The government has hiked the prices of gas for industrial, power and financial sectors.
The new price will come into effect from February 1.
A gazette notification signed by Sheikh Mohammad Belayet Hossain, Deputy Secretary of Energy and Mineral Resources Division of the Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, was issued in this regard on Wednesday.
As per the new price, for captive power plants, the price of a unit of gas is Tk 30, which is Tk 16 more than before.
In large-scale industry, the price of gas per unit has been hiked from Tk 11.98 to Tk 30.
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In the mid-scale industry, the price of a unit of gas has been increased to Tk 30 from Tk 11.78.
In small scale industry, the price of gas per unit has been hiked to Tk 30 from Tk 10.78.
Hotels and restaurants will pay Tk 30.50 for a unit of gas. Earlier, they used to pay Tk 26.64.
However, gas prices for four other consumer types - household, tea industry, compressed natural gas and fertilizer - have not been hiked.