Keeping commodity prices under control govt鈥檚 priority: secy
Commerce secretary Mahbubur Rahman on Wednesday urged all concerned to work sincerely for keeping the prices of commodities under control in the country...
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Govt agencies鈥� collaboration urged to monitor agri markets
Rights activists, consumers, and traders have called for greater collaboration among government agencies to effectively monitor agricultural markets and control essential commodity prices by dismantling syndicates.
World food prices dip 2pc in 2024: FAO
World food commodity prices declined by 2.1 per cent in 2024 compared to the previous year, the FAO said on Friday, but they remain considerably higher than before the Covid pandemic.
Extortion raises commodity prices: DMP commissioner
A senior police official on Saturday said that rampant extortion was causing the prices of essentials to rise.
Businesses鈥� influence on market too strong: Salehuddin
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said that the country鈥檚 businesses were very strong in terms of maintaining a marketing system which was almost impossible to break for checking commodity prices...
Low, middle income people endure long queues
People from lower to middle-class backgrounds endure long queues at the open market sales points of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh in Dhaka city as rising inflation pushed essential commodity prices higher...
WB expects oil glut to cause commodity price slump
Global commodity prices should fall to a five-year low next year thanks to a huge oil glut, the World Bank said Tuesday, pointing to oversupply and to flat demand from China...
FBCCI calls for market monitoring to control prices of essentials
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry administrator, Md Hafizur Rahman, called on district chambers to take proactive measures to manage commodity prices and ensure a steady supply of daily necessities on Sunday.
Asif Nazrul seeks apology for price hikes of essentials
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government law adviser Asif Nazrul apologised to people for price hikes of essentials and said the government was working hard to improve the situation.
FBCCI chief urges business community to make logical profit
The administrator of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Md Hafizur Rahman, on Thursday urged the business community to make logical profit for keeping stable the country鈥檚 commodity market.
Action against price-hiking syndicates under special power act: Asif
Labour and employment adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan on Tuesday said that strict action would be taken under the Special Power Act against those involved in syndicates...
Salehuddin for getting rid of syndicate
Finance and commerce adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Sunday said that syndicates must be stopped from controlling the supply chains to check the price spiral of essentials...
Prices of onions on the rise
Onion prices have become volatile again on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka with the prices of the essential commodity rising further...