68 businesses penalised for hiking price
To prevent price hikes due to increased demand for essential goods surrounding the coronavirus, mobile courts yesterday fined 68 traders and business organisations across three districts, report our correspondents.
In Noakhali, 40 businesses, including grocery stores and wholesalers, were fined around Tk 2 lakh in total.
In Rangamati, a mobile court fined 10 businesses Tk 30,000.
In Tangail, the courts fined 18 traders for overcharging. Of them, 13 from Park Kitchen Market were fined Tk 1.6 lakh. Another mobile court in Gopalpur also fined five traders.
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