Bangladesh Regulator Raises LPG Prices for August
Desk Report
Published: 29 Jul 2021, 01:41 pm
12 kg cylinder of LPG (Photo: Collected)
At the
consumer level, the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder increased
by Tk 102. Which will be effective from August 1. In the private sector, the
price of a 12 kg cylinder has been increased from Tk 891 to Tk 993, including
VAT; This is the highest retail price.
The
Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has adjusted the price in the
country due to the increase in prices in the world market.
The price of
state-owned LPG has not changed as the cost has not changed at the production
stage. The official price of 12 kg LPG has remained at Tk 591. The new price of
LPG used in cars is Tk 48.71 per liter. Earlier it was Tk 44.
BERC, the
regulator of the energy sector, announced the new prices at an online press
conference on Thursday (July 29).
Earlier, on
April 12, the company had fixed the price of LPG for the first time in the
country. Since then, prices have been adjusted once a month.