Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB)

Even 5-storey building owner had TCB card before August 5 uprising: commerce adviser

There were loopholes in TCB cardholder selection, Sk Bashir Uddin says at ‘Trade with TCB’ event
23 April 2025, 11:51 AM

Reining in the soaring prices of essentials

In a nation where poverty remains a pressing issue, this relentless inflationary trend has thrust countless families to the precipice of financial instability.
21 October 2024, 02:00 AM

Lentils, soybean oil being purchased for OMS

50 lakh litres of soybean oil, 27,000 tonnes of lentils will be bought
15 November 2023, 15:21 PM

Introduce pro-people policy reforms

Citizens deserve better economic conditions
31 August 2023, 08:30 AM

What’s driving up fish prices?

Government must act as once-affordable staples are getting out of reach
25 August 2023, 06:35 AM

Tariff commission wants zero import duty on onion

The commission writes a letter to the NBR
21 August 2023, 15:35 PM

Bring down prices of eggs urgently

Government must address factors destabilising the kitchen market
12 August 2023, 20:59 PM

Govt to spend Tk 17.5 crore on TCB’s smart cards

Infrastructure Investment Facilitation Company will help digitise the cards
22 June 2023, 11:45 AM

TCB's sugar, lentil, soybean oil sales begin tomorrow

Sugar, lentil will be Tk 70 a kg, soybean oil Tk 100 a litre
12 June 2023, 14:41 PM

Let there be restraint in Ramadan market

Increase monitoring to check manipulation of food prices
24 March 2023, 00:29 AM

Living like the poor, paying like the rich

Inflation followed by greedflation followed by shrinkflation – is there no way out of this trap?
18 March 2023, 14:00 PM
8 March 2023, 13:35 PM

Will fixing prices of daily essentials work?

Regular market monitoring and quick action are vital
31 August 2022, 17:59 PM

TCB postpones sale of essentials through trucks

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has postponed its decision to sell daily essentials scheduled to start tomorrow, it said in a statement.
15 May 2022, 17:18 PM

Believing businesses on oil price hike was a mistake: Munshi

Believing the businessmen was a mistake as they have hoarded and hiked the edible oil prices abnormally in the local markets after the Eid-ul-Fitr, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said today.
9 May 2022, 08:39 AM

Stern action against those misappropriating essential commodities: commerce minister

The government warns of stern action against anybody found to be involved in misappropriating essential commodities sold by the state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB).
15 April 2020, 14:55 PM

TCB scales up selling onions at Tk 45 per kg

Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has scaled up sale of onions at Tk 45 per kilogramme at divisional and district levels throughout the country.
21 November 2019, 12:28 PM

Onion to be sold in open market from tomorrow

Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start open market sales (OMS) of onion tomorrow in its bid to curb spiralling prices of the essential cooking ingredient, an official says.
16 September 2019, 14:24 PM