Sukanta Halder

Business and industrial activities were disrupted for several hours since yesterday afternoon as the national power grid failed, plunging half of the country into darkness.

The government has issued a policy aiming to facilitate the acquisition of sustainable and advanced technology among light engineering industries in a bid to expedite development in the sector, according to a gazette notification issued last month.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is likely to extend a value added tax reduction on edible oil imports and refining for three months to retain current prices for consumers battered by rising costs of essential commodities. 

Customer turnout at various shopping centres, fashion houses and other retail outlets in Dhaka is gaining momentum ahead of Durga Puja, the biggest annual festival for the Hindu community, with traders saying sales will soon exceed that of the pre-pandemic era.

Whenever the price of a commodity increases in the local market, the traders and wholesalers have the readymade excuse of a price hike in the international market. But a recent study by an intelligence agency found their justification to be unsubstantiated.

A local company is set to export solid waste generated at the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate (STIE), a move that could show the way for curbing the dumping of polluting materials in open yards and cutting the scope for environmental pollution.

Food delivery platform foodpanda Bangladesh has imposed a “platform fee” of Tk 3 since August, payable on every order by the customer. 

Bangladesh Competition Commission has filed 44 cases against a host of individuals and organisations, accusing them of creating an artificial crisis that led to abnormal hikes in prices of items like rice, flour, eggs, poultry and toiletries.

The High Court-appointed board of directors of controversial e-commerce platform Evaly has “resigned”, said a member of the board.

The High Court-appointed board of directors of beleaguered e-commerce platform Evaly has ‘resigned’, said a member of the board.

Shwapno has started expanding its footprint abroad as fresh vegetables and fruits have now been sent to two new destinations.  

Just two decades ago, one could hardly hope to see a well-furnished bathroom in the country’s semi-urban and rural areas.

Pay more to get less is what the miniket rice is all about.

Four days ago, two pairs of brown farmed eggs were sold at Tk 38 in three kitchen markets across Dhaka.

Major producers in Bangladesh colluded with each other to send the price of eggs to an unprecedented level in the middle of August, hurting the pockets of consumers already struggling to make ends meet, according to a probe report.  

The government could have reduced fuel prices by more than Tk 5 per litre, said Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) President Md Jashim Uddin yesterday. 

Sales of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) have increased consistently over the last six years, reflecting a rise in demand for essential commodities at below market prices.

The price of liquid milk has again increased by Tk 10 per litre while half-litre packs will now cost Tk 5 more as leading producers have raised the maximum retail price of their products by 12.5 per cent. 

Hazaribagh has transformed itself into a leather products manufacturing hub from a tannery zone in a span of five years since rawhides processors were shifted to Savar, logging an annual trade of Tk 60 crore. 

The lack of gas connections is creating obstacles for companies at the API Industrial Park to conduct their operations even though the project was completed in June last year.