Refiners have called for lower import duties on sugar and sufficient gas supply in factories to keep the commodity’s price normal during the upcoming fasting month of Ramadan.

WorldFish Bangladesh organised the event under its USAID-funded ECOFISH II activity, aiming to build the capacity of the stakeholders to integrate an EAFM-based plan for the future marine artisanal fisheries resource management of the Bay

As per the new law, no one can set up any haat and bazaar without permission from the government.

Abdul Wahab, a security guard at an ATM booth of a private bank in the capital, works 16 hours a day.

Refiners are set to raise the price of sugar from February 1, their second hike in three months, as the higher price of unrefined sugar in the global market and depreciation of taka continue to push up their production costs.

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumdar today said there is no food shortage in the country at present.

Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque has urged the developed countries to keep the food and agricultural inputs out of the purview of war and sanctions.

The Bogura food controller office filed a case against officials of ACI Limited and Shinu Agro Food Limited for hoarding 4,510 tonnes of rice and paddy in local warehouses.

Riazul Haque, manager of a wholesale rice shop in the capital’s Mirpur, usually goes to Kachukhet kitchen market with Tk 500 every Friday.

The government will buy 2.75 crore litres of Soybean oil from local suppliers for Tk 184-186 per litre.

Expressing resentment over the hike in rice prices despite high yields of paddy, the parliamentary standing committee on agriculture ministry yesterday asked senior officials of the agriculture ministry to identify and take action against those responsible.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the scope for traders to import rice at reduced tariff by three months to March 31 next year to facilitate increased supply of the staple food and contain its prices in the local market.

The sale of essentials at subsidised prices under the OMS programme has been halted in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram since Thursday, putting several thousand poor families in distress.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday asked private banks to speed up their farm loan disbursements to enhance the country’s food security.

Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque today said after discussing the food situation in Bangladesh, World Food Programme Country Director Domenico Scalpelli has said that there is no possibility of famine.

The food ministry has increased the prices of both loose and packet wheat flour by Tk 6 per kg at the open market sale.

Bangladesh Bank today formed a Tk 5,000 crore refinance scheme to ensure food security in the country as the banking regulator thinks the world might face a food crisis in the days to come.

The Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has started issuing health certificates to facilitate export of food products from the country.

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder today (November 5, 2022) said the country has enough food grains in stock and there will be no possibility of a famine.

The government will enact a law to stop polishing of rice as it loses its inherited nutritional value in the process, Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder said today.