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Egg prices eventually showed a downslide in the capital’s kitchen markets on Friday, to a substantial relief of the general consumers, one week after reaching its culmination. The FE correspondent found a dozen of eggs selling at Tk 145-Tk150 at Fakirapool, Shantinagar, Khilgaon and Malibagh markets on the day. Earlier, …

Low-income people are changing their diet patterns and failing to get the minimum amount of protein in their food intake due to soaring essential prices. Fish accounts for nearly a fifth of daily protein intake. Poultry meat, egg and milk are also common sources of animal protein in the country. …

Light engineering sector does not have enough government policy support to boost the country’s export revenue chain at post-LDC graduation period, according to experts and businesses. They said that the existing global demand for light engineering goods was worth approximately over $ 7 trillion and if the sector got proper …

Facing criticism for unilaterally raising a service charge last week, private inland container depots (ICDs) have decided to hold discussions with stakeholders first before hiking rates of their other facilities. Through a notice on August 11, Bangladesh Inland Container Depots Association (Bicda) increased the charge for a service involving the …

That high inflationary pressure has been taking a toll on people over the last couple of months is apparently evident in supermarkets, where the same amount of money is being spent albeit for the purchase of a lower number and volume of goods. While the sale of essential commodities has …

Online purchases are getting costlier as courier companies in the country have collectively raised their fares in response to the recent increase in fuel prices. For example, the country’s top two courier and logistics service providers — eCourier and Paperfly — have already raised their charges by around 20 per …

Farmers who grow vegetable saplings on floating seedbeds are hopeful of making good profits this year following two years of strife amid the Covid-19 pandemic, when there was a serious dearth in wholesale buyers due to restrictions on public movement. Farmers of the Kolardoania, Daulbari Dobra and Malikhali unions of …

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has instructed the country’s scheduled banks to launch a campaign to encourage Bangladeshi nationals to send home the undisclosed money they earned abroad by paying only 7 per cent taxes. The campaign will be in accordance with the recently made ‘Income Tax Ordinance’ aimed at bringing back …

The government will invite the offshore bidding round 2022 in December to explore oil and gas in the Bay of Bengal. Petrobangla Chairman Nazmul Ahsan disclosed the plan in an exclusive interview with the Daily Sun. “We have already assigned an international consultant, Wood Mackenzie, to review the existing model …

Prime Minister’s energy advisor Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury has urged officials to work towards building a diversified energy sector. “Creative solutions have to be taken up for resolving the problems in the power and energy sector,” he said, while addressing a webinar, titled ‘Diversified Energy, Enriched Future’, organised by the Energy …