All Bangla desk
Dhaka: Bangladesh Jewelers Association (BAJUS) has announced a reduction in the price of gold in just two days. The organization revised the price of gold four times in the last one week. In the latest revision, the price of gold decreased by 3 thousand 138 taka. As a result, now it will take 1 lakh 16 thousand 290 taka to buy a load of 22 carat gold.
Bajus made the announcement in a press release on Tuesday (April 23). The announcement came through a circular signed by Masudur Rahman, Chairman of the Bajus Price Determination and Price Monitoring Standing Committee. This new price of gold will be effective from today.
Earlier, on April 18, the price of gold increased to a record 1 lakh 19 thousand 638 taka. From there on April 20, the price decreased to 1 lakh 18 thousand 780 taka. And on April 21, the price of gold increased by 648 taka to 1 lakh 19 thousand 428 taka.
According to Bajus notification, the price of pure gold has decreased in the local market. Therefore, taking into account the overall situation, the new price of gold has been fixed in the meeting of the standing committee for price determination and price monitoring of bajus.
According to Bajus new announcement, from April 23, good quality 22 carat gold (11.664 grams) will cost 1 lakh 16 thousand 290 taka. Apart from this, the price of 21 carat gold has been fixed at Tk 1 lakh 10 thousand 995. 18 carat Pratibhari will cost 95 thousand 143 taka and traditional method pratibhari is priced at 76 thousand 586 taka.
However, Bajus did not make any announcement to increase or decrease the price of silver on this day. According to the previous announcement, the price of 22 carat silver is 2 thousand 100 taka, 21 carat silver is 2 thousand 6 taka, 18 carat silver is 1 thousand 715 taka and traditional silver is 1 thousand 283 taka.
It may be noted that Bangladesh Jewelers Association re-fixed the price of gold on April 21.
Sarabangla/PTM
