Prices of most of vegetables hit Tk聽100 a kg
The prices of most of the vegetables topped Tk聽100 a kilogram on the kitchen markets in the Dhaka city over the week ending Friday due a supply shortage, traders said.
Commodities
Salehuddin asks for people鈥檚 patience
Finance, commerce and science and technology adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said that people should be patient with inflation persisting at a decade high level for the past two years...
NBR halves RD on sugar import
The National Board of Revenue has reduced the regulatory duty on import of refined and raw sugar with the aim of stabilising the sugar price on the local market.
Govt reduces regulatory duty on sugar imports by 50 per cent
The National Board of Revenue on Wednesday reduced the regulatory duty on both refined and raw sugar imports by 50 per cent to stabilise the local market prices...
Bangladesh people under strain due to price hikes
The soaring prices of essential commodities, including rice, vegetables, eggs and broiler chicken, put increasing pressure on the low-income people, pushing them further to the wall.
Govt permits import of eggs to stabilise market
In a bid to address the ongoing volatility in the egg market in Bangladesh, the Ministry of Commerce has granted approval for the import of 40.5 million eggs to seven designated firms...
Task force to monitor prices of daily essentials at district level
The government has established a special task force at district level to monitor and review the market and supply situation of essential commodities.
Prices of eggs, broiler chicken keep going upward
The prices of broiler chicken and eggs continued to rise on the kitchen markets of the city over the past three weeks while vegetables also became pricey.聽
India lifts ban on rice export
Indian government lifted the ban on the export of non-basmati white rice on Friday, about 14 months after imposing restrictions on rice export...
Adviser for ensuring eggs, poultry at affordable price
Fisheries and livestock adviser Farida Akhter on Saturday urged traders to ensure uninterrupted supply of eggs and poultry, saying that those must be reached at the consumer level at an affordable price...
Kimchi threat as heatwave drives up South Korea cabbage prices
An unprecedented heat wave across South Korea has driven up the price of cabbages, data revealed Friday, with the vegetable used in the famed national dish kimchi surging by...
China to resume seafood imports from Japan after Fukushima ban
China said Friday that it would 鈥榞radually resume鈥� importing seafood from Japan after imposing a blanket ban last year over the release of water from the disabled Fukushima nuclear plant.
Prices of eggs, chicken go up, govt-set prices not followed
Eggs and chicken were being sold at prices above the government-set rates on the kitchen markets in the Dhaka city on Friday.
TCB starts selling essentials from today
The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh聽will start selling essential commodities at subsidised prices across聽the country from today for the month of September...
Prices of broiler, eggs go up
The prices of broiler chicken and eggs went up while most other commodities, including rice, potatoes and onions, remained pricy on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka over the...