In the presence of the journalists, the minister called on a meeting with businessmen and concerned people at the secretariat on Sunday.
The commerce minister told the businessmen, "You will supply the people properly (according to your conscience) to protect the holiness of the month of Rajan. As you do business, but in a tolerable level, this is the modest request to you. "
Although the traders assure the increase in the prices of the products in front of the Rosa every year, there is a lot of turmoil in the situation. Customers are asked to buy goods at a higher price every day.
Businessmen said that the price of the commodity will be tolerable every day, Dhaka City Corporation's Mayor Said Khokon assured the traders.
But before roasting, the prices of chicken-onion increased in the capital markets.
The prices of all other essential commodities except sugar and onion are normal, Tofail said, "Onion prices have increased from the way they are now in tolerable levels.
"The onion which is not necessarily from local production. So to get the onion from India. If the border does not come well, fall into jam, if it takes five days to come, but the onion is wasted, it is damaged, it should be kept in mind too. "
There is no reason to increase the prices of sugar in the month of Ramadan because of the price decreasing in the world market, he said.
Tauel Ahmed urged all to buy products at the beginning of the rosary together without stepping the whole month's market.
"It has an effect on Roshan's first full month market. Therefore, it is not fair to judge the price of the whole month with the price of the first day. "
In the meeting, a trader advised to determine the prices of retail prices as well as retail prices of daily products.
Due to traffic congestion due to traffic congestion on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway, the businessman said that many raw products were being damaged.
The minister said that the price of lentil pulses is 21.43 percent, gram 14.2 percent, garlic 45 percent, garlic (domestic) 39 percent, sugar 16 percent, salt 3 decimal 08 percent and beef price 3 more than last time. Decreased by 90 percent.
A meat trader said, to determine the price of meat in the month of Ramadan, on Monday the meeting of the North City Corporation will be the meeting of the meat businessmen.
In the meeting, the businessmen presented the wholesale and retail prices of the various items stored in them and wholesale and retail prices. They also assured the minister that they will not suffer from the high demand for the products in the month of Ramadan.
Besides Food Secretary Shahbuddin Ahmed, Commerce Secretary Shuvashish Bose, the Chairman of Tariff Commission, Director General of Consumer Protection Department, top officials of different business organizations and senior officials of the commerce ministry were present in the meeting.