Dhaka, March 17 -- The prices of daily commodities will come down to reasonable levels, but it is not possible overnight, says State Minister for Commerce Ahasanul Islam Titu. The Department of Agricultural Marketing, The Directorate of National Consumers' Right Protection, deputy commissioners, upazila executive officers, and all other officials will work in coordination in order to achieve it, he said.

The state minister made the statement following a discussion organised by the Ministry of Commerce at the TCB Building in Dhaka's Karwan Bazar to commemorate the 104th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children's Day on Sunday.

"When you set something at a reasonable level, it canno...