Eggs price manipulation continues in oversight absence
A sudden increase in prices of eggs by Tk 25鈥�30 a dozen is abnormal and hints at market manipulation. The Poultry Association also alleges that the price increase is unusual and artificial...
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Prices of onions, eggs keep rising
The prices of eggs and onion continued to rise while that of other essential commodities, including vegetables, remained excessively high on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka over the week ending Friday...
UK inflation slows to near 3-year low
Britain鈥檚 annual inflation rate slowed to a near three-year low in April as energy prices cooled further, official data showed Wednesday, boosting the governing Conservatives before this year鈥檚 general election...
PM orders bolstering market monitoring
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked the commerce ministry for increasing market monitoring to check the price hike of essentials...
Price of green chillies soars
The price of green chillies witnessed a sharp rise on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka in the past two weeks and the item sold for up to Tk聽220 a kilogram on Sunday...
Heatwaves, droughts threaten rice yields聽in Bangladesh
Bangladesh faces immense challenges in keeping up its rice production amid frequent heatwaves and droughts in the absence of heat-tolerant rice varieties and...
Prices of most daily essentials on the rise
The prices of almost all essential commodities witnessed a sharp rise on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka over the week ending Friday...
CPB blames lack of good governance for economic failure
Politicians, academics and professionals on Wednesday at a discussion said that lack of good governance was responsible for the economic failure of the country and the increase of dollar price and abnormal increase of prices of essential commodities were secondary causes...
Movement against price hike after temp drops: Manna
Nagarik Oikya president Mahmudur Rahman Manna on Friday threatened a large-scale movement against hikes in prices of essential commodities after day temperatures dropped...
Activists oppose commercial release of GM rice
Rights activists at a press conference on Monday asked the government not to release genetically modified variety Golden Rice for commercial production in...
Record gold prices take shine off London jewellers
Surrounded by glass-fronted display cabinets filled with shimmering gold bracelets and necklaces at London鈥檚 Pakeeza Jewellers store, manager Zahid Khan laments the impact of record-high prices of the precious metal...
Govt must set power policy right to reduce subsidy
THE government mulling over an increase in power price four times a year for the next three years to reduce subsidy is unacceptable and an injustice to consumers. Power Division officials are reported to have proposed the increase to a visiting International Monetary Fund mission that has...
LPG gets cheaper by Tk 49 per 12-kg cylinder
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday lowered the price of liquefied petroleum gas by Tk 4.1 per kg, setting the new rate at Tk 116.08 per kg, down from previous Tk 120.18.....
Fuel oil prices go up again
The government has increased retail prices of diesel, kerosene, petrol and octane for the month of May. The retail gas price for power plants was also hiked.
HC issues rule to curb medicine price hike
A High Court division bench on Monday ordered to take necessary measures against the ongoing price hike of all types of medicines in the country....
Philippine court鈥檚 decision defends food sovereignty
BANGLADESH has a wide diversity of rice and vegetables, but two genetically modified food crops 鈥� Bt brinjal and golden rice 鈥� are being promoted unnecessarily. This is unfortunate and shameful...
Gold price drops to Tk聽1,12,616 a bhari
Bangladesh鈥檚 jewellers on Sunday decreased the price of 22-carat gold by Tk 315 a bhari (11.664 grams), setting the new price of the precious metal at Tk聽1,12,616 a bhari with immediate effect, after decreasing the price by Tk 630 a bhari on Saturday....
High prices turn away poor from buying fans, umbrellas
Amid the heatwave raging across the country, prices of fans, especially rechargeable ones, and umbrellas have surged with the demand of the items going high in the market...
Prices of vegetables soar amid heatwave
The prices of vegetables soared on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka as the ongoing heatwave in many parts in the country lowered the production of vegetables and increased the output costs of the items, traders said...
Philippine court blocks GM rice production
A Philippine court has blocked the commercial propagation of genetically modified golden rice because it said conflicting scientific views gave rise to...
Gold price now Tk聽1.14 lakh a bhari
Bangladesh鈥檚 jewellers on Tuesday decreased the price of 22-carat gold by Tk 590 a bhari (11.664 grams), setting the new price of the precious metal at Tk聽1,13,561 a bhari with immediate effect...
BSEC limits companies鈥� share price fall to 3pc
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange commission on Wednesday again restricted share price fall at maximum 3 per cent for all companies but those which are still under floor price restriction...
Gold price drops more
The Bangladesh Jewelers Association has reduced the price of gold again by Tk 2,139 a bhari (11.664 grams) after the price of the precious metal drop on the local market...
The crooked timber of Modi鈥檚 India
WHEN Parakala Prabhakar published his essays in April last year in a book titled The Crooked Timber of New India: Essays on a Republic in Crisis, one ignored it on suspicion that as husband of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman he could not but be...
Gold price cut to Tk聽1,16,290 a bhari
Bangladesh鈥檚 jewellers on Tuesday decreased the price of 22-carat gold by Tk聽3,133 a bhari (11.664 grams), setting the new price of the precious metal at Tk聽1,16,290 a bhari with immediate effect, after increasing the price by Tk聽630 a bhari on Sunday.....
BGMEA seeks US govt support to ensure fair minimum apparel price
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association on Monday at a meeting with the visiting United States Trade Representative delegation sought support and collaboration of the US government to ensure fair minimum price of apparel and a unified code of conduct for social audits...
Gold price rises again to reach Tk聽1,19,423 a bhari
Bangladesh鈥檚 jewellers on Sunday increased the price of 22-carat gold by Tk聽630 a bhari (11.664 grams), setting the new price of the precious metal at Tk聽1,19,423 a bhari with immediate effect...
Diverse designs, affordable prices propel popularity of imitation jewellery
In Bangladeshi culture, gold jewellery has long symbolised prosperity, tradition, and familial bonds, gracing every socio-cultural and religious festival with its revered presence...
Govt fails to control price hike: Gono Odhikar Parishad
Leaders of the Gono Odhikar Parishad on Friday at a protest rally in Dhaka said that the Awami League government had failed to control price hikes of essential commodities...