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Article: Roundup: Minister's slip of tongue fuels artificial fuel crisis in Bangladesh
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- February 3, 2006
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Roundup: Minister's slip of tongue fuels artificial fuel crisis in
Bangladesh
DHAKA, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Words, especially slips of tongue, do
leave wreckage in their wake. Last week, Bangladeshi Finance Minister
Saifur Rahman said that he was all set to increase the oil price.
These words led to an artificial fuel crisis especially in the
northern part of the country.
Since Saifur made the remarks, unscrupulous traders began to hoard
fuels which make the fuel products short and the prices a bit higher.
Diesel and other petroleum products are being sold at much higher
prices in the northern part. In some cases the agents charged almost
double the government prices.
Shortage of petroleum ...