Oil prices edged higher on Friday after the International Energy Agency forecast record global demand and tightening supplies, propelling prices to the seventh straight week of gains, the longest such streak since 2022.

High commodity prices in the global market are often used as an excuse to justify price hikes in the domestic market, even if there is no direct correlation

Bangladesh is contemplating import of Russian oil via a third country.

India would become a 30 trillion dollar economy from the level of three trillion dollar economy very soon, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said.

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will resume selling soybean oil at Tk 110 a litre to one crore TCB cardholder families from next month, Senior Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh said yesterday.

Better-than-expected demand for Samsung's new Galaxy Note 7 causes supply constraints globally.

Stressing the importance of diversifying the country’s export basket with various agro-products, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says Bangladesh could exploit the opportunity of exporting organic foods as those have huge demand in the global market.