On Monday, another 79 business firms got permission to import 101,000 tons of rice

Despite having over 1.7 million tons of rice and wheat stored away, many are wondering why the government...

Duties and taxes on rice imports have been reduced to 25%

Rice importers have to pay 5% advanced tax, 5% advanced income tax and 15% customs duty

Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase approves 16 proposals

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal says the government is trying to procure rice from different sources...

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave its nod in principle to a proposal in this regard

Import duties cut down to stabilize market price of rice

He praised Bangladesh for its role in tackling the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal presided over the cabinet body’s virtual meeting

Around 120-130 truckloads of rice is being imported through the port nowadays as the demand in the local...

The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase approved the purchase proposal in a meeting chaired by Finance...

More than 400,000 tons of rice has already been unloaded at the port from July to September 2017

150,000 tons will be imported from Thailand and rest will be supplied by local traders

An MOU was signed with Myanmar on September 17 and the cost per ton rice will be $442

Bangladesh has emerged as a major importer of the grain this year after floods damaged its crops

Last month, the government signed two deals with Vietnam and Cambodia to import 2.5 million tons of rice...

‘The price spiral is likely to stop within the next few weeks as a good amount of rice would be available...

Following the rumour, the import price of the rice increased to $55 per ton, leading to a Tk10 hike per...

Several supply chains are trying to create an artificial rice crisis by spreading falsehoods, circulating...

Up to eight million tons of Boro paddy had been destroyed by the latest bout of monsoon floods that inundated...