Earlier this month, the edible oil refiners’ association wrote to the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission seeking to increase prices of cooking oil.
A uniform exchange rate has remained a far cry in Bangladesh despite banks moving to embrace a single rate of the US dollar amid a deepening shortage of the American greenback.
The shipment of plastic products rose 41 per cent year-on-year to $100.17 million in the first six months of the current financial year as orders surged following the post-pandemic recovery and manufacturers made a foray into new export destinations, official figures showed.