Rice, sugar, milk powder, water, pulse, tea, salt and soybean oil will be sold through trucks

The benefit will remain valid until March 31 next year

Build a database of the essentials to ensure smooth supply, it says

The commerce ministry will only fix price of a commodity if it seems too high

They include edible oil, gram, pules, onion, sugar and dates

Commerce ministry writes letters to Bangladesh Bank, the National Board of Revenue

Commerce ministry forecasts

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi urges consumers

The price of the most-consumed items during Ramadan such as chickpeas, dried peas and dates has increased in the wholesale markets in Dhaka and Chattogram due to a supply shortage, two months before the fasting month begins.