Refayet Ullah Mirdha

Govt amending import rules so factories can get all raw materials from buyers, instead of the current 50% limit

Merchandise shipments slide 7.43% in October

The price gap between American and Russian wheat currently ranges between $75 and $80 per tonne

Experts link fire incident to years of negligence, poor compliance

Many import consignments of the garment and pharmaceutical sectors are stuck at Dubai and Singapore airports because of the space crisis in Dhaka’s cargo village and the lack of cold room facilities for pharmaceutical raw materials after the fire incident.

Manufacturers estimate losses could far exceed the value of destroyed raw materials

Raw materials for peak-season garment shipments, medicine ingredients, and telecom equipment gutted

The export of denim products from Bangladesh is expected to face significant disruption as the country’s largest denim manufacturer, Pacific Jeans Group, has indefinitely shut down all eight of its factories in the Chattogram Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) following days of violent worker protests.

Investment from the island nation grows even as others wait amid uncertainty

Local soybean importers say they are taking advantage of the US soybean glut

Dhaka and Sylhet airports improve export services, also offer lower handling costs

September shipment down 4.6% YoY to $3.62b as Trump tariffs weighed on US orders

The review is expected to start within a month and conclude by mid-January 2026

Tk 58cr stuck in payment gateways as government efforts stall

EU FTA feasibility study begins soon to secure duty-free access post-2029

Traders create artificial crisis by storing hilsa to raise prices later

Bangladeshi businesses are paying higher costs when sending goods to India and bringing in industrial inputs from the neighbouring country amid retaliatory non-tariff measures imposed by Dhaka and New Delhi.

South Asia trades more with Europe, the US and China than with itself

Bangladeshi garment factories reduce groundwater use to 50 litres per kg of denim from 200

The EU accounts for more than $25 billion in annual shipments from Bangladesh, or over 60 percent of total exports.