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BGMEA, BTMA join hands for $100b export goal

Bangladesh, Aug. 4 -- Two trade bodies from the textile and apparel sector on Tuesday teamed up to organise a fair aiming to draw investment and help the country achieve US$100 billion in export earni... Read More


Bangladesh Bank lifts lending cap on Sonali Bank's five major branches

Bangladesh, Aug. 4 -- The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has withdrawn the lending ceiling imposed on five major branches of Sonali Bank, allowing the bank to approve loans without branch-specific limits, offic... Read More


BGMEA refutes report of factory closure over gas, power crisis

Bangladesh, Aug. 4 -- The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has dismissed media reports claiming that several garment factories, including those of DBL Group was shut ... Read More


Exports slip 0.9pc in July as RMG shipments fall

Bangladesh, Aug. 4 -- Bangladesh started the new fiscal year with a negative trend as merchandise exports recorded 0.90 per cent decline in July 2026, mainly due to weak performance by the largest for... Read More


Ministry of Agriculture retains decades-old fertiliser dealers

Bangladesh, Aug. 4 -- The Ministry of Agriculture has decided to retain almost all the existing fertiliser dealers appointed under the previous governments despite Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's pled... Read More


A few RMG factories declare unscheduled holidays

Bangladesh, Aug. 4 -- A number of garment factories in Gazipur and Narayanganj announced three- to four-day unscheduled holidays as manufacturers of Bangladesh's main export product struggle with pers... Read More


Small farmers dominate food production but earn far less: BBS survey

Bangladesh, Aug. 4 -- More than half of the country's food-producing households are small-scale operators, but they earn less than a third of what larger farms make, according to a new government surv... Read More


NBR allows dual BIN use until Nov 30

Bangladesh, Aug. 4 -- The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has allowed businesses to use both their old and newly reassigned Business Identification Numbers (BINs) for customs-related activities until ... Read More


Call for basic overhaul of Bangladesh's skills development ecosystem

Bangladesh, Aug. 4 -- Policymakers, economists, development practitioners and industry experts on Monday called for a fundamental overhaul of Bangladesh's skills-development ecosystem. Advertisement ... Read More


BSEC orders probe into unusual trading amid price spike

Bangladesh, Aug. 4 -- The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has asked the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) to investigate unusual trading in the units of EXIM Bank 1st Mutual Fund after t... Read More