Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- The country's export earnings rose 5.89 per cent year-on-year to $5.13 billion in January this year from a year ago amid a constant onslaught of economic challenges.

The exporters got $4.85 billion in the first month of 2023, showed data released by Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) on Thursday.

With January data, the overall growth of export receipts slowed to 9.81 per cent year on year in seven months (July-January) of the current fiscal year (2022-23) thanks to higher shipment of ready-made garments.

Bangladesh earned $32.44 billion in the mentioned period from $29.54 billion in the same period a year ago, according to EPB data.

The data showed that the apparel export increased by 14.31 per cent to $27.41 billion from ...