price hike

Prices of all varieties of vegetables remain under buying capacity of the consumers in Khulna. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Khulna consumers hit by rising rice and edible oil prices

Buyers alleged that market monitoring by mobile courts to keep prices of commodities under control and hanging the price lists of essentials don’t yield benefits for them

Representational image of a flare stack at a gas field. Photo: Collected
Energy

4 trade bodies demand suspension of gas price hike for industrial, captive power plants

File photo of different varieties of rice. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Why rice prices keep rising even after a good harvest

The remains of homes sit following the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 10, 2025. REUTERS/David Ryder
USA

Displaced Los Angeles homeowners face price gouging after wildfires

Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

BASIS calls for reconsideration of VAT hike to foster ICT sector growth

Picture: Mumit M
Bangladesh

CAB urges withdrawal of VAT, supplementary duty hike amid rising inflation

DCCI raises alarms over VAT and gas price hikes
Bangladesh

DCCI raises alarms over VAT and gas price hikes

Turkey's Commerce Minister Omer Bolat meets Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin at commerce ministry's meeting room at the secretariat on 9 January 2025. Photo: PID
Bangladesh

There is no Aladdin's magic lamp to control rice market: Commerce adviser

Paddy farmers in Lakshmipur load stacks of hay onto a tractor. A shortage of hay, caused by reduced Aman paddy cultivation, has led to soaring prices. While livestock farmers struggle with rising costs, paddy farmers benefit from record profits in hay sales. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Headache over hay: Livestock farmers grapple with surging costs

Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed. Photo: BSS
Markets

Extortion behind persistent commodity price hikes: Finance adviser

Steel rod prices plunge to four-year low amid falling demand
Industry

Steel rod prices plunge to four-year low amid falling demand

Rising commodity prices worsen hardships for Dhaka's low-income families
Bazaar

Rising commodity prices worsen hardships for Dhaka's low-income families

File photo of bottled soybean oil at a grocery store/Collected
Bazaar

Govt hikes soyabean oil price by Tk8 per litre