Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir has said edible oil prices will not be raised before the matter is properly examined.

The minister sat in a meeting with businessmen and stakeholders on reviewing egg production and supply, at the commerce ministry in Dhaka today

Bangladesh imported over 17.4 lakh tonnes of corn to meet the requirements of its feed industry, of which approximately 111,000 tonnes were of American origin in MY26

The early cultivation of additional char land, however, has pushed up demand for fertiliser, creating shortages in several riverbank and char areas. Farmers in some places have protested and blocked roads, demanding adequate fertiliser supplies.

DNCRP acts over misleading practices, expired goods, other offences

The millers are hopeful of timely supply of raw materials such as fabrics to garment exporters as they can resume production at high volume with the increased supply of gas since Tuesday evening

Card distribution is scheduled to begin on September 17

A team will be sent to Sri Lanka to assess export potential

The government has increased the maximum retail price of bottled soybean oil by Tk 5 to Tk 204 a litre, citing higher international prices and import costs.

Aswar Rahman, chief executive officer of AmeriBangla Corporation and a Bangladeshi-born American, launched the new digital marketing platform

Co-funded by the European Union (EU) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by GIZ in Bangladesh in partnership with the Power Division, this initiative integrates solar power generation with the cultivation of crops like green chillies and rice

The commerce minister urges people not to expect immediate results in reducing commodity prices

A large portion of land in Sylhet remains either fallow or is cultivated only once a year due to natural and infrastructural constraints

They will be honoured in recognition of their outstanding contributions to fisheries production, research, technological innovation, extension services, administrative efficiency and entrepreneurship development

Exporters are asked to submit actual shipment data in three workdays

Under the new rate structure that took effect on August 1, a one-litre packet of processed milk now costs Tk 110, up 10 percent from Tk 100

Plan is also there to replace the conventional leasing system of water bodies with a new framework aimed at protecting the interests of local communities

Some 9.90 lakh tonnes of rice will be distributed to 55 lakh rural poor and extremely poor families across the country.

Import activities will begin on August 3

Ten years of data will be analysed to identify shortages in advance