Gas supply to industrial units improved since Sep 15 evening: BTMA
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16 September 2026 Business
Bangladesh wants to export onion and potato to Sri Lanka
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10 September 2026 Business
Price of bottled soybean oil rises by Tk 5 a litre
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2 September 2026 Business
Bangladesh gets first grid-connected agrivoltaics pilot
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19 August 2026 Business
Market monitoring alone cannot reduce commodity prices: Muktadir
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18 August 2026 Business
Ensure proper use of fallow, single-crop lands in Sylhet: minister
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15 August 2026 Business
National fisheries week starts Sunday, 14 to get gold medals
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13 August 2026 Business
Aromatic rice export quotas under review
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13 August 2026 Business

Bangladesh adopts GM cotton

Bangladesh released two varieties of a genetically modified (GM) cotton for domestic cultivation, aiming to increase yields and reduce import dependence. 
20 August 2023

Onion prices go up after India slaps export duty

Although Bangladesh produces enough onion, a significant portion is imported each year to meet domestic demand
20 August 2023

Refiners cut soybean oil, sugar prices by Tk 5

The rates will be effective from tomorrow
13 August 2023

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

Restaurateurs seek meat imports

An association of restaurant owners today sought permission from the government to import broiler chicken, mutton and beef to counter a rise in their prices
5 August 2023

Robust rains accelerate rice planting in India

Indian farmers have planted 28.3 million hectares (69.9 million acres) with summer-sown rice, according to the farm ministry's latest data, up 3.28 percent from the same period last year, as robust monsoon rains encouraged the expansion of acreage.
5 August 2023

How El Nino threatens emerging market economies

Countries around the world are battling heatwaves and floods fuelled by El Nino, a naturally occurring climate phenomenon that has a 90 per cert probability of persisting in the second half of 2023, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
5 August 2023

Unilever cuts toiletries prices

The company did it for reduction in raw material prices
2 August 2023

'Fisheries sector may get a separate economic zone'

Fisheries Minister SM Rezaul Karim says at ERD event
1 August 2023

Unilever Consumer Care posts 8% fall in Q2 profits

However, the company's half-yearly profit rises 4.5%
31 July 2023

Govt to buy 8,000 tonnes of lentil, 80 lakh litres of soybean oil

Today, cabinet okays 13 proposals worth Tk 17,706.43 crore
26 July 2023

Loose soybean oil sales banned from Aug 1

Consumers’ right body DG says at ERF event
26 July 2023

‘Bangladesh targets producing 85 lakh tonnes of fish by 2041’

Fisheries minister says at event to observe National Fisheries Week
24 July 2023

Romanian port can ship more Ukraine grain after collapse of Black Sea deal

Romania's Constanta port, Ukraine's main alternative route for grain since Russia's withdrawal led to the collapse of the Black Sea shipment deal, has capacity to handle extra cargoes until mid-August, the head of the port's business association said.
22 July 2023

Russia bombards Ukraine ports, threatens ships, jolting world grain markets

At least 27 civilians were reported hurt in the air strikes on the ports, which set buildings ablaze and damaged China's consulate in Odesa.
20 July 2023

Gold prices cross Tk 1 lakh a bhori for the first time

The rate will be effective from tomorrow
20 July 2023

India bans non-basmati rice export with immediate effect

The top rice exporter fears a production fall for late start of monsoon rains
20 July 2023

Business leaders worried over Russia's exit from grain deal

Six major trade bodies in Bangladesh expressed their concern
19 July 2023

Local wholesale wheat prices start rising

But retail prices still unhurt by Russia’s grain deal exit
18 July 2023

Bad news for wheat market as Russia pulls out of grain deal

Bangladesh’s wheat market may see fresh volatility after Russia pulled out of a United Nations and Turkey-brokered deal that could turn the global grain market unstable, importers warn.
17 July 2023