Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has expressed deep concern over the sudden increase in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices announced by the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC). In a statement issued to the media on Sunday, the party’s Secretary General, Mia Golam Porwar, said that on April 19, BERC raised the retail price of a 12-kg LPG cylinder by Tk 212 to Tk 1,940. He warned that such a sharp rise would impose a heavy burden on ordinary consumers.

The statement noted that earlier, on April 2, the price had already been raised by Tk 387 to Tk 1,728 for the current month. Jamaat argued that two consecutive price hikes within a short period would make daily life unbearable, especially as fuel prices have also risen significantly. The party described the decision as against public interest and called for its immediate withdrawal.

Porwar added that the increase would particularly affect lower- and middle-income families, for whom LPG is an essential household fuel, as it would raise cooking and overall living costs.