A truck carrying a consignment of 11.5 ton of soybean oil overturned on the Dhaka-Tangail highway, spilling a large amount of the cooking oil on the road.
The incident was reported from the highway’s Ashekpur bypass on Thursday afternoon, confirmed Elenga Highway Police in-charge Ataur Rahman.
According to truck driver Atoar, his vehicle lost control and hit a divider after one of its tyres punctured on the way to Naogaon.
However, no tailback was reported from the area due to the accident.
A truck carrying a consignment of 11.5 ton of soybean oil overturned on the Dhaka-Tangail highway on Thursday, March 24, 2022 Dhaka TribuneCooking oil has been getting dearer by the day, with prices of soybean oil skyrocketing recently.
This government did lower the prices of one-litre bottled soybean oil by Tk8 to Tk160. The price of unpackaged soybean oil has been lowered by Tk7 to Tk136 per litre.
Earlier, in the wake of rising oil prices in the international market, businesses sought to increase cooking oil prices by the end of February.
However, as the Ministry of Commerce did not allow it, the market became unstable as refiners cut supply and wholesalers raised prices through syndication.
