Govt to set up FTA lab to boost trade negotiation skills

Dhaka, April 21 -- The government plans to set up an incubation lab on Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to facilitate effective negotiating before going for any bilateral trade deal. The lab, the first suc... Read More

Support fund afoot to import essentials

Dhaka, March 8 -- The government plans to create an import- support fund with a view to facilitating import of consumer goods and essential commodities to ensure sufficient supplies of such items in t... Read More

Move to be taken to curb illegal yarn import

Dhaka, March 2 -- The government has undertaken a move to devise necessary strategies and find a way out to prevent illegal import of yarn with a view to protecting the local industry, sources said. ... Read More

Now PCBs to get state guarantee against LCs to import essentials

Dhaka, Feb. 15 -- Like state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs), the government has decided to issue state guarantees in favour of private commercial banks (PCBs) too to facilitate import of essential com... Read More

BD-Pak jt working group soon to promote trade

Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- Closing ranks long after their separation through Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan, the two countries are set to form a high-powered Joint Working Group (JWG) for expanding bil... Read More

Internal recast of scam-hit weak banks, NBFIs imperative

Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- A package remedy is now offered for the rescue of scam-hit weak lenders through bail-ins like mergers and acquisitions or guaranteed securities issuance of bank companies to avert pr... Read More

US-based Cargill India seeks to set up bonded warehouses in BD

Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- Cargill India, a US-based company, has sought permission to establish bonded warehouses in Bangladesh's customs zones to import cotton with duty-free facilities, sources say. It has... Read More