Photo: Collected
The price of gold has fallen in the domestic market. The Bangladesh Jewellers Association (Bajus) has cut it by Tk 1,691 per bhori. With this, the new price of good quality gold stands at Tk 2,32,930.
The new price was fixed unanimously at a meeting of the Bajus Standing Committee on Pricing and Price Monitoring on Saturday (26 September) morning. It came into effect from 10:00am.
According to the new rate, the price of the best quality, that is 22-carat, gold per bhori, including VAT, has fallen by Tk 1,691 to stand at Tk 2,32,930.
The price of 21-carat gold per bhori has been cut by Tk 1,574 and set at Tk 2,22,490. The price of 18-carat per bhori has been cut by Tk 1,301 to Tk 1,91,056.
And the price of gold of the traditional method per bhori has been cut by Tk 1,108 and set at Tk 1,56,064.
Earlier, on 19 September, the price of 22-carat gold per bhori, including VAT, was raised by Tk 1,691 and set at Tk 2,34,621, that of 21-carat by Tk 1,575 to Tk 2,24,065, that of 18-carat by Tk 1,301 to Tk 1,92,397 and that of gold of the traditional method by Tk 1,108 to Tk 1,57,172.
Alongside gold, the price of silver has also been cut. The price of 22-carat silver per bhori, including VAT, has been cut by Tk 292 and set at Tk 4,840, that of 21-carat by Tk 350 to Tk 4,607, that of 18-carat by Tk 291 to Tk 3,966 and that of silver of the traditional method by Tk 175 to Tk 3,032.
