In a statement on Tuesday, Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners & Vanaspati Manufacturers Association said the price of unbottled soybean oil has been set at Tk 136 per litre, and bottled products at Tk 160 -- a Tk 7 hike per litre. Traders proposed a hike in edible oil prices to the commerce ministry in September. The price of soybean oil price was unchanged, with a 5-litre bottle costing Tk 728 at the time. But the price of palm oil was raised to Tk 116 per litre from Tk 112. Retailers in Dhaka were charging customers Tk 156 to Tk 158 for 1 litre of bottled soybean oil this week, while the price of unbottled oil was Tk 142 to Tk 144.

Source: bd News24 January 01, 1970 00:00 UTC