Wheat imports exceed FY25 total with 2.5 months to go
16 April 2026, 21:42 PM
Business
Govt to import another 3 lakh tonnes of diesel, EPI vaccines
8 April 2026, 18:51 PM
Business
Global fuel price hike won’t hit Eid travel cost: minister
14 March 2026, 21:14 PM
Business
Don’t buy edible oil in panic: commerce minister
9 March 2026, 19:57 PM
Business
Commerce minister vows tighter LPG market monitoring
26 February 2026, 21:03 PM
Business
Fruit imports face curbs despite dollar relief
24 February 2026, 22:43 PM
Commodities
Agri product imports to reduce over the years, says new agriculture minister
19 February 2026, 19:36 PM
Business
33% food samples tested unsafe in FY 2024-25
2 February 2026, 20:13 PM
Business
Third shipment of US wheat reaches Ctg port
31 January 2026, 19:50 PM
Business
Govt plans incentives for potato farmers
25 January 2026, 21:46 PM
Business
Delayed cultivation a concern for onion farmers
The cultivation of a variety of onion, known as Kondo in Bangladesh, has been delayed due to excessive rain early this month, when farmers plant seedlings of the crop before harvesting it in early winter
12 October 2023, 20:29 PM
Gold price hiked to nearly Tk 1 lakh a bhori
A bhori of 22-carat gold will cost Tk 99,377 from October 12
11 October 2023, 14:25 PM
Kazi Farms fined Tk 5 crore, Suguna Food Tk 3.44 crore
The two were fined for violating Section 15 of the Competition Act, 2012
9 October 2023, 14:39 PM
Ctg custom to auction off 28 tonnes buffalo meat tomorrow
The meat's reserve price has been fixed at Tk 2.45 crore
8 October 2023, 15:25 PM
Commerce ministry permits import of additional 5cr pieces of eggs
The commerce ministry has permitted five firms to import five crore pieces of eggs in order to increase supply of the protein item and check its prices in the domestic market, it said in a statement today.
8 October 2023, 09:11 AM
TCB to sell onion at nearly one-third of market price
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling onion at Tk 35 per kilogramme - nearly one-third of the existing market price- to the family cardholders in Dhaka.
8 October 2023, 08:41 AM
Inflation falls slightly, but still as high as 9.63%
It was 9.92% in Aug
3 October 2023, 12:56 PM
No need to import rice this year: Razzaque
The agriculture minister says in a seminar
2 October 2023, 12:21 PM
Reducing inflation significantly will be difficult
It will be difficult to significantly reduce inflation this year as further currency devaluation and rationalisation of subsidies are necessary, said Atiur Rahman, a former governor of Bangladesh Bank, yesterday.
1 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Gold prices fall for second time in three days
From tomorrow, prices of each bhori of gold will be Tk 98,210
30 September 2023, 14:55 PM
Hilsa price spirals amid export
The price of hilsa shot up in the local market, influenced by demand for exports of the fish to India ahead of Durga puja, one of the biggest Hindu religious festivals, to be celebrated in the third week of October.
29 September 2023, 23:13 PM
Gold prices fall slightly
22-carat gold will be Tk 99,960 a bhori from tomorrow
27 September 2023, 15:09 PM
First consignment of 45.8 tonnes of hilsa sent to India
The export price was $10 a kilogramme
21 September 2023, 13:33 PM
79 firms to export 3,950 tonnes hilsa to India
The permission will remain in place until October 30
20 September 2023, 11:47 AM
Traders leave shops vacant during DNCRP drive
The DNCRP conducted the drive in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar today
18 September 2023, 14:39 PM
Soybean oil price cut by Tk 5 per litre
Refiners in Bangladesh today cut the price of soybean oil by Tk 5 and palm oil by Tk 4 a litre after edible oil prices declined in the international market.
14 September 2023, 13:47 PM
‘No more infrastructure on triple-cropping lands’
Land minister says at Dhaka Chamber's event
2 September 2023, 13:29 PM
Zaved Akhtar, new chairman of Unilever Bangladesh
He will continue to lead the Bangladesh business as managing director
31 August 2023, 10:44 AM
Two more products now eligible for BB's green finance
The interest rate of the refinance scheme has been lowered to 5% from the previous 6%
30 August 2023, 16:15 PM
Tk 16.2 crore incentive for summer onion growers
The move comes when India imposes 40% export duty on onion
29 August 2023, 16:19 PM