Dhaka, March 24 -- Due to the war in West Asia, the price of aviation fuel (jet fuel) has been increased for the second time in a month in Bangladesh.

For international flights, the price has been raised from USD 0.7384 per liter to USD 1.3216 per liter.

The price of jet fuel for domestic flights has been set at 202.29 taka per liter. Previously, it was 112.41 taka per liter.

On Tuesday, in a notification, the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) announced the new price of jet fuel. Since May last year, the commission has been adjusting prices once every month. This is the first time the price has been adjusted twice within a single month. In the second phase, the price has been increased by 80 per cent.

BERC stated that the...