Sugar
Sugar price records fresh hike despite duty cuts
Sugar prices have gone up in Bangladesh in the past one week owing to its spike in the global markets and higher US dollar costs and supply crunch at home.
Sugar costlier by Tk 10
Sugar prices have gone up at both wholesale and retail markets in Dhaka and Chattogram in a span of a week owing to tight supply and millers’ call for adjusting the price in line with rising global rates.
Don't increase sugar price now: CAB
Sugar refiners' proposal to hike sugar prices unreasonable, it says
Loss of duty benefits drives up sugar price
Sugar prices have risen at the wholesale level amid speculations that import costs could go up seeing how the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has not extended duty benefits for importing the sweetener.
Govt to buy 12,500 tonnes of sugar from US firm
Tk 66.27 crore will be spent
TCB to sell sugar at Tk 60, lentils Tk 70, soybean oil Tk 110
Sales will begin tomorrow
Sugar prices edge up in wholesale market
Sugar prices edged up in the wholesale market of Bangladesh within days after refiners declared that they would sell the sweetener at higher prices from the first day of February.
5 easy mango recipes for summer
Mango is versatile fruit and can be used to make delicious dishes and desserts. If you are a mango lover like me, you will love this collection of recipes that include both ripe and green mangoes!
Fasting for diabetics: Avoiding sugar is not enough
While tackling the heat is one thing, fasting for patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes can pose some serious health concerns. Long fasts put you at higher risk of hypoglycaemia, where sugar levels are far too low for the body to function, which can at times prove fatal for diabetics.
Study finds possible link between sugary drinks and cancer
People who drink a lot of sugary drinks have a higher risk of developing cancer, although the evidence cannot establish a direct causal link, researchers have said.
Are sugar substitutes healthier than sugar?
On supermarket shelves, restaurant menus and in many homes, there has been an increasing shift towards healthier food options.
Import of sugar gets govt nod
Singapore-based Agrocorp International PTE Ltd has got the nod to supply 50,000 tonnes of refined sugar to the Bangladesh government.
Ramadan items dearer
Consumers are paying more for some essentials such as chickpea, sugar, garlic and khesari pulse as their prices have gone up on the eve of Ramadan, which starts today.
In unexpected discovery, comet contains alcohol, sugar
Scientists identify two complex organic molecules, or building blocks of life, on a comet for the first time, shedding new light on the cosmic origins of planets like Earth.
Sugar intake 'should be halved'
A committee of scientific experts is calling on the government to halve the recommended daily intake of sugar.
