Bangladesh鈥檚 traders propose waiving duties on soybean, palm oil
Edible oil traders of Bangladesh on Tuesday proposed waiving the existing 5% import duty on soybean and palm oil and removing all value-added taxes imposed on producers and traders.
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Tackling syndicate control and inflation
BANGLADESH鈥橲 food price inflation has become a crippling burden on millions of low-income households. Food inflation is largely driven by unchecked syndicates that exploit supply chains. The prices of staples such as rice, eggs, and chicken have surged dramatically, with rice increasing by Tk 6鈥�8 per kilogram in the last two months and broiler chicken...
22-day hilsa fishing ban in Bangladesh begins today
Prices of hilsa have shot up again in Chandpur markets as a 22-day ban on hilsa fishing was set to begin at midnight past Saturday, to ensure safe spawning in the freshwaters of the Padma and Meghna rivers...
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.
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.
BSEC holds meeting with protesting investors
Senior officials of the Bangladesh Securities Exchange and Commission on Sunday held a meeting with a section of investors who have been protesting at continued plunges in share prices...
24 tonnes of stolen govt rice seized
A truck with twenty four and a half metric tonnes of government rice was seized at Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat on Friday as it was lifted from a warehouse...
Call for health research reforms
THE Awami League government, before its downfall on August 5, had revised the budget on June 6 allotting, Tk 414,080 million in the 2025 financial year, with a 9 per cent increase from the 2024 budget to accommodate macroeconomic challenges sucg as pandemic, price inflation and banking sector instability in banking. The health budget accounted for...
Oil prices rise
Oil prices rose and major stock markets mostly retreated Thursday as investors reacted to fears of widening conflict in the Middle East and awaited a key US jobs report...
Investors鈥� protest at share price plunge continuous
A section of stock market investors for the second consecutive day on Thursday protested at continued plunges in share prices on the country鈥檚 bourses...
LPG price increased
Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission has increased the prices of Liquefied Petroleum Gas by Tk聽2.88 per kilogram and auto gas by Tk聽1.58 per litre for the month of October...
Oil prices rise on ME worries
Stock markets wavered while oil prices extended a rally Wednesday as Iran鈥檚 missile attack on Israel fanned fears of a Middle East-wide conflict...
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...
BSEC asks DSE to probe price surge of IBBL shares
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday instructed the Dhaka Stock Exchange to investigate the recent surge in Islami Bank鈥檚 share prices...
Bangladesh cricketer Shakib fined Tk 50 lakh for manipulating share prices
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange commission on Tuesday fined cricketer Shakib Al Hasan, Abul Khayer Hiru and their associates Tk聽1.63 crore for manipulating share price of
Govt to import 400,000 tonnes wheat, 200,000 tonnes rice
The government on Wednesday approved separate proposals for importing 400,000 tonnes of wheat and 200,000 tonnes of rice within 15 days...
DIIT student Ibrahim invents 鈥楤azardar鈥�
The Daffodil Institute of IT鈥檚 student Md Ibrahim Mollah has developed a sophisticated application named 鈥楤azardar鈥� to ensure the accuracy of market prices, said a press release...
DSE asked to probe price hike of Khan Brothers鈥� shares
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Sunday directed the Dhaka Stock Exchange to investigate the sudden rise in the share prices of Khan Brothers PP Woven Bag Industries...
India removes minimum export price on onions
The government of India has removed the minimum export condition on onion exports with immediate effect, as per a notification issued on Friday...
Quick fix to price hike of essentials unlikely: Salehuddin聽
Finance, commerce and, science and technology adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Thursday said a quick fall in prices of all essential commodities was unlikely to happen...
Food prices at JnU TSC reduced
The price of food items at the Teacher Student Centre of Jagannath University have been revised downward significantly...
Oil prices, global stocks retreat as China weighs on sentiment
Oil prices slumped more than three per cent and stock markets retreated Tuesday as China鈥檚 struggling聽economy聽weighed on sentiment...
Govt decreases fuel prices
The interim government has decreased the prices of diesel, kerosene, petrol and octane at the retail level with effect from September 1.
BSEC lifts floor price off four more companies
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has lifted floor price restrictions off four more companies...
Prices of rice keep rising
The prices of rice increased further on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka over the week ending Friday as mill owners raised the rate of the staple food showing price hike of...
Gold price hits Tk 1.26 lakh a bhari
The price of gold has been increased again on Thursday reaching a record high of Tk 1,26,006 a bhari (11.664 grams) in Bangladesh...
Bank scrips take beating amid turmoil
Share prices of most of the banks fell on the Dhaka Stock Exchange on Wednesday amid turmoil in a number of crisis-hit banks and a negative vibe on the market, market operators said...
Dhaka stocks drop slightly
Dhaka stocks witnessed a slight fall on Monday, falling for the third consecutive session, as a section of investors continued selling shares after the recent surges in share prices, market operators said...