LPG market out of control: The cost of cooking gas is becoming unbearable

The uncontrolled market of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) used for cooking, is not only placing an increasing burden on people across all sections of society, from working-class families to the middle class, but has also become a source of public discontent. Rising prices of fuel, electricity and LPG have been a major factor fuelling the recent garment workers’ protests in Dhaka, Gazipur…