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  Govt allocates 10,567 tonnes of VGF rice for fishermen

  United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 11:26pm on October 02, 2020

  The government has allocated 10,567 tonnes of VGF rice for fishermen during the upcoming hilsa fishing ban from October 14 to November 4. The food...

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  Rice prices still high in market 

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:39am on October 02, 2020

  The prices of rice remained high in the city’s kitchen markets although the government had set the mill-gate price of the staple to contain the...

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  Rice, edible oil prices too go up

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 12:19am on September 25, 2020

  Prices of rice and edible oil continued to rise in the city’s kitchen markets after a sharp increase in the onion price across the country....

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  Rice prices rise further

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:08pm on August 24, 2020

  The price of the course variety of rice increased further on the city market, pushing lower income groups into much hardship amid loss of incomes...

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  Prices of pulse, edible oil rise

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 09:43pm on August 21, 2020

  After a sharp increase in the prices of rice and vegetables, the prices of pulse and edible oil rose on the kitchen markets in the...

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  Rice prices up despite surplus output

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 11:18pm on August 14, 2020

  The prices of rice have started to increase further in the city though the government sees a surplus of the staple food after meeting the...

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  Fortified rice to be available on OMS in Dhaka

  United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 01:49am on August 11, 2020

  The Ministry of Food and the World Food Programme on Monday formalised the inclusion of fortified rice in the Open Market Sales which will directly...

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  Govt sets rice mill workers’ minimum wage at Tk 7,810

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:33pm on August 09, 2020

  The government has set Tk 7,810 as the minimum monthly wage for the workers of country’s rice mill sector, increasing it by 41 per cent from...

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  Govt mulls rice import duty cut

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:12pm on July 07, 2020

  The government is thinking of slashing the duty on rice import to keep the market price of the item stable as the price continued to...

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  Rice, vegetables become dearer

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:20pm on June 26, 2020

  The prices of course variety of rice and vegetables increased on the kitchen markets in the capital over the week ending Friday. The prices of...