Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) recently adjusted the price of Liquefi ed Petroleum Gas (LPG) upward and now a 12 kilogram (Kg) LPG cylinder will be sold to the consumers at Tk 1,356 instead of Tk 1,306. ‘The newly fi xed price of LPG is Taka1,356, which will be effective at 6pm (February 2) and all licenses of LPG marketing companies will implement the price,’ BERC Chairman Jalal Ahmed said recently.
He said the prices of all the 13 different sizes of LPGfi lled cylinders have been adjusted for February.
The BERC also re-fi xed auto gas price at Taka 62.14 per liter for February, which was Taka 59.80 in January and Taka 57.32 in December.
As per the BERC announcement, new price at retailer level owned by private sector, 12.5 kg LPG has been re-fi xed at Taka1,413, 15 kg at Taka1,696, 16 kg at Taka1,809, 18 kg at Taka2,035, 20 kg at Taka 2,260, 22 kg at Taka 2,487, 25 kg at Taka 2,826, 30 kg at Taka 3,391, 33 kg at Taka 3,731, 35 kg at Taka 3,956 and 45 kg at Taka 5,087.