Dhaka, April 21 -- Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir on Tuesday warned that the government will not tolerate any attempt to create artificial crisis or manipulate market, saying no group or individual will be allowed to hold the market hostage.

"This is a country of 180 million people. No group or individual can take the market hostage," he said while speaking to reporters after a meeting of the task force on commodity prices and market situation at the Ministry of Commerce.

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