Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed on Saturday said keeping fuel prices unchanged in the country despite their rise in international markets in the wake of the war if West Asia is a major success of the government.

“The success has been possible because of advance preparation,” he told reporters after a meeting of BNP Parliamentary Party held at the ruling party’s meeting room in the Parliament Secretariat in the afternoon.

Noting that the government keeps the fuel prices stable by providing additional subsidy, he said, “Our plan is to give comfort to people, especially during the Boro season, so that there is no crisis in agricultural production and the cost of agricultural inputs (including fuel) doesn’t go up.”

Referring to the global fuel situation, he said prices of fuel have increased in many neighbouring countries and some countries even shut down educational institutions due to energy shortages.

“But in Bangladesh everything has been managed smoothly under the directives of the Prime Minister. We hope we will be able to maintain the situation,” he said.

About energy smuggling, the Home Minister said a few incidents of fuel smuggling have come to the notice of the government and such activities will be curbed with strict hands.

Turning to the ordinances promulgated during the interim government, Salahuddin said the parliamentary special committee would sit again on Sunday night to discuss the 133 ordinances issued during the interim government.

“The meeting will be held at 8:30pm tomorrow, where a final decision regarding the ordinances will be taken. Based on that, the committee will prepare its report,” he said.

The report is scheduled to be placed in Parliament on April 2 and then it will proceed to the legislative process in accordance with the rules, he said.