he said.
Keeping this in mind, the government has started selling edible oil, sugar, dates, chickpeas and lentils through the state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) at low prices for 10 million low-income families, he added.
From Thursday, the TCB started selling daily essentials ahead of Ramadan.
Cardholders can buy goods at subsidized rates from specific TCB sales points and dealers' outlets.
A cardholder can buy two litres of soybean oil, 2kg of lentils, sugar, chickpea and 1kg of dates at a time.
They can buy sugar at Tk60 per kg, dates Tk100 per kg, lentils Tk70, chickpeas Tk50 and soybean oil Tk110 per litre.
