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Lack of food irradiation facilities fuels onion price swings

Every winter, Bangladesh produces a surplus of onions, causing prices to fall sharply to around Tk 60 per kilogramme, forcing farmers to sell below cost while large quantities rot in storage. Months later, shortages reappear, middlemen become active, imports are allowed, and prices surge again, hitting low-income consumers the hardest.At...

Month-long Dhaka International Trade Fair kicks off

The month-long 30th Dhaka International Trade Fair (DIFT) 2026 kicked off at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Centre in Purbachal on Saturday, two days behind schedule following the demise of former prime minister and BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia.Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin attended the inaugural ceremony as the chief guest...

Transport sector development stalls under interim admin

Munima SultanaRoad and rail transport development has made little headway during the interim government's tenure, as reluctance to approve new or high-cost projects has slowed infrastructure expansion. Even relatively low-cost initiatives such as bus route rationalisation (BRR) and bus rapid transit (BRT) have failed to advance, raising concerns among sector...

NEIR uncovers massive use of clone, fake IMEI phones across networks

The newly launched National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR) has uncovered a disturbing scale of clone and counterfeit mobile phone usage nationwide, with millions of fake and duplicate IMEI numbers currently active on mobile networks, reports BSS.NEIR has identified numerous irregular IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) patterns, including "1111111111111", "0000000000000" and...

Safir Rahman elected secy gen of Poultry Industries Association

Md. Safir Rahman, Director of Quality Feeds Limited and its sister concerns, has been elected as Secretary General of the Bangladesh Poultry Industries Association (BPIA) in its biennial Executive Council election held recently.He contested the election from Quality Breeders Limited, a concern of Quality Feeds Limited, says a press release.A...

AKIJ Resource launches South Asia Travel and Hajj Service

South Asia Travel and Hajj Service, a concern of the country's leading business group AKIJ Resource, has started its journey with the aim of ensuring a reliable, transparent and quality Hajj and Umrah service for Muslims.On this occasion, an inaugural ceremony and a doa mahfil were organised at the office...