Category: Trade

Posts and Telecommunication Minister Advocate Shahara Khatun formally launched the 3.5 G network of private mobile phone operator Robi here on Sunday.  

Getting no response despite repeated calls for tender submission for the lease of the city’s makeshift cattle market for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, the KCC authorities have decided to run the market under its own management this time like the past…

Jute growers in Bogra, to their utter disappointment and shocks, are being denied actual prices of their produce in the local markets.

Middlemen are earning huge profit from the sale of locally produced onion at higher rate of Tk 70 to Tk 75 to the wholesalers, which the middlemen purchased from farmers at Tk 24 on an average, consumers rights group said.

A six-day Saarc Handicraft Exhibition will begin here on Sunday, aiming to strengthen mutual harmony among Saarc countries through promoting the traditional local handicraft industry and developing the cultural institutions.  

Commerce Minister Golam Mohammad Kader on Wednesday informed Parliament that the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) needs to have 20-25 percent market share for its market intervention in case of any artificial crisis.  

Farmers of the region, including the vast Barind tract, are humming with vegetable farming due to economic prospect of the crop.

Detroit – Suzuki is recalling 193,936 cars and SUVs because of a defective air bag sensor in the front passenger seat.

Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) and Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services held a workshop for 200 IT freelancers here on Saturday to bring them under DCCI’s project of creating 2,000 entrepreneurs.

Farmers have achieved a bumper Aus crop production of 75,372 tonnes clean rice in Rangpur Agriculture Region in the current season.

Private mobile phone operator Robi Axiata Limited officially received 3G license from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Thursday.   Executive Vice President of Robi Mahmudur Rahman officially received the license from BTRC Chairman Sunil Kanti Bose.

Experts at a workshop have stressed for adopting latest proven technologies with improved management for carp poly-culture in pond and horticulture on dyke to boost fish and vegetables production in rural areas.

Members of a taskforce in a drive seized Indian smuggled clothes worth Tk1.5 crore from the Jessore-Benapole Road under Benapole thana early Thursday.

Bangladesh’s export earnings registered 14.74 percent growth during the first two months (July-August) of the current fiscal year totaling US$ 5,037.73 million compared to $ 4,390.56 million fetched during the same period of the last fiscal (2012-13).  

The government’s procurement target of Boro paddy and rice in 10 southwestern districts in the current season is unlikely to be achieved due to higher price of the food grains at the local markets compared to the procurement rate.

Jute farmers in Kurigram are not getting fair prices for their produce in the local markets in absence of sufficient buyers.

Benapole land port is witnessing a sharp fall in the export of Bangladeshi goods to India as value of Indian rupee is gradually falling against taka.

Arum, locally known as `Latiraj Kochu’ has created a new income source for the people of Narsingdi as it is in high demand in overseas markets.

The government on Thursday published the gazette notification of the Multi-Level Marketing Activities (Control) Ordinance 2013 which has provisions for meting out harsher punishments.  

Three international exhibitions on readymade garment technologies and machineries began in the city on Thursday.  

In an effort to give a boost to the country’s sluggish housing business, a three-day housing fair, with the approved realtors, began in New York on Sunday to attract Bangladeshi expatriates, living in the USA.  

Posts and Telecommunications Minister Sahara Khatun on Sunday said allowing mobile phone operators to use the 3G spectrum to launch their 3G services on easy conditions will enable the government to hold the shares of huge revenue.

The price of onion, ginger, green chilli and fishes is still high in the city’s kitchen markets despite abundance of supply. Of them, ginger was selling for Tk180 per kg on Friday, up by Tk 10 from last week, onion…

The Bangladesh Embassy in Saudi Arabia says it will organise job fairs in three cities in the kingdom to facilitate Bangladeshi nationals get jobs at companies.

Farmers in Jhalakathi are now showing more interest to cultivate cucumber than any other crops with the vegetable’s ‘Manpasha’ variety proved profitable.

The Commerce Ministry has not imposed any restriction on the import of powdered milk from New Zealand-based Fonterra but asked the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to ensure required test before delivery. 

The Ministry of Commerce, importers and wholesalers on Tuesday affirmed that there will be adequate supply of spices in the market ahead of Eid-ul-Azha and the prices will remain stable.  

Three comprehensive international exhibitions with focus on the entire textile and garment sector of the country will begin in the city on September 5.  

Dhaka is keen on pursuing aid effective development partnership setting its future development agenda, said Economic Relations Division (ERD) Secretary Abul Kalam Azad on Saturday.  

In an effort to give a boost to the country’s sluggish housing business, approved realtors are now eyeing Bangladeshi expatriates, living in the USA, through a three-day fair there next month.