Dhaka, April 8 -- Jet-fuel price has been jacked up again for both domestic and international flights amid the persistent global oil-price volatility, thus making aviation expensive.

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) Tuesday issued a release hiking the airplane-fuel prices, citing global price volatility amid the Middle East crisis.

According to the new announcement, the price of jet fuel rises by about Tk 25 per litre, effective from midnight last (April 7) night.

The fuel price for international flights rises by around 12.03 per cent to US$1.4806 per litre from US$1.3216.

For domestic flights, the price has been hiked by around 12.61 per cent to Tk 227.80 from previous Tk 202.29 per litre.

"The adjustment has been made...