Cow leather is being sold at the highest price of 800-900 Taka
Laptop In his budget speech, the Finance Minister has recommended waiver of 15 percent VAT applicable on laptops at the time of import. This will reduce the total tax burden from 31 percent to 20.50 percent. Powered Milk The price of powdered milk has remained high for a long time. According to Bangladesh Trading Corporation […]
Consumers in Dhaka are feeling the brunt of inflation as prices continue to rise amid high interest rates. Prices of almost all consumer goods, including fish, eggs, vegetables and other daily essentials, were the highest seen in a decade. Many consumers from various businesses said that the prices of vegetables, meat, chicken and fish remained […]
Food inflation increased to 10.22 percent in April from 9.87 percent in March. Last November, food inflation was 10.76 percent. This picture of inflation has emerged in the updated report of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) published on Monday. However, non-food inflation eased slightly to 9.34 per cent in April from 9.64 per cent in […]
Russian energy giant Gazprom has proposed to extract gas from five wells in Bhola at Tk 2.64 billion per well. The cost of gas extraction will increase by Tk 840 million per well. Earlier, the energy company had extracted gas worth Tk 1.80 billion per well. The total cost of extracting gas from the five […]
However, analysis of agricultural marketing department information shows that currently rice prices in three divisional towns – Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet are cheaper than the newly determined minimum price of rice. In Rajshahi, the price is Tk 45, and in Rangpur and Sylhet it is Tk 46. Questions are being raised on fixing the same […]
Following the sudden price drop at the production level, the retail price of onion has fallen by at least Tk 30 in Dhaka's kitchen markets. There was a huge surge in onion prices even before Ramzan, prompting the authorities to take a special initiative to keep the market under control through import of Indian varieties. […]
The Bangladesh Shop Owners Association said the prices of 29 food products, including fish, meat, eggs, pulses and vegetables set by the Department of Agricultural Marketing (DAM) at the producer, wholesale and retail levels are absurd. The association also said that the prices estimated by DAM at the producer level are a figment of their […]
“Such amendments have raised questions about the transparency and accountability of the regulatory process. As a result, the entire burden has been placed on the shoulders of consumers which is neither expected nor appreciated”, he said. The CPD proposed a mixed approach to reduce the subsidy amount paid to BPDB without significantly increasing electricity prices […]
Saudi Aramco on Sunday reported a 24.7 percent drop in profit in 2023 compared with the previous year, a result of lower oil prices and production cuts. Net income is expected to reach 454.7 billion Saudi riyals ($121.25 billion) in 2023, compared with 604.01 billion Saudi riyals ($161.07 billion) in 2022, the oil giant said […]
Minister of State for Commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu has said that a comprehensive list of essential commodities along with their prices will be prepared with the approval of the Cabinet in preparation for next year's Ramzan. He said this at the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh […]
The government has introduced an automatic pricing mechanism for fuel oils in line with global market prices. Thanks to the development, there has been a slight decline in fuel prices in the local market. According to a gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources on Thursday, diesel and kerosene prices […]
The new price of soybean oil is going to be implemented from tomorrow, Friday, which will be reduced by 10 taka per liter. The decision was taken at a meeting of the task force on monitoring of market situation and commodity prices at the Commerce Ministry on February 20, which was chaired by state Commerce […]