The price of liquid milk has again increased by Tk 10 per litre while half-litre packs will now cost Tk 5 more as leading producers have raised the maximum retail price of their products by 12.5 per cent.
Consumers in Bangladesh are already facing a difficult time meeting their demand due to the increase in the prices of essential commodities. And now they are forced to spend more money to buy eggs, the low-cost sources of protein.
Consumers are already bearing the brunt of the high prices of edible oil, wheat and rice for the Russia-Ukraine war and unfavourable weather conditions on the domestic front.