Personal Correspondent: The government has decided the new price of chicken eggs. Director General of Consumer Affairs Department Mohammad Alim Akhtar Khan said that the new prices will be effective across the country from Wednesday (October 16).
The Director General of Consumers said this on Tuesday (October 15) at noon.
Mohammad Alim Akhtar Khan said, from Wednesday, 10 taka 91 paisa at producer level, 11 taka 1 paisa at wholesale level. It has been decided to sell eggs at retail at 11 taka 87 paise. At the consumer level, it will cost 142 taka 44 paisa to buy each dozen.
Meanwhile, Directorate of Consumer Rights Protection, an organization under the Ministry of Commerce, is conducting regular operations in the market to implement the fixed price of eggs. Because of that, the traders of Tejgaon have stopped selling eggs.
The price of eggs has not decreased much during the campaign, but the traders have stopped or reduced the sale of eggs in some wholesale markets. This has created a shortage in supply.
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