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complete the distribution of smart cards by March 17, as new cardholders will then become eligible for TCB services.

Additionally, he urged DCs to monitor and prevent the hoarding of goods by traders attempting to create an artificial shortage of commodities.

On February 12, Bashir Uddin announced that the TCB would sell certain essential commodities at subsidised rates to low-income individuals via mobile truck sales during Ramadan.

As part of this initiative, an additional 9,000 tonnes of goods will be distributed, he said while inaugurating TCB’s mobile truck sales in Khulna last month.

At present, each buyer receives two litres of soybean oil, two kilogrammes each of lentils and chickpeas, one kilogramme of sugar, and 500 grammes of dates from TCB trucks. Prices have been set at Tk 100 per litre for oil, Tk 70 per kg for sugar, Tk 60 per kg for lentils and chickpeas, and Tk 156 for dates.