Commerce ministry permits import of additional 5cr pieces of eggs

The commerce ministry has permitted five firms to import five crore pieces of eggs in order to increase supply of the protein item and check its prices in the domestic market, it said in a statement today.
8 October 2023, 09:11 AM

TCB to sell onion at nearly one-third of market price

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling onion at Tk 35 per kilogramme - nearly one-third of the existing market price- to the family cardholders in Dhaka.
8 October 2023, 08:41 AM
3 October 2023, 12:56 PM

No need to import rice this year: Razzaque

The agriculture minister says in a seminar
2 October 2023, 12:21 PM

Reducing inflation significantly will be difficult

It will be difficult to significantly reduce inflation this year as further currency devaluation and rationalisation of subsidies are necessary, said Atiur Rahman, a former governor of Bangladesh Bank, yesterday.
1 October 2023, 18:00 PM

Gold prices fall for second time in three days

From tomorrow, prices of each bhori of gold will be Tk 98,210
30 September 2023, 14:55 PM

Hilsa price spirals amid export

The price of hilsa shot up in the local market, influenced by demand for exports of the fish to India ahead of Durga puja, one of the biggest Hindu religious festivals, to be celebrated in the third week of October.
29 September 2023, 23:13 PM

Gold prices fall slightly

22-carat gold will be Tk 99,960 a bhori from tomorrow
27 September 2023, 15:09 PM

First consignment of 45.8 tonnes of hilsa sent to India

The export price was $10 a kilogramme
21 September 2023, 13:33 PM

79 firms to export 3,950 tonnes hilsa to India

The permission will remain in place until October 30
20 September 2023, 11:47 AM

Traders leave shops vacant during DNCRP drive

The DNCRP conducted the drive in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar today
18 September 2023, 14:39 PM

Soybean oil price cut by Tk 5 per litre 

Refiners in Bangladesh today cut the price of soybean oil by Tk 5 and palm oil by Tk 4 a litre after edible oil prices declined in the international market.
14 September 2023, 13:47 PM

‘No more infrastructure on triple-cropping lands’

Land minister says at Dhaka Chamber's event
2 September 2023, 13:29 PM

Zaved Akhtar, new chairman of Unilever Bangladesh

He will continue to lead the Bangladesh business as managing director
31 August 2023, 10:44 AM

Two more products now eligible for BB's green finance

The interest rate of the refinance scheme has been lowered to 5% from the previous 6%
30 August 2023, 16:15 PM

Tk 16.2 crore incentive for summer onion growers

The move comes when India imposes 40% export duty on onion
29 August 2023, 16:19 PM

Will Bangladesh be affected by India's possible sugar export ban?

Sugar prices have risen globally over the last couple of months
28 August 2023, 15:55 PM

New Indian duty unlikely to affect local rice market

Rice millers say Bangladesh has 'adequate' rice stock
26 August 2023, 16:22 PM

Bangladesh starts growing genetically-modified cotton

The variety, Bt cotton, will increase local cotton production by 7.5 times
26 August 2023, 13:47 PM

India expands curbs on rice exports

The country imposes 20% duty on parboiled grade
26 August 2023, 11:18 AM