<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>The price of sugar has been increased by Tk13 per kg and soybean oil price has been hiked by Tk12 per litre.&nbsp;</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>With the new prices, consumers will have to pay Tk190 for a one-litre bottle of soybean oil and Tk108 for a kilogram of packaged sugar.</div><div><br></div><div>Whereas, the prices have been set at Tk172 and Tk102 for loose oil and sugar respectively.</div><div><br></div><div>The new rates will be effective immediately.</div><div><br></div><div>Separate notifications were issued by the Bangladesh Sugar Refiners Association and Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners and Vanaspati Manufacturers Association confirming the new prices on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, the price of palm oil has been fixed at Tk121 per litre and a five-litre bottle of soybean oil from today will cost Tk925. Earlier on 3 October, the price of soybean oil was reduced by Tk14.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>