50,000 tonnes of white rice will also be purchased from Pakistan

They also urge govt not to raise gas prices

Commerce adviser says after meeting with Turkish trade minister

Bangladesh relies heavily on imports of essential food items such as edible oils, lentils, onions, sugar, and spices, which have seen a 5 percent year-on-year price increase.

The growers dumped onion on Pabna-Sujanagar road demanding a fair price

This time, the mill will be operated for 34 days

They backtracked from the decision after the government promised to address their 10-point demand

The NBR extends 5% VAT benefit until March 31 next year

Falls were limited, however, by concerns of supply disruptions in the event of more US sanctions on major suppliers Russia and Iran

The Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) has recommended that the government impose a 25 percent regulatory duty on the export of crude and refined rice bran oil to discourage shipments and increase domestic supply..The suggestion comes in response to soaring cooking oil prices in

The suggestion comes in response to soaring cooking oil prices

The interim government will procure 1.40 crore litres of edible oil from S Alam Super Oil Ltd for sale among low-income people at subsidised rates through the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB)..The advisory council on public procurement endorsed the proposal at a meeting in Banglades

There was corruption in the distribution of family cards for subsidised commodity sales by the state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB), according to Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin..The TCB provides 1 crore families with subsidised food items. Of the beneficiaries, some 57 lak

The government yesterday raised the retail prices of soybean and super palm oils by Tk 8 per litre. Bottled soybean oil price was set at Tk 175, and loose soybean oil and super palm oil at Tk 157.

Egg, sugar prices became cheaper to some extent, not other commodities, he says

Real prices of rice have fallen in the decade from 2010 to 2020, benefiting consumers but generating lower real incomes for producers, according to a paper presented at an event in Dhaka yesterday..However, real prices of the staple food climbed in the years following the turn of the decad

The Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) has recommended that the government reduce import taxes on sunflower oil and canola or rapeseed oil to offer a greater range of cooking oils in the markets..At present, crude sunflower oil importers are required to pay a total of 31 percent

The interim government will import another 50,000 tonnes of rice from India to increase the country’s food stocks..Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed approved a proposal in this regard at a meeting of a government advisory committee on purchase at Bangladesh Secretariat yesterday..The

The interim government of Bangladesh has allowed 277 private entities to import 14.81 lakh tonnes of rice as it looks to contain domestic prices of the staple grain by increasing stocks..Of the total, 10.65 lakh tonnes will be boiled rice while the rest will be sunned rice, according to do

Salehuddin Ahmed attends Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation’s 34th founding anniversary