Chinese envoy to Bangladesh Ma Mingqiang speaking at ‘Meet the Press’ organized by Diplomatic Correspondents Association of Bangladesh at Jatiya Press Club on Monday.

22 Mar 2016, 12:00 am0

Chinese envoy to Bangladesh Ma Mingqiang speaking at 'Meet the Press' organized by Diplomatic Correspondents Association of Bangladesh at Jatiya Press Club on Monday.

Duty on rice import must protect local farmers

IT is reported that the government has at last realized the necessity to slap a duty on rice imports to arrest the downward spiral of prices of cereals aiming at preventing the country’s farmers from racking up unsustainable losses. Though the initiative is ‘too late’ as the harvest of Boro paddy has already begun and the grain is trading below the production cost, the government should impose the duty now, so that the farmers would get fair prices. Incurring huge...

26 Apr 2015, 12:00 am