প্রকাশ: 06/04/2022
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that the
prices of essential commodities have come down significantly due to the ongoing
fair-price sale of these products by the state-run Trading Corporation of
Bangladesh.
She said this while responding to a tabled question from
ruling party MP Kazim Uddin Ahmed during PM’s question-answer session in
Parliament.
She said that prices of the essentials soared significantly
all around the world due to the economic slowdown caused by coronavirus
pandemic.
She also mentioned that Russia-Ukraine war pushed up the
fuel price too.
“As a result, prices of essentials have increased in the
world market,” she said.
She, however, said that her pro-people government has taken
immediate steps to control the situation and keep the prices under control and
at a tolerable level.
“Due to various steps of the government prices of the
essentials are now at logical level,” she said.
She also hoped that prices of the essential items will
remain at tolerable and affordable level during the holy month of Ramadan.
The prime minister said that one-litre bottle of soybean
oil, selling at Tk 170 on March 1, was available at Tk 161.50 on April 5.
She said during this time the price of loose soybean oil
came down to Tk 155 per litre from Tk 175, while the price of palm oil came
down to Tk 142 per litre from Tk 158.
But the TCB during this time sold bottled soybean at Tk 110
per litre, she said.
The Leader of the House mentioned that lentil price came
down to Tk 112.50 on April 5 from Tk 120 while TCB was selling at Tk 65 per
kilogram.
Loose sugar was Tk 85 per kilogram on March 1 while it was
Tk 78 on April 5. TCB is selling at the price Tk 55 per kilogram, she added.
Hasina said that the price of chickpeas was selling at
Tk 72.50 on April 5 while it was Tk 77 on March 1. TCB is selling this item at
Tk 50 per kilogram.
Regarding onion price, she said, on March 1 it was selling
at Tk 60 per kilogram, while on April 5 the price fell to Tk 31.50. The TCB is
selling it at Tk 20 per kilogram.
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