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Govt fixes prices of potatoes, onions, sugar, cooking oil and eggs

UNB . Dhaka
14 Sep 2023 14:47:12 | Update: 14 Sep 2023 16:39:08
Govt fixes prices of potatoes, onions, sugar, cooking oil and eggs
A shopkeeper waits for customers at his shop at Karwan Bazar kitchen market in Dhaka – Shamsul Haque Ripon

The Ministry of Commerce on Thursday fixed the price of eggs at Tk 12 per piece at the retail level.

The ministry also set prices of onions at Tk 64-65 per kg, potatoes at Tk 35-36 per kg, bottled soybean oil at Tk 169 per litre, loose soybean at Tk 149 per litre, and palm oil at Tk 124 per litre.

The exposed sugar price was fixed at 120 per kg, while the packaged sugar was set at Tk 135 per kg.

The ministry has determined the prices based on the recommendations of the Agriculture Ministry and the Fisheries and Livestock Ministry.

Earlier, the Commerce Ministry sought recommendations from the ministries based on the production and marketing costs of these goods.

The government has decided to operate drives across the country and enhance monitoring to ensure the selling of these goods at the prices fixed by it, the commerce secretary said.

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