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The Bangladesh Jewellers Association (Bajus) has announced a cut in the price of gold in the local market. The price of gold jewellery, including VAT, has been reduced by up to Tk 2,158 per bhori.
Bajus disclosed this in a notice on Monday. The new prices took effect from 10:00am. The notice said the decision to set the new prices was taken at a meeting of the Bajus Standing Committee on Pricing and Price Monitoring at 9:00am today.
According to the new price list, the price of gold jewellery of the best quality, that is 22-carat, including VAT, now stands at Tk 230,772 per bhori (11.664 grams), which was Tk 232,930 yesterday.
The new price of 21-carat gold has been set at Tk 220,391 per bhori. From now on, 18-carat gold will be sold at Tk 189,248 per bhori, and the new price of gold of the traditional method is Tk 154,256 per bhori.
Along with gold, the price of silver has also fallen. The price of one bhori of 22-carat silver is now Tk 4,491. Besides, 21-carat silver is Tk 4,316 per bhori, 18-carat Tk 3,732 per bhori, and the price of silver of the traditional method is Tk 2,799 per bhori.
