The price of soybean oil has increased once again, despite the commerce minister\u2019s recent suggestion that they were about to ease.<\/p>\n
The Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners & Vanaspati Manufacturers Association set the new prices on Thursday, the same day as the national budget.<\/p>\n
According to the new rates, the price of a 1-litre bottle of soybean oil has increased from Tk 198 to Tk 205.<\/p>\n
The price of a 5-litre bottle rose from Tk 985 to Tk 997.<\/p>\n
The price of soybean oil without a bottle rose from Tk 180 to Tk 185 per litre.<\/p>\n
But the price of palm oil fell from Tk 172 to Tk 158 per litre.<\/p>\n
As the world was emerging from the pandemic, the war in Ukraine sent soybean oil prices skyrocketing on the world market. A month ago, the price of a litre of soybean oil was hiked Tk 40. The price had gone up in February too.<\/p>\n
On Jun 2, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said the price of cooking oil would not rise further, but would ease instead.<\/p>\n
Within a week of the remark, prices have gone up again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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