The United States banned a broad swath of Canadian alcoholic beverages, motorcycles and dairy products from import on Tuesday, sharply escalating an already acrimonious trade spat.

Since the political changeover in August 2024, Bangladesh has experienced significant political and social changes. Under the interim government, uncertainty remained over policy direction and the predictability of administrative procedures. It was certainly not an easy business environment for foreign companies.

The parliament yesterday passed the Bank Resolution (Amendment) Bill 2026, removing a controversial provision that allowed former bank owners to regain control after they had been merged.

The DSE Brokers Association of Bangladesh (DBA) has urged the government to incorporate provisions allowing listed companies to buy back their own shares and undertake mergers and acquisitions in the proposed third amendment to the Companies Act, 1994.

Bangladesh and Hong Kong yesterday signed an Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (IPPA) with an aim to increase and safeguard bilateral investment.

The bilateral relations between Bangladesh and China have been elevated to a Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership (CSCP) because of expanding two-way trade and strategic reasons, Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir said yesterday.

Ten banks accounted for more than 72 percent of the banking sector’s total non-performing loans, according to the central bank, showing that the country’s 61 commercial lenders are not equally responsible for the sector’s financial distress.

Although Bangladesh’s banking sector added 910 female staff members in the first half of 2026, essential workplace provisions for women took a step backwards, according to Bangladesh Bank (BB).

The Economic Reporters’ Forum Institute, known as ERF Institute, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute (BFTI) to strengthen cooperation in trade, economics, research, training and knowledge sharing.

Digital lending can help expand financial inclusion in Bangladesh by making formal credit more accessible, affordable and convenient for underserved people, according to a study by the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM).

Commerce minister says at the 11th Belt and Road Initiative Summit

The agreement is expected to further strengthen the protection of mutual investments and capital of investors from Bangladesh and Hong Kong

Among the individual channels, RTGS transactions rose 26.09 percent to Tk 50,461 crore in June

About two-thirds of the gains from the FTA strategy could come from deeper agreements with countries in the RCEP and the ASEAN

The government has halved the aromatic rice export allocations of 278 previously approved exporters amid a sharp rise in domestic prices of the premium rice.

Bangladesh’s trade deficit, the gap between what it buys and sells abroad, widened by 38.36 percent to $2.08 billion in July, the first month of the current fiscal year, mainly due to high import growth amid negative export growth.

Bangladesh’s economic activity fell to a 23-month low in August, reversing July’s rebound, as exports weakened and energy disruptions weighed on manufacturing and services, according to the latest Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI).

Bangladesh’s mobile network quality mostly met regulatory standards in July, but a long-delayed assessment by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) found significant differences between operators’ reported figures and the regulator’s own measurements.

One morning in August 2025, a Turkish textile giant walked into BIDA, exploring Bangladesh for its first overseas factory.

Built at a cost of nearly Tk 50 crore, Balla land port in the north-eastern district of Habiganj now stands largely unused, with parts of its infrastructure overrun by jungle and cattle grazing on the premises.