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CSE gets commodity exchange licence

State Minister for Commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu recommended the Chittagong Stock Exchange include products such as potatoes, soybean oil, palm oil, and raw sugar in the commodity exchange when it is launched.
20 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Govt to buy 8,000 tonnes of lentil, 10,000 tonnes of sugar

The commodities will be purchased for the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh
20 March 2024, 11:27 AM

India’s biggest wholesale market in Nashik demands withdrawal of onion export ban

The Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) in India’s Lasalgaon made the demand
20 March 2024, 11:01 AM

Commodity market monitoring to continue: Titu

There is ample supply of basic goods, the state minister for commerce says
19 March 2024, 15:09 PM

Shop owners lambast ‘meaningless’ price fixing of 29 commodities

They demand cancellation of the prices fixed by the Department of Agricultural Marketing on March 15
19 March 2024, 14:00 PM

India to source onion from domestic market to export to Bangladesh

India’s National Cooperative Export Ltd will purchase 1,650 tonnes at Rs 29 a kg
18 March 2024, 11:13 AM

Govt to buy essential foods to contain their prices

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh will purchase various foodstuffs from local markets to sell them at subsidised rates among low-income groups
14 March 2024, 18:26 PM

Emerald Oil’s major shareholder to sell 10 lakh shares

The oil producer will get the sales proceeds as loan to repay bank loans
14 March 2024, 14:03 PM

Government fixes date prices for Ramadan

Price of low grade dates will be Tk 150 to Tk 165 a kg
12 March 2024, 09:41 AM

Unilever Consumer Care’s profit surges 32%

Its earnings per share hit Tk 49.89 in 2023, up from 2022's Tk 37.9
9 March 2024, 14:55 PM

Farashuddin recommends introducing unified exchange rate

He spoke at the third AKN Ahmed Memorial Lecture on Central Banking
8 March 2024, 07:55 AM

TCB raises sugar prices by Tk 30 a kg

From March 7, TCB will sell sugar at Tk 100 a kg
6 March 2024, 16:02 PM

Inflation falls in February

Inflation slides 19 basis points to 9.67℅
6 March 2024, 15:29 PM

Gold price makes new record

From March 7, a bhori of 22-carat gold will cost Tk 112,907
6 March 2024, 13:42 PM

TCB imports 400 tonnes of chickpeas through Benapole

The import cost is Tk 85 a kg, but the TCB will sell it at Tk 55 a kg
5 March 2024, 12:22 PM

India to export 50,000 tonnes of onion to Bangladesh

The shipment will be sent to Bangladesh through the National Cooperative Exports Limited
1 March 2024, 10:29 AM

Soybean oil to be Tk 10 cheaper from tomorrow

A litre of soybean oil will be Tk 163, down from the existing Tk 173
29 February 2024, 14:05 PM
28 February 2024, 12:49 PM

Poverty, inequality, food insecurity rise in urban areas: Sanem

Sanem carried out a survey among 9,000 households countrywide in Oct-Nov of 2023
24 February 2024, 15:16 PM

There will be no scarcity of any commodities during Ramadan: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said there will be no shortage of any commodities in the market during the upcoming month of Ramadan
23 February 2024, 07:55 AM