Sk Bashir Uddin says he will work hard together with everyone to control commodity prices

Salehuddin Ahmed visits Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar kitchen market

Build a database of the essentials to ensure smooth supply, it says

They demand cancellation of the prices fixed by the Department of Agricultural Marketing on March 15

The commerce ministry has asked the National Board of Revenue to further rationalise duty rates imposed on sugar and edible oil imports, said Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday.

The government wants to bring down the prices of essentials through talks with the business community since sudden jail and other stern actions might send the prices higher further, said Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi today.

Energy prices increased 5.7 per cent globally in April, led by a 7.8 per cent hike in crude oil prices and a 3.8 per cent spike in coal prices, the World Bank’s Pink sheet reported.

The current level of high inflation rate may persist throughout the ongoing fiscal year, according to a forecast of the Bangladesh Bank.

Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission will fix the prices of nine commodities soon so that nobody can make a brisk business taking the advantage of the current situation, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said today.