
Sukanta Halder
Sukanta Halder is a staff correspondent of The Daily Star, covering insurance, agriculture, commodity markets, the private sector and consumers.
Sukanta Halder is a staff correspondent of The Daily Star, covering insurance, agriculture, commodity markets, the private sector and consumers.
The proposed budget for the fiscal year 2025-26 has drawn criticism from the government-appointed Labour Reform Commission, which had earlier called for formal recognition of workers and stronger financial and legal safeguards.
Poor preservation, unfair pricing and failure to meet global standards cripple rawhide trade
Bangladesh’s food processing sector, which was worth $8 billion last year, is growing at an average rate of 8 percent a year, according to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Mango prices are rising following a recent slump that had resulted in losses for many traders.
The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (Idra) has appointed audit firms to carry out special audits of 15 life insurance companies for the 2022-2024 period to uncover possible irregularities as claim settlements continued to mount.
The interim government has planned to nearly double its public food storage capacity to 37 lakh tonnes in the next fiscal year.
The government has taken the initiative to amend the insurance law, aiming to give the regulator greater authority to dissolve and restructure the boards of insurers, limit family ownership concentration, and impose hefty fines for breaking the rules.
Bangladesh's delicious mangoes: untapped economic potential, requiring a national strategy
The proposed budget for the fiscal year 2025-26 has drawn criticism from the government-appointed Labour Reform Commission, which had earlier called for formal recognition of workers and stronger financial and legal safeguards.
Poor preservation, unfair pricing and failure to meet global standards cripple rawhide trade
Bangladesh’s food processing sector, which was worth $8 billion last year, is growing at an average rate of 8 percent a year, according to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Mango prices are rising following a recent slump that had resulted in losses for many traders.
The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (Idra) has appointed audit firms to carry out special audits of 15 life insurance companies for the 2022-2024 period to uncover possible irregularities as claim settlements continued to mount.
The interim government has planned to nearly double its public food storage capacity to 37 lakh tonnes in the next fiscal year.
The government has taken the initiative to amend the insurance law, aiming to give the regulator greater authority to dissolve and restructure the boards of insurers, limit family ownership concentration, and impose hefty fines for breaking the rules.
Bangladesh's delicious mangoes: untapped economic potential, requiring a national strategy
Sales of cattle, as reflected in the number of animals sacrificed during this Eid-ul-Azha, declined this year amid an economic slowdown and political uncertainty in the country, said dairy producers and stakeholders yesterday.
Rawhide prices during Eid-ul-Azha have once again dropped below government-set rates across the country, frustrating traders and raising concerns about the effectiveness of recent policy steps, including the temporary lifting of the export ban on raw and wet blue leather.