DSE asked to probe KPPL鈥檚 share price fluctuation
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has asked the Dhaka Stock Exchange to investigate an unusual surge in share prices of Khulna Printing and Packaging Limited...
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Shell annual profit drops
British energy giant Shell on Thursday announced a 17-per cent drop in annual net profit owing to weaker oil and gas prices as well as asset write-offs...
Dhaka, Ctg stocks fall
The Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chattogram Stock Exchange closed lower on Thursday with major indices declining as most traded companies saw share prices falling...
Govt should, rather, improve efficiency and end corruption
PETROBANGLA鈥橲 proposal seeking an increase in gas prices supplied to industries and captive power plants by 152 per cent and 140 per cent respectively, which the government says is unpleasant and unavoidable, is worrying in that industrialists say that such a move would increase production cost that will eventually fall on consumers. Whilst the...
Global food prices drop 2.1pc in 2024: FAO
Global food prices fell by 2.1 per cent in 2024 compared to the average for the previous year, mainly due to declines in cereal and sugar prices, according to the latest report released Friday by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization...
Businesses鈥� influence on market too strong: Salehuddin
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said that the country鈥檚 businesses were very strong in terms of maintaining a marketing system which was almost impossible to break for checking commodity prices...
US wholesale prices pick up in Nov
US producer inflation climbed in November, government data showed Thursday, logging its biggest year-on-year increase since February 2023 as food costs jumped...
Inflated data impeded effective policy making: adviser
Commerce adviser Sk Bashir Uddin on Tuesday said that the government was facing challenges in stabilising the prices of essential commodities, saying that there were lack of accurate data on production and demand and the discrepancies continued to impede effective policy making...
Oil prices higher on China boost, Syria uncertainty
World oil prices jumped Monday on fresh moves by China to boost its聽economy聽and as traders tracked an uncertain future for Syria and the wider crude-rich Middle East...
Khayer, family members fined Tk 134.54cr for share price rigging
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday fined Abul Khayer, also known as Hiru, and his family members a total of Tk聽134.54 crore for manipulating share prices of four companies...
Sri Lanka records highest deflation since 1961
Sri Lanka鈥檚 consumer prices fell by 2.1 per cent in November, the highest deflation rate recorded by the economically fragile island nation since 1961, official data showed Saturday...
Govt should break market cartels to contain prices
PEOPLE, especially the poor and the segments of the population with low, fixed and limited income, continue to suffer as prices of goods remain high. Prices of vegetables, onions, potatoes and edible oil remained high in the week ending on November 29. A slight decrease in prices of coarse varieties of rice, broilers and eggs in the week has, however, failed to make any noticeable difference for...
Low, middle income people endure long queues
People from lower to middle-class backgrounds endure long queues at the open market sales points of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh in Dhaka city as rising inflation pushed essential commodity prices higher...
LDC graduation unlikely to raise medicine prices, but may affect exports: study
Bangladesh鈥檚 graduation from the least developed country to a developing one, in itself, is unlikely to increase the prices of medicine on the local market, but it may affect the exports of the products, according to a study...
Rice prices to go down with Aman in market: adviser
Food adviser Ali Imam Majumdar has said that rice prices might decline gradually with the new Aman rice coming to the market...
US producer inflation edges higher in October
US wholesale prices rose slightly in October, according to government data published Thursday, as an increase in services inflation pushed up the overall figure...
Global food prices reach 18-month high: FAO
Global food prices rose in October to their highest level in 18 months, with a sharp increase in the cost of vegetable oil, the Food and Agriculture Organization said on Friday.
Stocks gain slightly in past week
Dhaka stocks witnessed increase in share prices in the past week, ending bearish vibe of the previous five consecutive weeks, as bargain hunters went for low priced scrips hoping for quick gains, market operators said...
WB expects oil glut to cause commodity price slump
Global commodity prices should fall to a five-year low next year thanks to a huge oil glut, the World Bank said Tuesday, pointing to oversupply and to flat demand from China...
Oil prices fall, global stocks increase
Oil prices tumbled and global stocks mostly rose Monday on relief that Israel鈥檚 strikes on Iran avoided the country鈥檚 energy infrastructure...
Immediate cut in energy prices demanded
The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports on Saturday demanded immediate cuts in energy prices and holding ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and...
FBCCI calls for market monitoring to control prices of essentials
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry administrator, Md Hafizur Rahman, called on district chambers to take proactive measures to manage commodity prices and ensure a steady supply of daily necessities on Sunday.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
