Two teams of the Ministry of Commerce have fined seven businesses Tk 29,000 while monitoring the market to keep the prices of essential commodities stable.
The monitoring activities were conducted in Dhaka’s New Market kitchen market and Gulshan kitchen market on Sunday afternoon.
In New Market, a team led by Senior Assistant Secretary Md. Mehedi Hasan of the Ministry of Commerce inspected the prices of essential items such as rice, lentils, eggs, and chicken. The team reviewed price lists and receipts of transactions.
A poultry seller was fined TK 2,000 for failing to properly display the price list and for improper record-keeping, while other businesses were issued warnings.
At the Gulshan kitchen market, six businesses were fined a total of TK 27,000 for various irregularities. The inspection team there was led by Deputy Secretary Mansurin Khan Chowdhury.
Officials from various departments under the Ministry of Commerce were present during the inspections.