Bangladesh and Pakistan have both sharply raised fuel prices again as the cost of crude oil continues to soar.

Diesel and kerosene are up by 37.5% a litre in Bangladesh, while the price of a cylinder of cooking gas is up by 66%.

In Pakistan, natural gas prices rose by up to 31% on Monday, a day after petrol and diesel prices went up by 10%.

Rising fuel costs are contributing to higher food prices around the world. Millions of the poorest people in South

Asia have been badly hit.

Over the past year Bangladeshis have already seen the price of staple foods like rice double - and the government is appealing for global action to curb surging crude oil prices. ... Read full article