Price of bottled soybean oil rises by Tk 5 a litre
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2 September 2026 Business
Bangladesh gets first grid-connected agrivoltaics pilot
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19 August 2026 Business
Market monitoring alone cannot reduce commodity prices: Muktadir
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18 August 2026 Business
Ensure proper use of fallow, single-crop lands in Sylhet: minister
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15 August 2026 Business
National fisheries week starts Sunday, 14 to get gold medals
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13 August 2026 Business
Aromatic rice export quotas under review
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13 August 2026 Business
Govt to build new fish sanctuaries in haor: agri minister
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8 August 2026 Business

Tk 17 crore govt incentive for synchronised boro cultivation

Some 122 blocks of 50 acres each will be developed through the process
1 November 2023

Sugar import duty halved

Raw sugar duty now Tk 1,500 a tonne, refined sugar duty Tk 3,000
1 November 2023

GPH Ispat’s profit down for higher cost of raw materials, dollars

GPH Ispat Ltd, one of the leading steel makers in Bangladesh, reported a massive drop in earnings during the financial year 2022-23 due to the spiral in raw materials prices and higher cost of the dollar in foreign currency transactions.
29 October 2023

India moves to curb onion exports

It raises minimum export price of onion by four times to $800 a tonne
28 October 2023

Concerns rise as India extends ban on sugar export

The ban has been extended until October 31 this year
18 October 2023

No decision taken yet for potato imports: Tipu Munshi

Imported eggs will reach Bangladesh in 3-4 days, the minister says
15 October 2023

Delayed cultivation a concern for onion farmers

The cultivation of a variety of onion, known as Kondo in Bangladesh, has been delayed due to excessive rain early this month, when farmers plant seedlings of the crop before harvesting it in early winter
12 October 2023

Gold price hiked to nearly Tk 1 lakh a bhori

A bhori of 22-carat gold will cost Tk 99,377 from October 12
11 October 2023

Kazi Farms fined Tk 5 crore, Suguna Food Tk 3.44 crore

The two were fined for violating Section 15 of the Competition Act, 2012
9 October 2023

Ctg custom to auction off 28 tonnes buffalo meat tomorrow

The meat's reserve price has been fixed at Tk 2.45 crore
8 October 2023

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

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

No need to import rice this year: Razzaque

The agriculture minister says in a seminar
2 October 2023

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

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

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

Gold prices fall slightly

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

First consignment of 45.8 tonnes of hilsa sent to India

The export price was $10 a kilogramme
21 September 2023

79 firms to export 3,950 tonnes hilsa to India

The permission will remain in place until October 30
20 September 2023