Local people of an area in Raiganj upazila in Sirajganj district on Wednesday protested at the operation of an auto rice mill, saying that its smoke and wastes were polluting the environment and farmland...
The police arrested Abdur Rashid, central president of the Bangladesh Auto Major and Husking Mill Owners鈥� Association and one of Kushtia鈥檚 most influential rice traders on Tuesday evening in connection with a fresh fraud case, adding to at least 19 pending cases against him...
Consumer prices in China fell last month at their fastest rate in six months, official data showed Wednesday, as leaders struggle to reignite demand in the world鈥檚 second-largest economy...
The police on Tuesday arrested a local leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Noakhali鈥檚 Kabirhat for allegedly selling government-subsidised rice on the open market...
Despite a sharp decline in the commodity prices on the international market after a Ukraine war-induced surge, consumers in Bangladesh are still bearing the brunt of high prices of commodities as the domestic market remains indifferent to the global price fall...
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association has urged its members to include the unit price of both imported raw materials and exportable readymade garment items when submitting utilisation declaration applications through its software, effective from September 1...
Rice prices in Japan soared 90.7 per cent in July year-on-year, official data showed Friday, but the rate of increase slowed from previous months offering some relief for prime minister Shigeru Ishiba.
Onion prices declined by Tk聽5鈥�7 at the wholesale level at different markets of the capital following the resumption of imports...
WHILE food inflation has put a large number of poor, low- and fixed-income people into difficulty, the persistent increase in rice prices appears to be pushing many into food insecurity. The increase in rice prices, moreover, remains the major contributor to food inflation. Fine rice inflation has stayed in double digits over the past twelve months, while the medium and coarse...
Rice prices continue to be the major contributor to food inflation as well as overall price hikes of essentials that lead majority people to struggle for food security amid spreading hidden hunger...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange witnessed a sharp decline throughout the week, losing Tk 3,396 crore in market capitalisation as share prices dropped on most trading days...
Outside Havana, a combine belonging to a private Vietnamese company is harvesting rice, directly farming Cuban land鈥攊n a first鈥攖o help address acute food shortages in the country...
THE interim government鈥檚 efforts to keep the kitchen market stable have not been successful, as prices of essentials continue to rise. The prices of almost all essential food items, including onions, eggs, broiler chickens and vegetables, remained high on August 15 in the capital鈥檚 kitchen markets. Broiler chickens are sold at Tk 170-180 per kilogram at retail markets, which was...
The prices of almost all essentials, including onions, eggs, broiler chickens, and vegetables, remained high on Friday in the capital鈥檚 kitchen markets...
Wall Street stocks finished little changed Thursday as markets absorbed a disappointing inflation report, while oil prices shot higher on the eve of a US-Russia summit on Ukraine...
The prices of onions have experienced a sharp hike in the country due to a supply shortage and a pause in import over the past few months...
Rice procurement activities across the country are facing disruptions following the imposition of a 0.5 per cent source tax on domestic rice procurement, according to an official document...
Consumer prices in China remained stable in July, official data showed Saturday, providing a respite for the world鈥檚 second-largest economy, which is facing strong deflationary pressure and fragile domestic demand...
PRICES of onions, eggs of farm chickens and vegetables registered a fresh increase on the kitchen market in Dhaka in the past week. Prices of onions registered the highest increase of Tk 20 a kilogram, that too, in a couple of days. Onions on August 8 sold for Tk 80鈥�85 a kilogram, up from Tk 60鈥�65. The prices, however, ranged between Tk 65 and Tk 70 on the wholesale market...
Onion prices in Bangladesh have spiked sharply, climbing by up to Tk聽15 per kilogram, a 24 per cent increase, within just a week, causing financial strain to consumers...
The prices of 10 types of stents or rings imported from three companies to use in the treatment of heart disease in the country have dropped...
The eight OPEC+ countries said Sunday they will increase production by 5,47,000 barrels a day in a move which analysts say aims to regain market share amid resilient crude prices...
Bangladesh is unlikely to face any rice shortage during the 2025鈥�26 fiscal year as projected demand and supply will remain well balanced, according to an official document...
Potato growers in Naogaon formed a human chain on Wednesday and also dumped potatoes on the road, demanding fair prices for the crop, similar to paddy and wheat...
The advisory council committee on economic affairs at a meeting on Tuesday agreed in principle to hand over about 55 acres of land of closed Jalil Textile Mills in Chattogram to the Bangladesh Army for establishing an ordnance factory...
Despite a record Boro harvest, rice prices in Bangladesh remain unusually high, raising questions about market manipulation amid weak monitoring as well as regulation...
Walton Digi-Tech Industries Limited has reduced prices of three of its popular monitor models...
Premium Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Sprungli hiked its 2025 sales target as cocoa price hikes passed on to customers outweighed a drop in volumes...
Climate change-driven extreme weather events are severely disrupting global food production, triggering record-breaking price surges and heightening health risks for vulnerable peoples in the countries, including Bangladesh, revealed an international study on Monday...
A tree planting campaign was organised and saplings were distributed among the youth as part of the youth festival at the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute in Gazipur on Monday...