One crore families to get rice for free: Food adviser
One crore families to get rice for free: Food adviser

One crore families would each get 10 kilograms of rice during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr festival towards the end of March, Food Adviser Ali Imam Majumder said Monday, reports the Daily Sun. Furthermore, 50 lakh poor families would get 60kg rice twice in March and April at Tk15 per kg. Another...

Ali Imam Majumdar appointed Land Adviser
Ali Imam Majumdar appointed Land Adviser

Food Adviser Ali Imam Majumdar has been given the additional charge of the Land Ministry. This move follows the passing of former Land Adviser AF Hassan Ariff who died of a heart attack on December 20. The ministrys responsibilities had since been under the supervision of the Chief Advisor Dr...

Arla Foods Bangladesh celebrates launching of 3 successful products in 2024
Arla Foods Bangladesh celebrates launching of 3 successful products in 2024

Arla Foods Bangladesh Limited, the countrys leading dairy company, successfully launched three brands in 2024. To celebrate this achievement, it organized celebrations with all its distribution houses, in companys head office in Dhaka and its factory in Gazipur. The newly launched products...

Food inflation drops to 12.92% in Dec
Food inflation drops to 12.92% in Dec

Food inflation in Bangladesh stood at 12.92% in December, a slight decrease from 13.8% in November, according to the latest data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). This reduction in food prices contributed to a drop in the countrys overall inflation rate, which fell to 10.89% in...

Govt. trying to demolish syndicates: Farida
Govt. trying to demolish syndicates: Farida

Despite governments sincere efforts to demolish syndicate, the unholy alliance is still active in the market to manipulate the price of essentials. Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter said this while inaugurating first ever Indigenous Food and Crops Fair at Banoful Adhibashi Greenheart...

Middle class caught in inflation trap
Middle class caught in inflation trap

Food inflation in Bangladesh reached 13.80% last November, according to the Bureau of Statistics (BBS). This implies consumers spent Tk 113.80 on food that cost Tk 100 the previous year, an average increase of Tk 14. However, Saidul Alam, a private company employee from Rupnagar in the capital,...

Special security for former food minister as he appears in court over murder case
Special security for former food minister as he appears in court over murder case

Former food minister Qamrul Islam has been brought to court after an eight-day remand in connection with the death of businessman Abdul Wadud in the Newmarket area of Dhaka. Qamrul was escorted to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrates Court on Tuesday (November 26) at approximately 10 am, under...