Traders opened LCs worth $247.26 million in July-January of the current fiscal year of 2023-24, up 25.81 percent year-on-year, central bank data showed.
Although the commerce ministry yesterday fixed a price range for dates, a key food item for the fasting month of Ramadan, businesspeople opined that it is not possible to make a profit and sustain their trade selling the fruit at those rates.
A new variety of mango, Gourmati or BARI Mango-12, is winning farmers over as it promises them higher profits, being the last of the varieties to arrive at the market during the coveted mango season.
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