Dhaka, June 18 -- Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed said Tuesday that the government is observing the Iran-Israel conflict and would not increase fuel-oil prices right now.

"We are not going there [raising oil prices]. We will wait further," he told newsmen after a meeting of the Advisers' Council Committee on Government Purchase at Bangladesh Secretariat in the capital.

He said the prices of some commodities increased due to the impacts of the ongoing conflict. "But that did not affect our previously-placed orders."

Replying to a query, Mr Ahmed said the government is observing the situation. "If liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices go up, we will take care of that."

"Today we gave approval for one cargo of LNG imports and that was q...