Veggie, potato prices down. Daily Sun Report, Dhaka The prices of all kinds of rice and chicken remained high in recent weeks, while vegetables and potatoes have experienced a decrease. Vegetable prices have significantly decreased in the recent weeks, making those more affordable for consumers. Potato prices dropped by Tk10 per kilogram within a week, […]
By Eddy Duan. Japan plans to release some of its rice stockpiles reserved for emergency use in response to record domestic prices for the grain. The government will discuss selling part of its strategic rice reserve next week, the farm minister Taku Eto said in a presser on Friday. The price of rice in Japan […]
Yasir Wardad Rising rice imports, aimed at fueling government stocks amid public procurement, have had hardly any impact on the rice market as prices of the essential item continue to be higher. On the other hand, a scarcity of coarse varieties like ‘Guti Swarna’ in the city has been forcing the poor to buy medium […]
India remains a key source due to lower import costs and affordable prices, says the food advisor. Chattogram Bureau The interim government will import 900,000 tonnes of rice this year from different countries, Food Advisor Ali Imam Mazumder has said. After inspecting the unloading of imported food items at Chattogram Port on Tuesday afternoon, he […]
Staff Correspondent . Chattogram Interim government’s food adviser Ali Imam Majumder said that the government was prioritising trade over politics, welcoming imports from neighbouring countries like India, Myanmar, and Pakistan due to their proximity and lower costs. He made the remarks on Tuesday while inspecting the unloading operations of imported food grains at Chattogram Port. […]
Agreements signed for importing 4.5 lakh tonnes as domestic producers fail to supply at govt-fixed rate.Daily Sun Report, Dhaka The interim government is planning to import seven lakh tonnes of rice, the highest in about seven years, to build its staple food reserves. The government initially planned to fill its reserves by purchasing from local […]
The Rising Nepal. By Siraj Khan,Nepalgunj, Jan. 20: The import of sugar, rice, lentils, and cotton fabric, which had been declining in recent years through the Nepal-India border in Nepalgunj, has started to rise again. In the first six months of the current fiscal year 2024/25, the import of sugar, rice, lentils, and cotton fabric […]
Govt move expected to replenish stock, tame prices. The interim government is set to import seven lakh tonnes of rice, the highest in the last seven fiscal years, as it looks to shore up its depleting food grain stock and ease the cost of living crisis for the low- and fixed-income people battered by the […]
Bet on private importers proven costly; govt goes for fast-tracking rice import under G2G arrangement and through int’l open tender. Reaz Ahmad The government rightly anticipated a flood-induced crop loss during the last Aman season. To stabilize a volatile rice market, the food ministry, however, largely relied on private imports of rice instead of expediting […]
Staff Correspondent. The cabinet committee on government purchase at a meeting on Thursday approved two separate food ministry proposals to import total one lakh tonnes of rice from India and Pakistan. Presided over by finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed at the secretariat in the capital Dhaka, the meeting approved a proposal from the food ministry to […]
