Dhaka: On August 6, Bangladesh raised fuel prices by around 50%. The fuel price increase was inevitable given global market conditions, the ministry stated. It also added that the state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation had incurred a loss of more than 8 billion taka ($85 million) on oil sales in the six months to July.

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