Most of the cargo that arrived from Karachi contained industrial raw materials, including soda ash, dolomite, limestone, chemicals, onion, fabrics and potatoes
On May 20, 2024, Chattogram Custom House Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Zakaria was in Kolkata, India, where he had gone for treatment a week earlier.
An inability to open letters of credit (LCs) since the political changeover on August 5 has resulted in the closure of at least seven enterprises owned by the S Alam Group, including its sugar and edible oil refineries and steel factory.
At least six tax officials, including the then tax commissioner, were involved in extending undue favour to two sons of controversial businessman Mohammed Saiful Alam to legalise undisclosed money worth Tk 500 crore, an investigation by the tax intelligence has found.
The Tejgaon Egg Merchants’ Association, which delivers about 15 percent of the daily supply of 1 crore eggs in the capital, stopped sales from Sunday night claiming it was to avoid harassment by the government authorities.
Ten companies of S Alam Group have been ordered to pay Tk 1,414 crore of unpaid value-added tax (VAT) they allegedly “evaded” in the past two years.
The prices of rice, eggs, broiler chicken, soybean oil, palm oil, sugar and vegetables have increased significantly in Dhaka due to a supply shortage and incessant rain.
wheat saw prices per kilogramme (kg) increase by 9.20 percent to 14.29 percent
The suggestion that solar power should lead Bangladesh’s charge into a renewable energy revolution is often met with the skeptical remark that we don’t have enough land. But a recent study by Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network and Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association says otherwise.
A three-day blockade enforced by major opposition parties and protests of garment workers disrupted the supply chain of daily essentials and sent the cost of transport higher, according to industry people and traders.
Onion prices at wholesale and retail markets in Bangladesh rose yesterday after India set a minimum price of $800 per tonne on exports of the bulb.
The country’s first tunnel, named after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, built under the Karnaphuli river opens today, ushering in a new era in road communication.
Md Harunur Rashid Chowdhury, who is an additional chief engineer at the Roads and Highways Department, has served as the director of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel project since February 2018, with his term extended three times until February 2024.
Chattogram Custom House auctioned off around 24.5 tonnes of apples for Tk 5.05 lakh, where the price per kilo was Tk 21, in an open auction on Wednesday.
Chattogram Custom House auctioned off around 24.5 tonnes of apples for Tk 5.05 lakh, where the price per kilo was Tk 21, in an open auction on Wednesday
Two sluice gates were recently set up on the Chaktai-Maheshkhali canal in Chattogram, bringing relief to the traders at Chaktai-Khatunganj commercial centre.
With dreams of a new beginning, Mohammad Hasan and his family were eagerly waiting for his wedding, which was supposed to take place today.
