Commodities
Bangladesh raises gold prices again
Jewellers have hiked gold prices by Tk 1,831 to Tk 117,281 a bhori (11.664 grammes)
Bangladesh lags behind peers in digital adoption for business
Less than half of the companies in Bangladesh use computers, according to a World Bank’s survey that revealed the country’s weak position in digital adoption for business compared to peer economies and neighboring nations.
Govt raises bottled soybean oil price to Tk 167 a litre
But cuts loose soybean oil price by Tk 2 a litre
Bangladesh to introduce drone technology to assess crop losses
20 DAE officers will get training on how to use the tech
Import of another 124,000 tonnes of rice given go-ahead
Some 91,000 tonnes will be parboiled rice and 33,000 tonnes sunned rice
Refiners want Tk 10 hike in edible oil price
They want to sell soybean oil at Tk 173, loose palm oil Tk 132 and five-litre cans at Tk 845
Turning camels into cows
Megafarms are being set up to produce camel milk on industrial scales
TCB to sell Indian onions at Tk 40/kg from tomorrow
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling Indian onion at Tk 40 per kilogramme (kg) in Dhaka, Gazipur and Chattogram cities from tomorrow.
TCB imports 400 tonnes of chickpeas through Benapole
The import cost is Tk 85 a kg, but the TCB will sell it at Tk 55 a kg
India to export 50,000 tonnes of onion to Bangladesh
The shipment will be sent to Bangladesh through the National Cooperative Exports Limited
Soybean oil to be Tk 10 cheaper from tomorrow
A litre of soybean oil will be Tk 163, down from the existing Tk 173
Poverty, inequality, food insecurity rise in urban areas: Sanem
Sanem carried out a survey among 9,000 households countrywide in Oct-Nov of 2023
There will be no scarcity of any commodities during Ramadan: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said there will be no shortage of any commodities in the market during the upcoming month of Ramadan
Commerce ministry to share commodity prices on website daily
The commerce ministry will only fix price of a commodity if it seems too high
Soybean oil prices to decrease by Tk 10 from March 1
Edible oil refiners said today that soybean oil price would be cut by Tk 10 a litre from March 1 to pass on the benefit of reduced duty and value-added tax to consumers
Extortion a major cause for higher commodity prices
The BCI president says in meeting with home minister
India to allow onion export to Bangladesh on limited scale
Five other countries will also be allowed
