Dhaka, Aug. 10 -- The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will begin selling essential commodities in the capital and some other places from today.

This programme will continue alongside its regular sales to smart family cardholders at subsidised rates.

The sales programme will continue in Dhaka through 60 trucks from August 10 to September 13 excluding Fridays, according to a TCB press release.

Similar mobile truck sales will also run in Chattogram city (25 trucks), Gazipur city (6), Cumilla city (3), Dhaka district (8), Cumilla district (12), Faridpur district (4), Patuakhali district (5) and Bagerhat district (5) from August 10 to August 31, also excluding Fridays, reports UNB. Each truck will serve around 500 customers daily se...