Bangladesh to monitor prices

BANGLADESH: The Bangladeshi Government on Wednesday formed task forces at the country's all 64 districts and 481 sub-districts to monitor prices of essentials intensely, said a senior official.

The Commerce Ministry official Bikash Chandra Saha told Xinhua on Wednesday that chiefs of district administration will be heads of district level task forces while executive officers of sub- districts will lead the sub-district task forces.

The district and sub-district task forces will take necessary measures to keep prices of essentials within buying capacities of local people, he said, quoting a Commerce Ministry notification issued on Wednesday. Chandra said the task forces will also assess local demand and supply position of consumer goods and also give necessary instructions to the authorities concerned at national level to check any artificial crisis of essentials.

Dhaka, Xinhua