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The remains of homes sit following the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 10, 2025. REUTERS/David Ryder
USA

Displaced Los Angeles homeowners face price gouging after wildfires

The Los Angeles Tenants Union, a volunteer group that advocates for affordable housing, identified more than 500 property listings where the monthly rental fee abruptly jumped -- in some cases,...

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Bangladesh

BASIS calls for reconsideration of VAT hike to foster ICT sector growth

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Bangladesh

CAB urges withdrawal of VAT, supplementary duty hike amid rising inflation

DCCI raises alarms over VAT and gas price hikes
Bangladesh

DCCI raises alarms over VAT and gas price hikes

Turkey's Commerce Minister Omer Bolat meets Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin at commerce ministry's meeting room at the secretariat on 9 January 2025. Photo: PID
Bangladesh

There is no Aladdin's magic lamp to control rice market: Commerce adviser

Paddy farmers in Lakshmipur load stacks of hay onto a tractor. A shortage of hay, caused by reduced Aman paddy cultivation, has led to soaring prices. While livestock farmers struggle with rising costs, paddy farmers benefit from record profits in hay sales. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Headache over hay: Livestock farmers grapple with surging costs

Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed. Photo: BSS
Markets

Extortion behind persistent commodity price hikes: Finance adviser

Steel rod prices plunge to four-year low amid falling demand
Industry

Steel rod prices plunge to four-year low amid falling demand

Rising commodity prices worsen hardships for Dhaka's low-income families
Bazaar

Rising commodity prices worsen hardships for Dhaka's low-income families

File photo of bottled soybean oil at a grocery store/Collected
Bazaar

Govt hikes soyabean oil price by Tk8 per litre

File photo of bottled soybean oil at a grocery store/Collected
Markets

Edible oil crisis: Commerce ministry meeting with mill owners ends without decision

File photo of bottled soybean oil at a grocery store/Collected
Economy

Bottled soybean oil shortage hits retail markets; mill owners propose price hike

Illustration: Duniya Jahan/TBS
Economy

Surging food inflation, unmoving wages clash: Consumers, sellers pinch pennies