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Delhi ignores Dhaka's request for trade talks, businesses pay

Dhaka, July 25 -- India continues to cold-shoulder requests for holding talks to resolve accumulating trade-related disputes, officials say, while Bangladesh businesses have to pay for abrupt shipment... Read More


Ctg port tariffs poised for steep rise

Dhaka, July 24 -- Bangladesh's external trade is set to get costlier as the government Thursday approved a proposal for increasing tariffs on both goods and vessels at Chittagong seaport, in some case... Read More


Jute exporters count addl $100 per tonne as freight cost

Dhaka, July 14 -- Jute-goods exporters now wobble under pressure of mounting transportation costs for using sea route, stakeholders say, as Indian land-port ban on Bangladeshi exports takes its toll. ... Read More


Tariff renegotiation triggers worries about local, foreign investments

Dhaka, July 12 -- Power-sector investors, particularly in the renewable-energy sector, get in dilemmas over government move to renegotiate tariffs as they say contract-time and current costs make a mi... Read More


Bangladesh ships locally made solar modules to US

Dhaka, June 23 -- In a landmark move marking the country's entry into the global clean energy supply chain, Bangladesh has begun exporting solar modules, transitioning from a sole importer to an inter... Read More


Developing securitisation market under study

Dhaka, June 21 -- A study gets going to find ways of developing a robust securitisation market in Bangladesh to enable lenders and financing companies to raise capital and enhance liquidity, officials... Read More


Tri-quarterly GDP calculation likely for higher ratings

Dhaka, May 30 -- Bangladesh may pivot to tri-quarterly GDP-growth calculation for higher ratings as the current practice of estimation based on data of the first two quarters of a financial year does ... Read More


Most SMEs miss business boon Fourth Industrial Revolution offers

Dhaka, May 27 -- An industrial breakthrough driven by everyday-evolving technological innovations shies away from smaller enterprises, in particular, across Bangladesh largely for blissful ignorance o... Read More


Payment delays put Thakurgaon power plant's foreign IPP in quandary

Dhaka, May 24 -- Foreign owners of the EPV Thakurgaon 115-megawatt power plant rue recurrent payment delays that cause severe financial and operational difficulties to the company. The independent po... Read More


UAE group getting MoU on Bay terminal investment extended

Dhaka, May 22 -- The government is extending the tenure of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under which the Abu Dhabi Ports Group wants to invest in the potential port sector of Bangladesh, while a... Read More