Dhaka, Oct. 12 -- The LP Gas Traders Cooperative Association Limited has announced a nationwide shutdown of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) shops for Thursday and Friday to press for higher commissions, adequate gas supplies and an end to administrative harassment.

The two-day shutdown is part of a seven-point list of demands announced by the association's President Md Selim Khan at a press conference at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Monday afternoon.

The traders are demanding that their commissions be raised to Tk 150 per cylinder or 7 percent of the selling price.

Selim warned that LPG shops across the country would remain closed indefinitely if their demands were not addressed during the two-day shutdown.

The LPG traders announ...