Taskforce to be formed to curb price hike: Tipu

Commerce minister Tipu MunshiFile Photo

Commerce minister Tipu Munshi Sunday said the government will form a taskforce in a day or two to check the price hike.

“Some traders are trying to take advantage of the rising prices in the international market. But we have fixed the price through talking with the traders. We will not allow storage anywhere,” he said.

The minister said this after an inter-ministerial meeting at secretariat in the city.

Tipu said the taskforce will conduct drives to monitor prices of essentials in the markets.

The minister also informed that the government will provide essential food items at subsidised rates to 10 million people across the country and 1.5 million people in Dhaka city through 450 trucks of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB).