Fuel prices unchanged for March

The government has decided to keep fuel oil prices unchanged for March. The information was announced in a notification from the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources on Sunday, March 1.

According to the 'Automated Fuel Oil Price Determination Guideline (Revised)', the prices of diesel, octane, petrol and kerosene at the consumer level will remain the same as before for March.

As per the fixed price list, diesel will remain at Tk 100 per litre, octane at Tk 120, petrol at Tk 116 and kerosene at Tk 112.

On February 1, fuel oil prices were reduced by Tk 2 per litre. Diesel was reduced from Tk 102 to Tk 100, octane from Tk 122 to Tk 120, petrol from Tk 118 to Tk 116 and kerosene from Tk 114 to Tk 112.

The Energy and Mineral Resources Division said consumer-level fuel oil prices are automatically determined each month in line with fluctuations in global market prices. No changes were made for March according to the guidelines.