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Internet price reduction: who benefits?

The Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company’s recent decision to reduce internet bandwidth costs by 10 per cent raises an important question: who stands to benefit from this price cut? Announced on March 22, 2025, the move is expected to ease expenses for both mobile and broadband service providers. However, whether these savings will trickle down to end-users...

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11,500 MT rice from India arrives at Ctg port

A consignment of 11,500 tonnes of non-basmati or parboiled rice has arrived at the Chattogram port under package-2 from India to meet the country’s domestic demand...

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8 injured in clash over VGF rice distribution

A three-way clash erupted between Islami Andolon, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and Jamaat-e-Islami in Monpura of Bhola over the distribution of VGF rice, leaving at least 8 people injured...

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Actions against 913 rice mills recommended

The regional food controller’s office in Rajshahi on Tuesday recommended the food ministry to take punitive action against 913 rice mills in the Rajshahi division for not providing rice to the government as per agreement.

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Prices vary for same meds

Prices of the identical generic drugs vary considerably from manufacturer to manufacturer in the country due to a lack of government oversight regarding drug pricing...

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My barber, food prices and why there is still hope

THE optics were poor. Until recently, the new government hadn’t been able to tame the rising prices of essentials. The injured were still woefully neglected and there was rising insecurity. The government had set up reform commissions in key sectors and the commissions were hard at work. In time one hopes they would yield results. Long term planning does matter but...

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Breaking hilsa price trap

HILSA has for long been a cultural and culinary staple. Yet, despite a notable increase in production, its price remains beyond the reach of many consumers. A recent study led by professor Md Mostafa Shamsuzzaman and his research team in the Sylhet Agricultural University sheds light on the underlying factors behind this persistent price increase. Their findings...

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Govt prioritising price stability in Ramadan: press secy

The chief adviser’s press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Saturday said that the prices of most essential commodities had now reached a tolerable level compared with the previous Ramadan due to various measures adopted by the interim government to stabilise the prices of essentials during Ramadan...

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Date prices drop with huge import

Consumers have expressed satisfaction over the declining prices of dates, following an import volume that has doubled compared to market demand ahead of Ramadan...

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PUBLIC HEARING ON GAS PRICE HIKE: BERC blasted by consumers

Frequent booing and screams of the word ‘shame’ filled the air inside the indoor venue in Dhaka where the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission on Wednesday held its public hearing on the gas price hike proposal of up to 152 per cent...

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NBR clarifies instructions on VAT cut on supershop purchases

The National Board of Revenue, in an instruction issued on Tuesday, clarified that supershops selling goods at the maximum retail price cannot charge an additional value added tax from their customers as the VAT will be included in the retail prices or MRP...

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Competition Commission fines farm for egg price manipulation

The Bangladesh Competition Commission has fined People's Poultry and Hatchery Ltd Tk 7,202,973 for conspiratorial collusion, limiting or controlling the production, supply, and market system, and abnormally determining the purchase or sale price of eggs...

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Gas price hike will deter investment: businesses

The country’s business leaders strongly criticised the government’s proposal to raise gas prices by 150 per cent for new industries and industrial expansion, calling it a discriminatory move that could deter future investors and make Bangladesh less attractive for business...

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Commerce ministry fines 7 grocery shops

Two market monitoring teams of the Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday fined seven grocery shops in a bid to keep stable the prices of essentials...