The government on Tuesday increased the price of edible oil by up to Tk聽14 a litre, setting the rate for packaged soya bean oil at Tk 189 a litre, while the prices of both unpackaged soya bean oil and palm oil were set at Tk 169 a litre.
The shortage of soya bean oil is ongoing in the Dhaka city stores as of Friday, although the commerce adviser assured that the edible oil shortage problem would be solved shortly.
The scarcity of bottled soybean oil continues across Dhaka鈥檚 markets, including Karwan Bazar, one of the country鈥檚 largest wholesale hubs...
The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection on Thursday fined two distributors in Chattogram after it had found evidence of hoarding bottled soya bean oil amid an inadequate supply of the commodity.聽
THE good old tale of the shortage of edible oil repeats, with Ramadan, the month of fasting for the Muslims, likely to begin at February鈥檚 end. While packed or bottled soya bean oil is reported to have been in short supply, it has started selling for prices higher than the official rate. The situation has pushed up prices of packed, including bottled, and unpacked soya bean...
The edible oil market in Dhaka has become unstable as supply of bottled soya bean oil has sharply declined...
The prices of essential kitchen items, including rice, soya bean oil and chicken, remained high in the capital Dhaka over the week ending Friday, causing concerns for consumers.
The prices of rice and soya bean oil went up on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka over the week ending Friday.
The price of soya bean oil increased while the costs for some other commodities, including rice, broiler chicken and red lentil, remained high on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka over the week ending Friday.
The price of soya bean oil has remained high despite the government raising it by Tk 8 per litre, while supply inconsistencies of the essential cooking ingredient continued to trouble Dhaka鈥檚 kitchen markets over the week ending Friday.
A day after edible oil refiners demanded an increase of Tk聽10 against per litre of bottled soya bean oil, the government on Thursday set the price of per litre of bottled edible oil at Tk聽167, hiking it by Tk聽4...