essential goods

essential goods

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Source tax on essential goods set to be reduced to uniform 0.5% to ease inflation pressure

The existing source tax rates of 5%, 2% and 1% will be reduced to a uniform 0.5%.

File photo of Khatunganj market in Chattogram. Photo: TBS

Warning issued in Khatunganj over artificial shortage of essential goods

Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin speaks during a virtual meeting with deputy commissioners (DCs) at the ministry on 2 March 2025. Photo: PID

TCB to begin countrywide sale of essential goods from 5 march: Adviser Bashir

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Livestock ministry seeks funds to sell meat, eggs, milk at affordable prices in Ramadan at 25 points in Dhaka

Illustration: Abidur Rahman Khan

Cenbank orders keeping LC margin at minimum on essentials import ahead of Ramadan

Essentials now a luxury for many due to rising costs: CPD

Essentials now a luxury for many due to rising costs: CPD

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi under fire in parliament for runaway prices of essentials

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi under fire in parliament for runaway prices of essentials

Sajjad Zohir, Executive Director, Economic Research Group. Sketch: TBS

Reflections on the MIGA offer of $1 billion loan to Bangladesh

Prices of onion, garlic jump 50% over a month

Prices of onion, garlic jump 50% over a month

Mohammed Amirul Haque, managing director of Seacom Group and Premier Cement. Illustration: TBS

'Crisis will deepen if raw materials, essential goods cannot be imported'

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Long queues near TCB trucks as women struggle for access

Logo of Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). Photo: Collected

High commodity prices, inflation to cause further inequality: CPD

Banks asked to help accelerate import of essential goods 

Banks asked to help accelerate import of essential goods