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Artificial fibre import doubles in five years

MONIRA MUNNI 2019-11-27 11:05:50

Import of manmade fibre (MMF), especially polyester and viscose, has doubled since 2014, showing gradual shifting of the country's RMG industry to use of non-cotton fibre in manufacturing apparel item...

Indonesian coal import to increase threefold

M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2019-11-08 09:58:54

Coal import from Indonesia is expected to soar threefold to 60,000 tonnes this month as the installation of the 1,320-megawatt (MW) Payra coal-fired power plant is nearing completion. The import pric...

Govt to import 250,000 tonnes rice from Thailand, India

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Bangladesh is set to import a total of 250,000 tonnes of rice from Thailand and India in intergovernmental deals to shore up depleted stocks of the staple, head of the state grain buyer said on Monday...

August imports fall over 7.0pc despite big rice buy

Siddique Islam 2017-09-19 10:13:08

Overall imports fell by over 7.0 per cent or US$294.53 million in August despite big emergency rice buy from abroad.   One obvious reason cited by sources is that lower imports for industries t...

Govt set to import 0.2m tonnes of wheat from Russia

Talha Bin Habib 2017-09-07 12:00:00

The government is set to import 0.2 million tonnes of wheat from Russia under government to government (G2G) arrangement, officials said. A proposal in this regard now awaits approval from the cab...

Cabinet purchase body endorses 300,000-tonne rice import

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The Cabinet Purchase Committee approved on Wednesday 15 procurement proposals, including the import of 300,000 tonnes of rice, reports UNB.   Of the approved import, 250,000 tonnes of Atap (sun...