Omar Faruque

Sugar prices soar despite import duty cut
Bazaar

Sugar prices soar despite import duty cut

Due to shortage of locomotive and coaches, railway authorities have proposed operating only one pair of trains initially between Dhaka and Cox's Bazar via Chattogram. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
Supplement

Further infrastructural overhaul needed to realise Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar rail link’s full potential

PHOTO: MOHAMMAD MINHAJ UDDIN
Supplement

Industrialisation, urbanisation around Cox's Bazar no longer a dream

More vehicles moved on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway on Monday (6 November), the second day of the opposition’s 48-hour countrywide blockade, than the previous day. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Bangladesh

Transport costs of goods spike amid political unrest

Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Ctg businesses turn to weekends to ease strike-blockade pain

A woman entrepreneur shows off plates and dishes made from areca nut leaves. At present, at least 15-18 factories in the country manufacture 3-3.5 lakh such products per day. Photo: TBS
Economy

Ctg entrepreneurs turn areca leaves into eco-friendly crockery, inspire others

File Photo: Chattogram’s Khatunganj is the country’s largest wholesale market for consumer goods. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Markets

Khatunganj sees Tk1,500cr sales drop during blockade: Traders

On the first day of the blockade called by BNP-Jamaat, business transactions collapsed in Khatunganj, the main wholesale market for consumer goods in the country. Shopkeepers sit idle due to lack of buyers. The photo was taken on 31 September 2023 afternoon. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
Bangladesh

Blockade disrupts supply chain, sales drop at Khatunganj

File photo of potato/Unsplash
Bangladesh

Once an exporter, Bangladesh now allows potato imports as prices skyrocket

Photo: TBS
Supplement

A testament to Bangladesh's industrial prowess

Shahriar Jahan Rahat, deputy managing director of KSRM. Sketch: TBS
Supplement

Ushering in a new era of industrialisation in the port city

Sketch: TBS
Supplement

Bangabandhu Tunnel will contribute to socio-economic advancement of the region

Flour, wheat flour still dearer despite global wheat price plunge
Bazaar

Flour, wheat flour still dearer despite global wheat price plunge