Global stocks diverge as US inflation data raises rate cut hopes
Global stock markets聽diverged on Wednesday after data showing US consumer price inflation eased last month raised the prospect of a September interest rate cut...
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Containing food inflation must be high on agenda
A SLIGHT decrease in prices, largely because of an improved supply and a halt in extortion on highways and at markets, comes as a relief amidst the food inflation that has pushed the poor and low-income people into a tight spot. Prices of vegetables decreased by Tk 10鈥�20 a kilogram in the capital on August 9 while prices of chicken and eggs also decreased...
Traders expect prices to fall as students monitor markets
Traders expected that the prices would decrease as students inspected markets in different areas of the country, including the capital, to check the price hike of essential commodities on Friday...
Prices of vegetables, broiler, eggs decrease
The prices of vegetables, broiler chicken and eggs decreased on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka over the week ending Friday due to an improved supply situation and a halt in extortion on highways and at markets, according to traders...
Warner Bros Discovery stock plunges on $10b quarterly loss
Warner Bros Discovery鈥檚 share price plunged more than 10 per cent after-hours on Wednesday after it reported a quarterly loss of almost $10 billion...
Kenya's 'smiling assassin' Chebet wins 5,000m gold
Kenya's Beatrice Chebet produced a masterful display of tactical running to win gold in the Olympic women's 5,000m on Monday to end defending champion Sifan Hassan's dream of a long-distance treble.
LPG price increased again, 12 kg cylinder to cost Tk 1377
Price of liquefied petroleum gas has been further increased to Tk 114.79 per kg from Tk 113.86 for August...
Bangladesh in red zone for past one year聽聽聽
The persistent high food price has kept the country in the red zone for the past one year until May 2024 in the food security update of the World Bank.
Low-income people hit hard by curfew, fresh price increase
A DEARTH of work and an absence of support from authorities, coupled with a fresh increase in goods prices, amidst the ongoing curfew has made lives of low-income people, especially day labourers, unbearable. The government imposed curfew at midnight past July 19 after at least 112 people were killed in July 16鈥�19 in the student movement over...
Prices of vegetables, eggs remain high
The prices of vegetables and eggs remained high on Monday on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka...
Jasod demands steps against corruption, syndicates
Leaders of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod, a partner of the ruling Awami League-led alliance on Saturday at a protest rally in Dhaka called on the government to take immediate steps against mass corruption and syndicates responsible for price hikes of the essential commodities...
IUB, PwC sign contract for digital transformation
Independent University, Bangladesh partnered with renowned consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers Bangladesh to implement a comprehensive university management system...
Govt working to create buffer stock to keep prices of essentials stable
State minister for commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu on Saturday said that the government was working to create a buffer stock covering 20 per cent of the demand for essential commodities with the aim of ensuring price stability...
Evra found guilty of abandoning family: lawyers
Former France football captain Patrice Evra was found guilty of abandoning his family by a French court, his lawyer told AFP on Saturday.
Onion prices up by Tk 30 per kg in a week
The prices of local varieties of onion reached between Tk 110 and Tk 120 per kg in the kitchen markets of Dhaka on Saturday from Tk 90 to Tk 97 per kg a week ago, augmenting consumers鈥� woes....
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...
Price hike forces consumers in Bangladesh to spend double for essentials: MEI
Global research and advisory group Mastercard Economics Institute found that Bangladeshi consumers were forced to spend double for essential commodities than they did in the pre-pandemic period due to price hikes, resulting in reduced discretionary spending....
Govt raises ration prices
The government has increased the price of per kilogram rice and wheat rationing to 10 authorised entities by around Tk 9, but the new prices still remain below the price of rice distributed to destitute people...
Industrial credit release rises over dollar price hike
Industrial loan disbursements increased slightly by 10 per cent in the first half of the 2023-24 financial year compared with those in the same period of FY聽2022-23, driven mainly by high dollar rates...
Prices of rice, spices go up before Eid
The prices of rice, eggs and spices, including onions, went up on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka over the week ending Friday, ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals for the Muslims, to be celebrated on Monday...
WP to hold nationwide protests against govt failures
The Workers Party of Bangladesh, a partner in the Awami League-led alliance, will hold nationwide demonstrations on June 25, protesting against government鈥檚 failures, including price hikes of essential commodities, mass corruption, money laundering, and mismanagement in the banking sector...
Euro hopefuls England have 鈥榳ork to do鈥�: Rice
Declan Rice says 鈥榯here is work to be done鈥� if England are to go far at Euro 2024 after a shock defeat to lowly Iceland in their final game before the...
Prices of spices soar
The prices of various spices saw a sharp rise in the past couple of weeks in the capital Dhaka before Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims...
A greenhouse gas shipping levy is on the horizon
THE world鈥檚 first global carbon price is getting closer to becoming a reality...
Prices of potatoes, onions increase further as Eid nears
The prices of potatoes, onions and garlic increased further on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, one of the largest religious festivals for the Muslims, likely to be celebrated in the third week of June...
Withdrawing approval of GM crops demanded
Civil society representatives have urged for the withdrawal of commercial approval for all genetically modified crops and food items, including Bt brinjal, and for the non-approval of golden rice, citing the broader interests of the country and its populace...
Eggs price manipulation continues in oversight absence
A sudden increase in prices of eggs by Tk 25鈥�30 a dozen is abnormal and hints at market manipulation. The Poultry Association also alleges that the price increase is unusual and artificial...
Prices of onions, eggs keep rising
The prices of eggs and onion continued to rise while that of other essential commodities, including vegetables, remained excessively high on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka over the week ending Friday...
UK inflation slows to near 3-year low
Britain鈥檚 annual inflation rate slowed to a near three-year low in April as energy prices cooled further, official data showed Wednesday, boosting the governing Conservatives before this year鈥檚 general election...