Government proposes to increase LP gas price by Tk 410

❐ Staff Reporter

State-owned company LP Gas Limited has proposed to increase the price of 12.5 kg of LP gas by Tk 410 to Tk 1,235.

The company’s Managing Director Md. Yusuf Hossain Bhuiyan confirmed the matter to the media.

He said that cross-filling is taking place as the price is lower than that of private LPG. That is why this application has been made in light of the proposal of the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) Price Determination Committee.

Earlier, BPC-owned Bangladesh LP Gas Limited had proposed to increase the price of 12.5 kg from Tk 825 to Tk 925 on September 15, 2025. Even then, it had proposed to increase the price to cover the cost of cross-filling, local transportation at the dealer level, operation costs and charges. But the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) rejected that proposal.

Meanwhile, the general public has been expressing anger throughout the day in response to the price increase proposal.

Many people have written about this on social media.

A housewife named Hasna Afroz wrote: Government LP gas cylinders are not available anywhere. Private companies’ cylinders are available at higher prices everywhere. But if instead of making government LP gas easily available, they are talking about increasing its price, then where will the common people go?