Consumers’ association condemns sudden sugar, LPG price hikes
3 January 2026, 15:06 PM
Business
Govt to buy 50,000 tonnes of rice each from India, Pakistan
23 December 2025, 15:11 PM
Business
Farmers of early varieties of potato hit by old stock glut
20 December 2025, 18:41 PM
Business
Bangladesh holds just 0.01% of global potato market
13 December 2025, 13:38 PM
Business
Onion imports to resume Sunday
6 December 2025, 15:25 PM
Business
Summer onion project wilts as seeds cannot withstand heat
3 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Business
Debt-laden Zeal Bangla begins another crushing season
30 November 2025, 11:25 AM
Business
Two-day potato festival begins in Dhaka on December 12
29 November 2025, 11:40 AM
Business
Govt shelves plan to buy 50,000 tonnes of potatoes
20 November 2025, 14:21 PM
Business
Essential food imports get 90-day credit window
12 November 2025, 14:52 PM
Business
Govt detects anomalies in TCB card distribution
There was corruption in the distribution of family cards for subsidised commodity sales by the state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB), according to Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin..The TCB provides 1 crore families with subsidised food items. Of the beneficiaries, some 57 lak
10 December 2024, 15:51 PM
Low-income people bear the brunt in Sylhet division
Sadek Mia, a daily wage earner who came to Moulvibazar six months back in search of work, has been finding it hard to bear his living expenses and send money to his family members in Sunamganj Sadar upazila.
16 October 2024, 14:54 PM
Veggie, fish, rice prices skyrocket in Bagerhat
The prices of essential and grocery commodities have skyrocketed in Bagerhat amid supply crunch..Green chilli, priced at Tk 180-220 per kilogramme just a week ago, is now being sold at Tk 600 per kg
15 October 2024, 14:06 PM
There will be no scarcity of any commodities during Ramadan: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said there will be no shortage of any commodities in the market during the upcoming month of Ramadan
23 February 2024, 07:55 AM
Onion production on track to topple previous records
The prospect of record high onion production is encouraging farmers to expand cultivation, according to the DAE
4 January 2024, 16:00 PM
Nearly 100 onion traders fined over Tk 4 lakh
A total of 93 traders across the country were fined a total of Tk 414,500 by the Directorate of National Consumers Right Protection (DNCRP) yesterday for “holding back stocks of onion to artificially raise prices”.
14 December 2023, 18:00 PM
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
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
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
Natore’s Kancha Golla gets GI recognition
Kancha Golla, a popular sweet item made in the northwestern district of Natore, has secured recognition as a product with geographical indication (GI) from the Department of Patent, Industrial Design and Trade Mark (DPDT).
10 August 2023, 10:04 AM