Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the month-long Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)-2023 at Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center in Purbachal.

Whenever the price of a commodity increases in the local market, the traders and wholesalers have the readymade excuse of a price hike in the international market. But a recent study by an intelligence agency found their justification to be unsubstantiated.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (August 31, 2022) said Russia-Ukraine war and Covid-19 pandemic may have a negative impact on country’s balance of payment.

Bangladesh’s trade deficit shot up 53 per cent year-on-year to $27.5 billion in the July-April period of the current fiscal year as the surge in imports continued against lower export receipts, exceeding last year’s total shortfall.

The government is considering a further fuel price cut to pass on to consumers the benefit of low fuel prices on the international market, said Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday.

The government has cut the price of furnace oil by more than 30 percent to Tk 42 a litre as oil prices continue to remain low on the international market for nearly two years.

The government has decided to cut fuel prices in a month, as oil prices continue to remain low on the international market for nearly two years now.

Gold prices will go up by Tk 1,225 a bhori in the local market from Saturday to reflect the rising bullion prices in the international market in recent weeks.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) imposes 20 percent Regulatory Duty (RD) on raw and refined sugar in order to protect local mills from losses due to falling prices of the sweetener in the international market.

BNP demands that the government reduce power tariff after adjusting current oil price on international market and revising the deals signed with private power generating companies.