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People have been going through immense sufferings as floods hit most parts of Kurigram district.

Prices of daily essentials go up in five flood-hit districts

Flood waters are receding in Sylhet and Sunamganj while sweeping the northern districts. The flood-hit people are already suffering from severe food crisis

Consumers' que before a TCB truck in Dhaka as food prices continue to rise

Ukraine war risks another 11-19m hungry people over next year: FAO

The FAO also said in a report on Thursday that spiralling costs for farm inputs like fertiliser could deter growers from expanding production and worsen food security in poorer countries facing ...

Products likely to see price fall

Products likely to see price fall

The government is going to reduce the rate of Value Added Tax (VAT) on some products in FY 2022-2023 to make the business environment friendlier and to reduce tax-burden at the local manufacturing ...

Products likely to see price hike

Products likely to see price hike

Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has placed budget for 2022-23 fiscal year on Thursday. Due to imposition of supplementary duty, import duty and Value Added Tax, prices of the following products ...

Food minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder

Rice price coming down after anti-hoarding drive: Food minister

The government’s drive against illegal hoarding of rice has been successful in lowering the price of the essential item in the market, food minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder claimed on Sunday

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Food prices decrease for second consecutive month: UN

World food prices dipped in May for a second consecutive month after hitting a record high in March, although the cost of cereals and meat both rose, the United Nations' food agency said on Friday

A labourer carries a sack filled with sugar to load it onto a supply truck at a wholesale market in Kolkata, India, on 14 November 2018

Indian mills waiting to export 1.5m tonnes sugar

Traders are currently offering Indian raw sugar between $465 and $470 a tonne a free-on-board, and white sugar between $480 and $485 a tonne

LPG cylinders

Price of 12-litre LPG cylinder drops by Tk 93

The price of a 12-litre Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinder has decreased by Tk 93 at consumer level

Commerce minister Tipu Munshi

'5m Bangladeshis have purchasing power equal to European citizens'

Commerce minister Tipu Munshi said around 45 to 50 million people in the country have purchasing power equal to European citizens

US dollar bill

BB allows banks to fix dollar price

Bangladesh Bank has withdrawn the ceiling of the dollar price earlier enforced to bring in remittance, the central bank's spokesperson Sirajul Islam has confirmed

Sri Lankan woman rickshaw driver has to queue 12 hours, or more, for fuel

Sri Lanka port switches to pedal power after fuel shortages

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka's main seaport unveiled a free bicycle service on Tuesday, allowing workers to navigate the facility without petrol-powered vehicles, as the island nation struggles with ...

Cabinet calls for immediate action against rice hoarders

Cabinet calls for immediate action against rice hoarders

The cabinet has asked the authorities concerned to take prompt action against any kind of hoarding of rice in a meeting with prime minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair

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Dollar crisis: Will remittance increase with fixed exchange rates?

Last week, several banks purchased dollars from expatriates at an exchange rate of more Tk 95 a dollar and sold these in the country at higher rates, creating a pressure on people since rising dollar ...

A woman worker processes paddy at a rice mill in Shalua of Khulan’s Dumuria upazila on 13 November 2021

Weak rupee, plentiful stocks drag India rice rates to over 5-year low

Demand is there but supplies are also ample, said an exporter based at Kakinada in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh

Gold faces worst week in four; silver set for weekly decline.

Gold price reaches record high in Bangladesh

According to a press release, the price of gold has increased both in the international market and local market due to the appreciation of the dollar and some other currencies

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