KHULNA, April 2, 2022 (BSS) - Mayor of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Talukder

Abdul Khaleque in a meeting here on Friday underscored the need for smooth
supplying of essential commodities and to keep their prices stable during the
holy month Ramadan.

He remarked this while addressing a meeting titled 'Market price control of
essentials' with city's concerned meat and kitchen market traders at Shaheed
Altaf auditorium in the KCC building.

The mayor fixed cow meat at Taka 600 per kilogram (KG) and mutton at Taka 850
per kg at the meeting and said the authorities and individuals concerned
should play a responsible role so nobody could raise the prices of essentials
illogically and unethically during the Ramadan.

The meeting discussed how the market could be kept free from all sorts of
immoral trend of hiking the prices of essentials commodities during the
Ramadan through concerted efforts.

President of KCC market value observation, monitoring and control standing
committee councilor Imam Hossain Chowdhury Moyna, Councilor Md Hafizur Rahman
Moni, Chief executive officer (joint secretary) Tajul Islam, Veterinary
Officer Dr Md Rezaul Karim, Veterinary Surgeon Dr Peru Gopal Biswas, Bazar
Super M A Mazed, Deputy Director of consumer rights consumers association Md
Ibrahim Hossain, Monitoring Officer of District Livestock Department Nowazish
Khan Tarek and different meat and kitchen market traders, among others,
attended.

Stressing the need for showing the prices-list of essentials, the KCC mayor
urged the businessmen to run their business without any fear and anxiety side
by side with keeping themselves free from hoarding, excessive profit and
cheating consumers.

He mentioned that the government is pledge-bound to build a sound market
management, especially during the Ramadan, aiming at rendering quality
services to the people and urged all to supplement the government efforts.

The business leaders also assured of all sorts of cooperation towards the
government endevours and call for taking stern action against the dishonest
business people.