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Import of rice and wheat at higher price Decision against public interest for whose sake

Though this is a time befitting decision to ensure food security of the country, the food ministry has inked a deal to procure wheat from Russian at higher price violating the law, and, furthermore, ...

Wheat is seen in a field near the southern Ukranian city of Nikolaev 8 July 2013.

Bangladesh cancelled tender to buy 50,000 tonnes wheat: Traders

Bangladesh's state grains buyer has cancelled and withdrawn an international tender to purchase and import 50,000 tonnes of wheat with no purchase made, an official said

Wheat procurement thru third party in violation of the law

Wheat procurement thru third party in violation of the law

There is no provision to involve the private sector at a G2G level. Even so, two persons are being involved in the procurement of wheat at higher costs

Industrial facilities of the PCK oil refinery are pictured in Schwedt/Oder, Germany, on 9 May, 2022

Germany takes control of Russian-owned refinery

Rosneft Deutschland accounts for about 12 per cent of Germany’s oil processing capacity and is one of the largest oil processing companies in the country

Trial run of goods transportation to Meghalaya of India begins via Tamabil land port under transit deal.

Export to Nepal, Bhutan likely to rise as India proposes free transit

Bangladesh’s export to Nepal and Bhutan is likely to increase as India has offered free transit to Bangladesh to carry its goods to a third country

A maze of crude oil pipes and valves pictured during a tour by the Department of Energy at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas, US, on 9 June 2016.

Diesel import: Govt looking for alternative source

The BPC has initiated to hold discussions with India to import diesel at a cheaper rate. Brunei is also under active consideration while Russian oil is at the lab-test phase

Benapole land port

Bilateral trade Imports from India eight times higher than exports

The trade deficit with India has reached an all-time high as the exports to the country increased four times in the last 10 years, according to the export-import statistics

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Int'l trade Many foreign banks turning away

Many foreign banks have stopped renewing the credit facilities of the local banks while some are not even allowing using the credit line approved by them, resulting in causing problems to some ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi speak at a joint press briefing in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Hasina-Modi summit Assurance of cooperation in fuel and food sectors

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said India will keep pace with a stable, developed and progressive Bangladesh to implement the dreams of Bangabandhu

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi speak at a joint press briefing in New Delhi on Tuesday.

'Momentum in talks to import oil from India'

Vinay Kwatra, however, did not disclose any specific timeframe regarding the commencement of the export.

Combines harvest wheat in a field near the village of Suvorovskaya in Stavropol Region, Russia on 17 July 2021. Reuters file photo

Food import Govt buys wheat from Russia at inflated price

The government will have to spend Tk 2.4 billion more in importing 500,000 tonnes of wheat at the price it has fixed

Bangladesh to buy 200,000 tonnes of rice from Myanmar

Bangladesh to buy 200,000 tonnes of rice from Myanmar

Bangladesh will buy 200,000 tonnes of white rice from Myanmar, putting aside a rift over the Rohingya refugee crisis as the government races to shore up depleted reserves amid soaring prices for the ...

Salman F Rahman

All export-oriented industries should get equal facilities: Salman F Rahman

Salman F Rahman, adviser on the private sector to prime minister and one of the country's leading businessmen, has said all export-oriented industries should get similar facilities to meet the ...

Govt backtracks to diesel to increase power generation

Fuel oil Govt backtracks to diesel to increase power generation

PDB’s diesel requirement in three months has soared up to 391,000 tonnes. The demand of furnace oil for three months has also been changed to 291,000 tonnes from 146,000 tonnes

Bangladesh set to import 500,000 tonnes of wheat from Russia: Sources

Bangladesh set to import 500,000 tonnes of wheat from Russia: Sources

Bangladesh is set import 500,000 tonnes of wheat at $430 a tonne from Russia in a government-to-government deal as it battles to secure supplies amid surging prices, two government officials with the ...

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