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Farmers of early varieties of potato hit by old stock glut

Staff Correspondent: Farmers who cultivated early varieties of potatoes are once again incurring losses as prices of newly harvested tubers remain unusually low due to an oversupply of older stock

Saving govt sugar mills – is it possible?

TDS Desk: Bangladesh’s state-owned sugar mills have an average extraction rate of about 6%, meaning six kilograms of sugar are produced from every 100 kilograms of locally produced sugarcane, according

Bangladesh stock market loses Tk 10,500cr in a week

TDS Desk: Bangladesh’s capital market extended its losing streak over the past week, with market capitalisation on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) shrinking by more than Tk 10,500 crore amid

Commodities to face 2026 slump as demand cools, supply surges

TDS Desk: After years of turbulence driven by the pandemic, trade shocks, wars and sanctions, global commodity markets may be heading for a sobering correction in 2026, with prices of

Govt treasury bill issuance jumps 4.3% in Nov: BB report

TDS Desk: The government issued treasury bills worth Tk 31,289.13 crore in November 2025, up 4.30 percent from the preceding month, according to Bangladesh Bank (BB) data. BB’s Money Market

Japan’s BIG-B project caught in widening geopolitical crosscurrents

TDS Desk: More than a decade ago, Japan launched the Bay of Bengal Industrial Growth Belt, widely known as BIG-B, to promote economic integration, port development, and industrialisation around the