Bangladesh needs to strengthen local capacity, enhance value addition, and develop backward linkages in agricultural machinery, automobiles, and light engineering to ensure sustainable growth and diversify its export base, according to experts and industry leaders.

The government has approved the export of raw jute shipments that were stuck at the ports. This will give relief to exporters who had already sent their goods to the ports and completed all export procedures.

Both refined and unrefined forms of the oil will face the regulatory duty

The United Nations Committee for Development Policy (UN CDP), which reviews the least developed country (LDC) category, has invited Bangladesh to report on the progress of its preparation for graduation from LDC.

Five exporters supplied the fish

Tarique Rahman, acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has expressed concern over the potential impact on the economy after the nation’s graduation from the least developed country (LDC) category.

The Bepza Economic Zone is set to receive investment from an airplane amenity bag and kit manufacturing company.

In the first major tariff review in almost four decades, the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has raised service charges at Chattogram port by 41 percent.

The Trump administration may reduce the reciprocal tariff on Bangladeshi goods further from the current 20 percent if the trade gap between the two countries narrows, Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin said yesterday.

The data tells a story of short-term relief but long-term vulnerability

Bangladesh and Japan may sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) within the next one to two months as the final negotiation is scheduled to end in Tokyo tomorrow.

It will produce bluetooth headset, wired headphone and data cable

They demand a pause until the charges are fixed by the shipping ministry’s tariff committee

Several aspirants denied submission of nomination papers

They made the call from a rally under the banner of Anti-Discrimination Businesses Forum

Despite handling more containers, Chattogram port's ranking declines

Chittagong Dry Dock Limited (CDDL) has set a new record in container handling at Chattogram port’s New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT)

All four are located at the Bangladesh-India border

Businesses urged the government not to raise service tariffs at Chattogram port by a massive 41 percent at once, but to increase them rationally in phases, aiming to keep the country’s foreign trade competitive in the global market.

Pran-RFL Group has been manufacturing lifts in Bangladesh since 2018 and has so far invested around Tk 200 crore to reduce dependence on imported ones, said RN Paul, managing director of RFL Group.