Sukanta Halder

Traders imported more food items during the July-December period last year than in the same period a year earlier, raising expectations of a stable market during Ramadan, which begins in the third week of February.

The authorities have begun classifying all the country’s land into 18 categories under a zoning model to reduce the loss of arable land caused by unplanned industrialisation and urbanisation, and to ensure national food security.

After failing to shield potato farmers from a price crash last season, the government is now struggling to deliver cash incentives even as harvesting of this year’s early varieties has already begun, raising fresh concerns about policy delays and continued neglect of growers.

The food ministry has issued fresh permits allowing private traders to import 2 lakh tonnes of parboiled rice, amid comfortable public food stocks, an above average Aman harvest forecast and no sharp spike in the food staple prices.

The initiative aims to protect fish and haor biodiversity

Farmers say achieving production target will be harder as rice drives half of food inflation

Restaurant owners in Dhaka are grappling with a deepening liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) crisis, marked by soaring prices and constrained supply despite official data showing steady imports and adequate stock levels.

Bangladesh’s addition to a US visa bond list could disrupt travel and trade, potentially hurting small businesses and ordinary visitors, experts said.

Import resumes amid lower prices and trade-balancing push

The steady imports have led to a decrease in retail onion prices in the country

Life insurance companies collected Tk 11,389 crore in premiums last year, down 1.05 percent year-on-year

Says chairman of jute spinners’ association

Some traders linked the recent price rise to stockpiling ahead of Ramadan

As a cold wave continues to grip the country, agricultural experts are warning that certain crops could face serious risks from the unusual weather, while others may benefit and thrive under these conditions.

As a cold wave continues to grip the country, agricultural experts are warning that certain crops could face serious risks from the unusual weather, while others may benefit and thrive under these conditions..According to a press release issued today by the Bangladesh Agro-Meteorologic

If there were a “metal of the year” award, gold would be a strong contender, maintaining an exceptional run even on the final trading day of 2025..Businesspeople said the retail gold market in Bangladesh has remained unstable over the past few months, driven by fluctuating global prices, s

The new rules came into effect on December 25

Non-life insurance surveyors and loss assessors will no longer be allowed to use or disclose confidential information obtained through their professional work for personal gain or for the benefit of anyone other than the insurer or the insured, under Bangladesh’s first-ever regulation governing

Bangladesh largely views the crop as just another vegetable eaten with rice

The changes are expected to reshape how food products are marketed