The students submit a memorandum to BPC chairman demanding the authorities repeal the decision of price hike<\/p>\n
A group of students from different universities and colleges staged demonstrations at the office of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) on Wednesday afternoon in protest against the recent fuel price hike.<\/p>\n
At one stage of the demonstrations, they entered the board room of the BPC where the organization\u2019s chairman was scheduled to brief reporters about the fuel price hike.<\/p>\n
This unprecedented incident took place when reporters from different media were waiting for a press briefing.<\/p>\n
However, BPC Chairman ABM Azad was not present at the board meeting. He was holding a meeting in his room.<\/p>\n
The students chanted different slogans protesting the fuel price hike.<\/p>\n
They said it is totally unacceptable to raise the fuel price illogically. Later, the students submitted a memorandum to BPC Chairman ABM Azad demanding the authorities repeal the decision of price hike.<\/p>\n
At that stage, police came to the spot to control the situation. The government hiked the price of fuel oil by a big margin on Friday.<\/p>\n
According to the release, diesel price has been increased by Tk34 to Tk114 per litre while octane price hiked by Tk46 to Tk135 and petrol by Tk44 to Tk130.<\/p>\n
Earlier, in November last year, the government increased the price of diesel and kerosene by Tk15 to Tk80 per litre. As a result, the bus fare was disproportionately increased by around 27% and the launch fare by 35%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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