The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) started selling essentials at lower prices at 184 locations across the country on Sunday.

The TCB launched the operation, with goods loaded on trucks, ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan to help low-income people deal with possible hike in the prices of daily commodities including chickpea, edible oil, sugar, pulse and date.

The prices are lower compared to those at the retail markets.

Sugar is selling for Tk 55 per kg, soybean oil for Tk 85 a litre, chickpea for Tk 70 a kg, date for Tk 120 a kg, and pulse for Tk 55 a kg.

Of the total sale locations, 32 are in Dhaka city, 10 in Chittagong city and two each in every district headquarters, according to a press release.

The sale locations in the capital are Secretariat Gate, Jatiya Press Club, Kaptan Bazar, Victoria Park, Science Lab intersection, New Market-Nilkhet intersection, Shaymoli-Kalyanpur, Jigatola intersection, Khamarbari at Farmgate, Kalmilata Bazar, Rajanigandha Supermarket at Kachukhet, Agargaon Taltola and Election Commission Office, Rajlokkhi Complex at Uttara, Mirpur-1 Mazar Road, Shantinagar Bazar, Malibagh Bazar, Basabo Bazar, Ideal School at Banasree, Bangladesh Bank Chattar, Mohakhali Kitchen Market, Shewrapara Bazar, Dainik Bangla intersection, Shahjahanpur Bazar, Fakirapool Bazar and Ideal Zone, Motijheel Balaka Chattar, Khilgaon Taltola Bazar, Rampura Bazar, Mirpur-10 Roundabout, Ashkona Hajj Camp at Uttara, Mohammadpur Townhall Kitchen Market, Dilkusha, and Madartek Nondipara Krishi Bank.