Dhaka, Jan. 27 -- The country's edible oil market has become volatile again as most refiners have halted the supply of soybean oil to groceries, according to insiders.

Many stores in the capital have run out of their edible oil stocks.

In the absence of mainstream products, unscrupulous traders are reportedly selling counterfeit products at Tk 185-190 a litre, while loose soybean oil is being traded at Tk 180-185 per litre.

Palm oil is being sold at Tk 175-180 per litre in Dhaka's kitchen markets by loose oil vendors.

Refiners previously fixed the price of bottled soybean oil at Tk 175 per litre following a consensus with the government on December 16 last year.

This represented a Tk 8.0 per litre increase. Both loose soybean oil and...