Dhaka, Aug. 19 -- The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has slashed rice import duty from the usual 63.25 per cent to nearly zero, requiring traders with Food Ministry approval to pay only a 2 per cent ... Read More
Dhaka, Aug. 15 -- The prices of egg have hit a 10-month high of Tk 145-155 a dozen in the city markets, adding further woes to the commoners who are struggling with soaring prices of many other essent... Read More
Dhaka, Aug. 15 -- Potato production hit an all-time high of 11.57 million tonnes in the financial year 2024-25, though prices also declined to a decade low, according to the latest Bangladesh Bureau o... Read More
Dhaka, July 30 -- The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) on Tuesday rescinded the recent Directorate of National Consumers' Right Protection (DNCRP) directive that rice mills have to stop selling rice under t... Read More
Dhaka, July 26 -- Some companies have raised further their bottled-water prices even though legal cases against them remain pending with Bangladesh Competition Commission (BCC) in this regard. Recent... Read More
Dhaka, July 14 -- Rice prices spike to the woes of commoners, even, as millers make hay while private import stalls, sources say. Private imports have come to a halt following the end of government z... Read More
Dhaka, July 6 -- Despite severe flooding in coastal districts that damaged hundreds of thousands of hectares of cropland, the Aman rice production in FY 2024-25 held firm, thanks to a remarkable rise ... Read More
Dhaka, July 4 -- Prices of rice are increasing in local markets despite a decline in the global market, causing hardship for lower-income groups in Bangladesh. Global rice prices fell in June, as sho... Read More
Dhaka, June 24 -- The country's food grain import cost is set to be considerably higher than the growth of its import volume in the outgoing this fiscal, available data revealed. According to the Min... Read More
Dhaka, June 17 -- More than 5.76 million pieces of cattle hides have been preserved across Dhaka and other parts of the country since Eid-ul-Azha on June 7, according to officials. However, rawhide c... Read More