Local prefabricated steel industry hits demand slump
9 August 2026
Public sector demand for locally manufactured prefabricated steel has dropped by nearly 90 percent
9 August 2026
Predictable policies key to attracting FDI
2 August 2026
Despite its large market and young workforce, Bangladesh trails regional peers in attracting foreign direct investment due to policy uncertainty, weak logistics and unreliable energy, according to Rupali Chowdhury, president of the Foreign Investors’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
2 August 2026
Chinese footprint widens in Bangladesh’s economic landscape
2 August 2026
China became Bangladesh’s second-largest source of net FDI in 2025, accounting for more than 18 percent of total inflows
2 August 2026
Industries reel under gas crisis
26 July 2026
Bangladesh’s industrial sector is taking a heavy hit from the worsening gas crisis, which is raising operating costs and threatening the country’s export competitiveness.
26 July 2026
Construction sector loses steam
21 July 2026
The country’s construction sector is facing one of its worst slowdowns in years as weaker public development spending, slower private investment and high borrowing costs reduce demand for housing and construction materials.
21 July 2026
Will ‘Invest Bangladesh’ make investing easier?
20 July 2026
Invest Bangladesh -- about to become the country’s sole investment promotion agency -- cannot remove every roadblock on its own
20 July 2026
Will 'Invest Bangladesh' make investing easier?
19 July 2026
The new authority promises a genuine one-stop service through integrated digital platforms, statutory timelines for approvals and a single-window clearance system
19 July 2026
Non-leather footwear exports stall, miss global boom
19 July 2026
After rebounding strongly over two years, the non-leather footwear exports lost momentum in the last fiscal year, logging only 1.6 percent growth as manufacturers grappled with high borrowing costs, capacity constraints and lingering political uncertainty.
19 July 2026
Synthetic footwear exports on a roll
The shipment of synthetic footwear and sports shoes from Bangladesh grew 6.21 per cent year-on-year in July-May of the outgoing fiscal year thanks to shifting orders from China and the expanding capacity of manufacturers.
21 June 2023
‘Extended duty benefit to keep medicine prices in check’
The proposed budget has provided relief to pharmaceuticals manufacturers and patients as it retained duty-free import benefits for over 100 raw materials used in making life saving cancer, heart disease and diabetes drugs.
20 June 2023
Lending rate hike to fuel cost of doing business
Premier Cement Managing Director Mohammed Amirul Haque says
19 June 2023
Electrical equipment makers ignored
The proposed national budget for the next fiscal year does not address the interests of electrical equipment makers, which goes against the government’s aim of establishing Bangladesh as an industry-intensive nation, said an official.
18 June 2023
Flats, houses to be costlier
Flats and houses will become expensive as the government has increased the duties on basic construction materials such as cement, steel and tiles in the proposed budget, said a top executive of a real estate company.
16 June 2023
Electrical, electronic goods export surges
The shipment of electrical and electronics goods from Bangladesh displayed an impressive growth of 48 per cent in July-May of the outgoing financial year on the back of improving product quality and government support, official figures showed.
15 June 2023
Specific duty on crude oil imports a welcome move
Oil refiners in Bangladesh have welcomed the government’s specific duty proposed in the budget for the next fiscal year on the imports of crude oil.
11 June 2023
Textiles, RMG neglected in budget
The textile and garment sector, which earns the lion’s share of export proceeds, has been left neglected in the proposed budget, according to Shams Mahmud, a former president of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
10 June 2023
Benefit extension for consumer electronics ‘encouraging’
The extension of existing benefits for local consumer electronics industries through the proposed national budget is very encouraging, said Golam Murshed, managing director and chief executive officer of Walton Hi-Tech Industries, yesterday.
8 June 2023
Leather and footwear export fall
The exports of leather footwear from Bangladesh declined 4.28 per cent year-on-year in July-May of the ongoing financial year owing to lower orders from Europe, the main market, official figures showed.
8 June 2023
Bangladesh pays first foreign bill in taka
Bangladesh has made the first payment for a mostly foreign loan-funded project in the taka, ushering in another mode of better preserving foreign currency reserves.
7 June 2023
Steel prices unlikely to cool down
The price of steel products is unlikely to decline in the coming days from its current record level as the budget for the upcoming fiscal year has not offered any benefit to the sector, said a top executive.
5 June 2023
Rise in clinker duty a burden on consumers
The increase of duty on the import of cement clinker by Tk 200 per tonne will have an adverse impact on the cost of production and put a burden on consumers, said Mohammad Iqbal Chowdhury, chief executive officer of LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Limited.
5 June 2023
State enterprises may see higher losses next fiscal year
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Bangladesh will likely incur collective losses of Tk 14,703 crore in the coming fiscal year, according to the finance ministry.
4 June 2023
Some respite for cancer patients
Manufacturers of cancer medicines will be able to sell the lifesaving drugs at reasonable prices after the National Board of Revenue (NBR) extended duty-free import benefits to 100 more raw materials used to make such products.
3 June 2023
It’s unrealistic, unattainable
The proposed budget for 2023-24 is unrealistic and unattainable as the challenges that caused the economic growth to decelerate, foreign exchange reserves to dip and inflation to surge in the past one year still persist, said economists and think-tanks.
1 June 2023
PHP now making decorative glass
PHP Float Glass Industries, a concern of PHP Family, started manufacturing decorative glass at its existing facility in Mirsharai, Chattogram earlier this month.
29 May 2023
Steel makers seek tax breaks
Steel makers in Bangladesh are seeking reduced import duty, value added tax (VAT) and other tariffs in the upcoming national budget to provide products at lower prices, meaning that construction costs would likely decrease.
28 May 2023
Dhaka to get four more 5-star hotels
Dhaka is set to welcome four new five-star rated hotels over the next three years as the growing influx of travellers has heightened the demand for luxury accommodation in Bangladesh.
24 May 2023
The cost of not getting gas
Delta Agro Food Industries, a joint venture of Seacom Group and Samuda Group, has set up a factory in Narayanganj at an investment of more than Tk 1,200 crore one and a half years ago.
23 May 2023