The price of bottled soybean oil once again increased on Tuesday and a litre of soybean oil will now cost Tk 192 in retail markets. The price has gone up by Tk 7 per litre.  The new prices of the price of bottled soybean oil will come to effect on Tuesday (Aug 23). 

Fuel oil traders of Khulna have gone a 12-hour strike since morning to press home their three-point demand including increased commission and tank-lorry rents. The strike started at 6:00am and will continue till 6:00pm, said Sheikh Murad Hossain, general secretary of Khulna Divisional

Bangladesh Jeweller’s Association (BAJUS) have increased the gold price by Tk 1225 to Tk 83,281 per bhori due to a price hike of pure gold. BAJUS on Sunday (August 21) issued a press release regarding said the price of 22-carat gold is now Tk 7,140 per gram while it is Tk 6,815

The entrepreneurs of Courier and Logistics services today (Aug 20) urged the government to declare the courier and logistics sector as the service industry for its betterment. They came up with the plea at the second meeting of the Standing Committee on Logistics and Courier Services

Australia is set to lift its intake of migrants to a record 200,000 arrivals a year to try to combat a drastic shortage of workers. Despite the reopening of borders earlier this year, the severe labour shortages caused by their closures in 2020 have worsened as the economy has

Bangladesh Jeweller’s Association (BAJUS) has decided to lower the price of gold by Tk 2,274 to Tk 82,056 a bhori. BAJUS on Wednesday (August 17) issued a press release regarding said the price of 22-carat gold is now Tk 7,035 per gram while it is Tk 6,715 for 21-carat gold.

Regarding the recent increase in commodity price, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said a class of unscrupulous traders are taking advantage of the fuel oil price hike. He said: "A class of unscrupulous traders look for opportunities."  The minister made the remark while

Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh on Wednesday (Aug 17) said that they will take initiative to relocate 500 factories and warehouses from Chawkbazar area by December. The mayor made the announcement while visiting the fire-damaged area in

The Wirecard scandal brought the role of big auditing firms into focus. Their work is supposed to create trust in companies. But are appearances deceptive? EY, PwC, KPMG and Deloitte: these "Big Four" auditing firms are hardly household names. Yet they play a key role in the

The USA, UK, Canada, Japan, European Union and countries of G-7 are out to slap ban on import of Russian gold to cripple it economically to retaliate Moscow’s military invasion of Ukraine. Feasibility of the move and aftermath are being discussed right now with a possibility of a

Bangladesh Jeweller's Association (BAJUS) has urged the government to strengthen drives as Tk 73,000 crore is being laundered annually through gold smuggling. "In a recent assessment, we found that gold worth Tk 200 crore is being smuggled into the country everyday. So, the

Johnson & Johnson will stop selling talc-based baby powder globally in 2023, the drugmaker said on Thursday (Aug 11), more than two years after it ended US sales of a product that drew thousands of consumer safety lawsuits. "As part of a worldwide portfolio assessment, we have

Bangladesh Jewellers’ Association (BAJUS) President Sayem Sobhan Anvir put emphasis on multiplied drives against gold smugglers to stop money laundering, protect jewellery sector and the country’s economy. Triggered by the warfare between Russia and Ukraine, the dollar has

US dollar price against local currency taka reached its peak at Tk119 in the kerb market on Wednesday (August 10) despite various measures taken by the Bangladesh Bank (BB).  The price of the dollar has reached its highest in the kerb market which is the biggest fall of

As the ‘Silver hilsa’ fish started reaching the capital from Barguna within just seven hours after the inauguration of the Padma Bridge, its price went up in the local market during the peak fishing season. In the local municipal fish market, although the sale of hilsa has

Bengal Plastics Ltd is awarded LEED Gold Certification by the US Green Building Council, making it the first plastics factory in Bangladesh to receive this distinction.  Bengal Plastics Ltd achieved Gold-Level Certification by implementing a number of measures, including

US dollar price against local currency taka reached its peak at Tk115 in the kerb market on Monday because of the acute shortage of the greenback in the local market.  The price of the dollar has reached Tk115 in the kerb market today (8 August), the biggest fall in taka’s

Bangladesh Jeweller's Association (BAJUS) has reduced exchange and alternate rates for gold ornaments for convenience of customers. From now, jewelery companies will deduct 8 percent in case of exchanging their old gold ornaments or jewelery for new gold ornaments, says a press

Indian automaker Tata Motors has agreed to buy a Ford manufacturing plant in the western state of Gujarat for 7.26bn rupees ($91.5m). The deal comes as Tata moves to boost its car production to meet demand. The deal between Tata's electric vehicle subsidiary and the US car

The Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners and Banaspati Manufacturers Association has urged the government to hike the prices of soya bean oil by Tk 20 per litre. The association placed the proposal to the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission on August 3. They proposed the price of