Chittagong Bureau :
The Market Monitoring Cell of Chittagong District Administration in a bid to control the price hike during the holy month of Ramzan yesterday visited two kitchen markets in the port city and fined 10 shops Tk 49 thousand on different grounds.
Separate teams of the Market Monitoring Cell visited the CDA Karnaphuli market in Agrabad and Colonel Hat in Kattali and Chowkbazar and alerted the traders of kitchen markets not to sell the essentials at excessive price.
The teams fined a total of 10 shops Tk 49 thousand for not showing price list, for weight rigging, realizing excessive prices and for not using BSTI approved weight scales. Executive magistrates Abdus Samad Sikdar and Shanta Rahman led the monitoring teams.
The Market Monitoring Cell also called upon the traders to sell the essentials as per the price fixed at a meeting of Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Chittagong and Merchant Associations leaders.
Executive Magistrate Abdus Samad Sikdar said the market monitoring cell is continuing drives in different markets to enforce the fixed price of essentials for buyers of the port city.
The Market Monitoring Cell of Chittagong District Administration in a bid to control the price hike during the holy month of Ramzan yesterday visited two kitchen markets in the port city and fined 10 shops Tk 49 thousand on different grounds.
Separate teams of the Market Monitoring Cell visited the CDA Karnaphuli market in Agrabad and Colonel Hat in Kattali and Chowkbazar and alerted the traders of kitchen markets not to sell the essentials at excessive price.
The teams fined a total of 10 shops Tk 49 thousand for not showing price list, for weight rigging, realizing excessive prices and for not using BSTI approved weight scales. Executive magistrates Abdus Samad Sikdar and Shanta Rahman led the monitoring teams.
The Market Monitoring Cell also called upon the traders to sell the essentials as per the price fixed at a meeting of Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Chittagong and Merchant Associations leaders.
Executive Magistrate Abdus Samad Sikdar said the market monitoring cell is continuing drives in different markets to enforce the fixed price of essentials for buyers of the port city.
