The Department of Agriculture Marketing has fixed the prices of 29 food products including fish, meat, eggs, pulses and vegetables at the producer, wholesale and retail levels. A notification in this regard signed by the department's Director General Mohammad Masood Karim was published on Friday.
Tanveer Hasan, an egg seller at Malibagh market, told Prothom Alo that the supply of eggs in the market is much less than the demand. As a result, egg prices have increased. According to the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh, eggs cost more when purchased by the ‘hali’ (four) rather than by the dozen. Each heli […]
Bangladesh is the fourth most lead pollution affected country in the world. About 36 million children in Bangladesh, or 60 percent, are victims of lead poisoning, with an average blood lead level of 6.8 μg/dL. A recent World Bank study shows that children in Bangladesh have lost 20 million intelligence quotient (IQ) points, leading to […]
At any KFC outlet across the country, consumers can place an order for their favorite KFC chicken item, and then present their empty Kurkure promotional pack at the cash counter. In return, consumers will get Hot & Crispy Fried Chicken Pieces worth Tk 159* absolutely free. But the excitement does not end here. During a […]
Shakeela Farooq, chief scientific officer for poultry research at the Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, said her calculations showed that the cost of production for one chick could be as high as 35 taka. However, the actual price was Rs 15 on January 19 and reached Rs 60 in February. Shahidur believes that companies make extra […]
