The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has announced an increase in LPG price for July, 24NewHD reported on Wednesday.

Ogra increased the price of LPG by Rs18.84 per kilogrammme and the price of the domestic cylinder of 11.8KG has been increased by Rs222.28.

The authority notified that the new rate of domestic cylinder will be Rs1,889.57 from July 1.

The notification of surge in LPG price followed the finance ministry's announcement of an increase in the prices of petroleum products.

The government raised petrol price by Rs2 per litre and high speed diesel (HSD) by Rs1.44 per litre.

The new prices of petrol and high speed diesel are Rs112.69 and Rs113.99 per litre respectively.