The Ministry of Commerce on Thursday fixed the price of egg 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 liter, open (loose) soybean at Tk 149 per liter, and palm oil at Tk 124 per liter.
The sugar (open) price was fixed at 120 per kg, while the packaged sugar was at Tk 135 per kg.
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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 a recommendations from the ministries based on the production and marketing costs of these goods.
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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 told UNB.
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