Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has expressed deep concern and strong protest over another increase in fuel prices. In a statement sent to the media on Monday, the party’s Secretary General, Mia Golam Porwar, said the decision to raise prices again after last month’s 8 to 12 percent hike was unacceptable. He described the move as a severe blow to citizens already struggling with rising living costs.

Porwar stated that the previous fuel price hike had already pushed up the prices of essentials such as rice, lentils, and oil, making them unaffordable for ordinary people. He criticized the government for breaking its earlier assurance that fuel prices would not rise this month, calling the move a clear breach of promise and deception. He warned that raising prices hastily before the national budget session would be a highly anti-public measure.

The Jamaat leader urged citizens to become aware and vocal in defending their rights and demanded that the authorities immediately withdraw the decision to raise fuel prices.