Consumers will pay significantly more for cooking gas after Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) announced another round of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) price hikes Sunday, the second increase in just 18 days.

The new rates took effect at 6:00pm Sunday. The price of a 12-kg cylinder, the most common household size has been raised by Tk 212 to Tk 1,940. Combined with the previous revision, consumers have absorbed a cumulative increase of Tk 599 on the standard cylinder within less than three weeks.

The last adjustment was made on April 2, when the 12-kg cylinder was priced at Tk 1,728.

BERC cited rising LPG import freight charges, trader premium costs and higher diesel prices as the reasons behind the revision.

The new prices across cylinder sizes are as follows: 5.5 kg at Tk 889; 12.5 kg at Tk 2,021; 15 kg at Tk 2,425; 16 kg at Tk 2,587; 18 kg at Tk 2,910; 20 kg at Tk 3,233; 22 kg at Tk 3,557; 25 kg at Tk 4,042; 30 kg at Tk 4,850; 33 kg at Tk 5,335; 35 kg at Tk 5,658; and 45 kg at Tk 7,275.

The revised rates apply to both private-sector LPG and auto-gas (vehicular CNG alternative) at the consumer level.