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BSS, Dhaka

Commerce and Education Adviser Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman on Monday said the government would come out with a comprehensive plan within one or two days for keeping stable the prices of essentials.

"We are trying hard to keep the market stable and for that monitoring mechanism will be further strengthened soon," he told the journalists after inaugurating the South Asian Sociology Conference here as the chief guest.

The adviser said they would again sit with the businessmen and other stakeholders with the comprehensive plan for controlling the prices of essentials.

"We will do whatever needed, if required punishment will be given to those who were responsible for the price hike," he said South Asian Sociological Society (SASS) and Independent University, Bangla-desh (IUB) jointly organized the two-day conference at the Spectra Convention Center at Gulshan.

Vice Chancellor of IUB Professor Bazlul Mobin Chowdhury chaired the inaugural session of the conference where former president of Indian Sociological Society Professor Partha Nath Mukherjee presented the keynote paper.

President of Indian Sociological Society Professor Uttamrao Bhoite, President of Pakistan Sociological Association Professor Fateh Mohammad Burfat, K Tudor Silva of Peradeniya University of Sri Lanka, convener of SAS Professor Nazul Islam and organising secretary of the conference committee Dr SM Shamsul Alam spoke on the occasion.