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The Bangladesh Jewellers Association (Bajus) has announced a cut in gold prices in the domestic market. The price of gold ornaments, including VAT, has been reduced by up to Tk 1,691 per bhori.
Bajus gave this information in a notice on Monday. This new gold price has been made effective from 10:00am today. Gold will be sold at the same price today, Tuesday, as well.
Bajus said in the notice that the decision to fix 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 prices, the price of the best quality or 22-carat gold ornaments, including VAT, has been fixed at Tk 229,081 per bhori (11.664 grams), which was Tk 230,772 yesterday.
The new price of 21-carat gold has been fixed at Tk 218,817 per bhori. From now on, 18-carat gold will sell at Tk 187,907 per bhori and the new price of traditional-method gold is Tk 153,498 per bhori.
Although gold prices have been cut, silver prices remain unchanged. The price of one bhori of 22-carat silver is Tk 4,316. Besides, 21-carat silver is Tk 4,141 per bhori, 18-carat Tk 3,558 per bhori and traditional-method silver Tk 2,683 per bhori.
