Staff Reporter:
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will begin a 10-day nationwide emergency truck sale of essential commodities from today to maintain price stability in the market ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.
Under the initiative, 720 mobile trucks will be deployed across the country to sell subsidized goods di-rectly to consumers, said a press release.
Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir is scheduled to officially inaugurate the sales program in the Agargaon area of the capital on May 11, 2026.
According to an official order signed by TCB Deputy Director (Commercial) Md. Shahadat Hossain, the special sale will continue until May 21, excluding Fridays.
The program has been designed to reach a broad segment of the population, with each of the 720 trucks expected to serve around 400 consumers daily.
Over the 10-day campaign, an estimated 28.80 lakh people are expected to benefit from the subsidized sales. Unlike the regular TCB cardholder program, the special truck sale will remain open to all consum-ers, allowing anyone to purchase products without requiring a TCB permanent card.
A total of 13,939 metric tons of essential commodities will be distributed under the emergency measure.
Consumers will be able to buy edible oil at Tk 130 per litre with a maximum purchase limit of two li-tres, sugar at Tk 80 per kilogram with a limit of one kilogram, and lentils at Tk 70 per kilogram with a limit of two kilograms per person.
To ensure nationwide coverage, TCB has adopted a strategic deployment plan for the 720 trucks. Fifty trucks will operate in Dhaka Metropolitan and Dhaka district, while 20 trucks will serve Chattogram Metropolitan and Chattogram district.
Other divisional cities and their respective districts will receive 15 trucks per division across six divi-sions, while the remaining 56 districts will each receive 10 trucks.
Officials said the Eid-season truck sale is intended as a supplementary initiative alongside TCB’s ongo-ing permanent card holder program for low-income families.
In May 2026, around 72 lakh cardholder families are expected to receive 34,848 metric tons of subsi-dized products under the regular program.
Authorities confirmed that the prices and quantities of edible oil, sugar, and lentils under the permanent distribution system will remain unchanged.
