The government has decided to keep the prices of diesel, octane, petrol and kerosene unchanged for November.

According to a notification issued by the Energy and Mineral Resources Division on Thursday, the existing prices will remain effective throughout November.

Under the existing rates, diesel is selling at 135 taka per litre, octane at 165 taka, petrol at 160 taka and kerosene at 155 taka.

The prices were last fixed through a notification issued by the Energy and Mineral Resources Division on September 20.

The decision to maintain the current rates for November was taken with the approval of the competent authorities.