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The price of gold jewellery, including VAT, has been raised by up to a maximum of Tk 2,216 per bhori. The Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) has made this announcement of an increase in gold prices in the domestic market.
BAJUS gave this information in a notification on Friday (9 October). The new price has been effective from 10am that day.
The notification said the decision to fix this new price was taken this morning at a meeting of BAJUS’s standing committee on pricing and price monitoring.
According to the new rates, the price of the best quality or 22-carat gold jewellery per bhori (11.664 grams) is now Tk 2,31,297 including VAT. Yesterday the price was Tk 2,29,081.
The new price of 21-carat gold is Tk 2,20,916 per bhori. From now on, 18-carat gold will be sold at Tk 1,89,715 per bhori, while the new price of gold made in the traditional method is Tk 1,54,956 per bhori.
Although the price of gold has been reduced, there has been no change in the price of silver. A bhori of 22-carat silver costs Tk 4,316. Besides, per bhori, 21-carat silver costs Tk 4,141, 18-carat Tk 3,558 and silver made in the traditional method Tk 2,683.
