Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Energy Advisor Fouzul Kabir Khan has stressed the need to bring down the price of a 12kg liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder below Tk 1,000, urging the private sector to boost efficiency and end the practice of profiteering.

Speaking at a policy dialogue on Bangladesh's LPG sector organised by the Bonik Barta newspaper at a Dhaka hotel on Saturday, the advisor said the country's consumers were being overcharged for cooking gas.

"LPG is largely under the private sector, but we are not getting the efficiency we should from it. The current price of a 12kg LPG cylinder is around Tk 1,200, but it should come down below Tk 1,000," he said.

"What's worse -- like adding insult to injury -- is that these Tk 1,200 cylinders ...