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Sohel Parvez

Sohel Parvez is the Business Editor of The Daily Star.

Anti-Dumping Duties by Countries Against Bangladesh

Bangladesh more a target than user of anti-dumping: BFTI study

16 August 2026
Bangladesh has barely used its three trade remedy tools -- anti-dumping, countervailing duty and safeguard measures -- against unfair imports even as it remains a frequent target of such measures abroad, a Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute (BFTI) study has found.
16 August 2026
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Frequent power cuts put small businesses under pressure

13 August 2026
Amid the rolling blackouts, some businesses are spending more to produce the same amount of goods, while others are taking much longer to meet delivery deadlines
13 August 2026
Bangladesh overseas jobs decline

Overseas jobs hit five-year low amid Gulf uncertainty

6 August 2026
The number of Bangladeshis leaving for overseas jobs fell to a five-year low in the recently concluded fiscal year 2025-26 as demand from the Middle East weakened amid uncertainty following the US-Israel war on Iran.
6 August 2026
Bangladesh overseas jobs decline 2026

Overseas jobs fall to five-year low amid Middle East uncertainty

5 August 2026
According to BMET, more than 9.69 lakh people left Bangladesh for overseas jobs during the last fiscal year, down 5 percent from a year earlier
5 August 2026
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Climate / Salinity creeps deeper inland

28 July 2026
Govt data shows 1 lakh hectares, roughly the size of Munshiganj, turned saline in 15 years
28 July 2026
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Loans under court stay jump eightfold in three years

28 July 2026
The amount rose by 80 percent to Tk 182,419 crore by the end of 2025
28 July 2026
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Fuel import bill jumps 85% amid Middle East conflict

20 July 2026
Costlier crude imports are pushing up subsidies, inflation and pressure on reserves after renewed conflict unsettled global energy markets
20 July 2026
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Bangladesh’s wheat imports surge to all-time high

12 July 2026
Private imports rose 16 percent year on year to 65.8 lakh tonnes in the fiscal year ended June 30
12 July 2026

Non-compliant firms to be removed from RJSC list

The Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC) is set to update its list of companies, asking businesses that
4 November 2017

NBR seeks to freeze Premier Bank's account

The revenue authority yesterday requested Bangladesh Bank to freeze the current account of Premier Bank on allegation of evasion of
31 October 2017

Rice to be imported thru' 3 more customs stations

The National Board of Revenue has allowed rice import through three more land customs (LC) stations.
30 October 2017
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BJMC plans to build jute industrial villages

Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) plans to develop jute industrial villages on its unused lands for the diversification of products made from the natural fibre.
26 October 2017

India snubs pleas against anti-dumping duty

An Indian court has dismissed appeals against an anti-dumping duty imposed on Bangladesh's jute goods, dampening the spirits of
24 October 2017
Boro harvest drops

Boro harvest drops 5pc to 1.8cr tonnes

Boro production fell 5 percent year-on-year to 1.8 crore tonnes during the last harvest, the lowest since 2009-10, after floods wiped
23 October 2017
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Appetite for rice on wane

Per capita rice consumption in Bangladesh declined fast between 2010 and 2016 thanks to increased income that
22 October 2017
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Mirsarai economic zone to be ready by 2018

Mirsarai economic zone is set to be the first state-owned industrial enclave to see industries operating, said Paban Chowdhury,
21 October 2017
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66 weavers get nod to use GI tag for Jamdani

The Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks has given go-ahead to 66 Jamdani weavers to use geographical indication tags to
19 October 2017
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Rules relaxed for duty drawback

The revenue authority has eased the provision of physical inspection for export consignments until June 2018 to
16 October 2017
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Industrial park for pharma ingredients finally taking shape

The Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) industrial park is finally taking shape nearly a decade after the scheme was taken up with the view to facilitating a steady supply of raw materials of drugs to reduce import dependency.
12 October 2017
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DBL Group goes for $1.2b expansion

Leading apparel exporter DBL Group has taken up a $1.2 billion investment plan to set up 19 factories inside Sreehatta economic zone in Moulvibazar of Sylhet by 2021.
10 October 2017
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Battling to bear high living cost

Over the last few months, Rupali Akter, the breadwinner of a five-member family in Savar's industrial belt, had to buy some of the essentials on credit from nearby groceries. With a monthly income of Tk 10,000 including overtime, the sewing operator at a garment factory is unable to pay for all the products she buys, as prices of essentials -- from rice to vegetables -- has been on the rise.
10 October 2017
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City Group, Deshbandhu get nod to export sugar

The government has allowed two private refiners to export a total of 57,273 tonnes of sugar this fiscal year, according to commerce ministry officials.
3 October 2017
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Illegal foreign workers to face crackdown: NBR

The National Board of Revenue is set to start inspecting firms that appoint foreigners illegally and, in so doing,
2 October 2017
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Wheat imports soar as consumers cut costly rice intake

Wheat imports soared as a section of people has switched to flour in the face of high prices of staple rice, said
30 September 2017
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Chemical exporters appeal against India's anti-dumping duty

Two local companies have filed petitions with the Indian authority for reviewing the anti-dumping duty imposed on shipment of a textile chemical from Bangladesh, officials said.
28 September 2017
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Cox's Bazar hotels, airlines get a boost

Domestic airlines and hotels in Cox's Bazar are seeing a spike in occupancy as government officials, human rights activists and
25 September 2017
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Remove barriers in supply chain to stabilise rice market

Price of staple food rice has been rising since the first week of April this year, triggered by crop damage for flood in haor areas. And
23 September 2017

Shrimp farmers staring at heavy losses

Shrimp farmers are suffering from massive losses in the wake of falling prices of freshwater prawn amid sluggish demand from processors for export.
21 September 2017

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