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Three Dhaka-based buying houses were found to have tried to launder Tk 6.9 crore through mis-declaration, according to the Chattogram Custom House.

Like clockwork, the prices of Ramadan essentials like edible oil, chickpea, dried pea, date and sugar have started to spiral in the lead-up to the holy month despite higher imports.

The Chattogram customs house today seized 3.2 crore pieces of fake tax stamps that were brought in illegally to the port city through a container under the declaration of having papers from China.

Fix bottled soybean oil price at Tk 124 a litre Recommends tariff commission; commerce ministry decision may come on Sunday The Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) has recommended setting the maximum retail price of soybean oil at Tk 124 a litre to tame its spiralling rates in the local market. Now bottled soybean oil is sold at Tk 130 a litre on an average, which is exorbitantly high, the commission said in its report recently submitted to the commerce ministry. Moreover, the cost fo...