Bangladesh Chamber of Industries has called upon the people to maintain the sanctity of the month of holy Ramadan beginning today, reports UNB.

In a statement BCI president Sharif M Afzal Hossain urged the businessmen not to increase the prices of the essentials for the cause of Ramadan.

He said some businessmen engaged themselves black marketing and create artificial crisis in the market. They make the general mass sufferer every year by increasing the prices of the goods.

The BCI president urged the government to take proper steps to prevent the artificial price

increase and keep the prices of the goods within the purchasing capacity of the people.

Sharif Afzal laid special emphasis on the law and order situation of the country and urged to the police administration to play an active role in order to maintain law and order during the holy mdnth.

Ramadan is the holy month of self-rectification and self-restraint and we can set an example of self-restraint by forgetting and forgiving one another.

The BCI president urged all to implement the teachings of the Ramadan in all spheres of life.