Tuli Chowdhury (not her real name) recently went to a gynaecologist, who advised her to undergo breast screening. Tuli had heard that Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) charges much lower for the test than private diagnostic centres. "I'd heard that screening fee for single breast is Tk 400, and for both it's Tk 800 at CMCH, but the cost is Tk 1,500 and Tk 3,000,
Govt, BERC asked to report on fixing solar energy tariff
Staff Correspondent | Published: 18:58, Jun 01,2021
The High Court on Tuesday asked the government and Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission to report it within 60 days what steps they had taken for fixing the tariff for solar energy.
A bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Sardar Md Rashed Jahangir issued the directive after hearing a writ petition filed by Consumers Association of Bangladesh.
The court also issued a ruling asking the secretary of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources and BERC chairman to explain in four weeks why their inaction in fixing tariff for solar mini-grid electricity would not be declared illegal.
Edible oil prices have risen for a third time in two months, making it even more difficult for low-income groups to afford the essential cooking ingredient amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The retail price of edible oil has been raised by Tk 5 per litre, said Md Shafiul Ather Taslim, director for finance and operations at TK Group, a leading importer and processor of essential goods.
As such, local importers and processors hiked the retail price of branded soybean oil to Tk 144 from Tk 139 per litre while the cost of a five-litre bottle was set at Tk 685, up from Tk 660 not long ago.
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Poor hit hard by high commodity price in Kishoreganj
Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj :
A non -government school teacher Atikur Rahman lives with a family of five members in a small two-room of a half-building in Kishoreganj town. His Monthly salary is Tk.14000, and rent is Tk.6500.. He is the only earning member in the family. The family is somehow running on his income. In this situation, how will the family survive against the way the prices of all daily commodities including rice, pulses and oil are increasing from time to time? Such is the situation of low income people like Atikur Rahman now. In the meantime, Ramzan is starting this week