The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) will hold a meeting on November 24 with all the concerned stakeholders including traders of the essential items to keep the prices stable.
The country's apex trade body took the decision in the wake of rumours and price hike of essentials like onion and salt.
It also requested the traders of the consumer and essential items not to resort to any kind of unethical means to gain access profit.
Talking to BSS, the FBCCI vice-president Siddiqur Rahman said the price of onion has already started to reduce and it would come down to normalcy and to a tolerable level within the next few days.
Turning to the huge buying spree of salt by the consumers today, he suspected that rumours might have led the consumers to buy salt to a huge volume. He urged the consumers not to pay heed to any kind of rumours.
He said essential items are always sophisticated and requested all not to resort to any kind of unethical means to gain access profit.
Suggestions and opinions from the businessmen and traders will be taken in the meeting to keep the market of essentials stable, he added.
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