LPG price hiked, 12kg cylinder now Tk 1,140

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has increased the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for the month of August.

The new prices will be effective from 6:00pm today.

A retail consumer will now have to pay Tk 1,140 to buy a 12kg LPG cylinder, a Tk 141 hike including all VAT and taxes.

Prices of other LPG cylinders -- from 5.5kg to 45kg -- will go up accordingly, Md Nurul Amin, chairman of BERC, said at a press briefing today at the BERC office in Dhaka.

Per kg LPG will be Tk 91.14, he said.

According to new price, per litre autogas price for cars will be Tk 52.17.