Source: Dhaka Tribune. After a four-month pause, Bangladesh has resumed rice imports from India through Benapole Land Port. On Thursday night, nine trucks carrying a total of 315 tons of rice entered yard No-31 of the port at around 9:30pm, Shamim Hossain, director of Benapole Port, said on Friday. According to port sources, the last […]
Subhro Niyogi & Krishnendu Bandyopadhyay / TNN Following India’s lift on the rice export ban to Bangladesh on August 12, and Dhaka’s subsequent duty-free import announcement, rice prices in Bengal and other Indian regions have surged. The Bangladesh government’s decision to ease inflation by removing import duties triggered a rapid increase in exports from India, […]
SYED FATTAHUL ALIM Inflation rate in Bangladesh, which was 8.55 per cent in July, marked a 0.07 percentage point increase from that of June. However, the government in its budget for FY2025-26 expressed the hope that the inflation rate could be brought down to 6.5 per cent sometime in FY26. Whatever the future expectations, considering […]
By ChiniMandi In a renewed push to deepen economic ties, Pakistan and Bangladesh have placed special focus on enhancing trade in key sectors, including sugar, during high level talks held in Dhaka on Thursday. Pakistan’s Minister of Commerce, Jam Kamal Khan, and Bangladesh’s Adviser for Commerce, Sk Bashir Uddin, explored ways to promote mutual investments […]
BSS, Dhaka The top official of the country’s food office on Saturday said Bangladesh currently has record high reserve of food grains as far as rice and paddy were concerned. “Currently 22.50 lakh tonnes of rice are stored in various food warehouses of the country,” Director General of the Directorate General of Food M Abul […]
MoU on rice trade, upcoming food exhibition in Karachi to boost bilateral agricultural ties By News desk Pakistan’s Minister for Commerce, Jam Kamal Khan, met with Bangladesh’s Adviser for Food, Ali Imam Majumdar, in Dhaka on Friday to explore potential collaborations in food security. Both parties expressed satisfaction with the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed […]
BSS KHULNA, Aug 20, 2025 (BSS) – Although the government had set the procurement period until August 31, the Khulna Regional Food Controller Office completed procurement on August 15, exceeding the target. According to the Controller Office, the Regional Food Controller Office closed its procurement drives as more than 109 percent of the boiled rice […]
Legal action will be taken against the hoarders if they try to create any artificial crisis, he warns BSS Under the food-friendly program, the government has started selling rice at Tk15 per kg among people from Sunday. The rice will be sold to among 5.5 million people, Food Adviser Ali Imam Majumdar said on Wednesday […]
TBS Report Dhaka announced on Wednesday it would allow duty-free imports of 500,000 tonnes of rice in a move aimed at stabilising domestic prices. Rice prices in India have risen by as much as 14% in two days after Bangladesh removed a 20% import duty on the staple, prompting traders across the border to rush […]
Despite govt’s permission, importers at the Dinajpur-based land port say they are unwilling to proceed because customs duties and taxes remain high UNB Although rice imports through Hili land port have begun, importers have been refraining from clearing their consignments from customs, fearing heavy financial losses due to high import duty. Despite receiving the government’s […]
