Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- The price of a 12 kg LPG cylinder has increased again: for February, the government has raised the price by Tk 1.97 per kg.

According to the new rate, the price of a 12 kg LPG cylinder, widely used for cooking, has been increased from Tk 1,459 to Tk 1,478-an increase of Tk 19.

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission, or BERC, announced the new price at a press conference on Sunday.

As usual, the revised price took effect from 6pm on the same day.

Despite a slight decline in international market prices, the government kept LPG prices unchanged in January, citing the "depreciation of the local currency against the US dollar".

On Jan 2, BERC had set the price of a 12 kg LPG cylinder at Tk 1,455-consistent with Novem...