<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The government on Sunday set the automated retail prices of petroleum fuel for the month of April with effect from Monday.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As per the new price, the diesel and kerosene will be sold at Tk 106 per litre instead of previous price at Tk 108.25, lowered by Tk 2.25 per litre.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The prices of octane and petrol have been kept unchanged at Tk 126 and Tk 122 per litre respectively.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Energy and Mineral Resources Division set the new automated price through a gazette notification as per the government decision.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The first automated price came into effect on March 7.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Issuing the gazette notification in this regard, the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources in a clarification said that the new prices have been in line with the prices of the petroleum on the international market.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earlier, the government on March 1 issued a “Fuel Pricing Guidelines” through a gazette notification to set an automated price for the petroleum fuel across the country.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It said the local prices will go up and down in line with the international price and every month such prices will be announced by the government for one-month tenure. - UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/fas</div>