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Apparel workers are far from earning a living wage still, said experts on Wednesday. “Workers are not earning a minimum wage while inflation has driven up prices of everything from food, goods and services,” said Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). They also called for a new wage board commission at …

Major producers in Bangladesh colluded with each other to send the price of eggs to an unprecedented level in the middle of August, hurting the pockets of consumers already struggling to make ends meet, according to a probe report. Usually, wholesalers sell eggs at a profit of 15-20 paisa per …

Farmers are happy as they are getting satisfactory yield and market price of jute everywhere in the region during the current season. Rafiqul Islam, 45, a resident of Devipur village under Durgapur upazila in the district, has harvested around 12 mounds of jute fibre from two bigha of land. In …

The revenue collection by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) witnessed a healthy growth of 15 percent in the first month (July) of the current fiscal year (FY23) fetching Taka 17,520.45 crore. The revenue collection by the revenue board in July last year was Taka 15,344.25 crore. According to NBR, …

The price of US dollar has turned volatile again in the open market with increasing demand for imports despite the recent policy measures taken by Bangladesh Bank. The exchange rate of the US dollar in the kerb market was Tk 110.5 on Wednesday against the official rate of Tk 95.00 …