Until President Donald Trump’s return a year ago, when the EU talked about cutting economic dependency on foreign powers -- it was understood to mean China. But now Brussels has US tech in its sights.

A recent surge in unofficial payments across licensing, compliance, and utility services is undermining the country’s push for ethical business practices, said Khondaker Golam Moazzem, research director at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).

Readymade garment exports from Bangladesh to the United States grew 12.43 percent to $7.6 billion in the first eleven months of 2025, according to the US Office of Textiles and Apparel (Otexa).

Bitcoin, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, extended its price slump Thursday to trade under $70,000 for the first time since Donald Trump’s presidential election victory in November 2024.

Once, leadership meant fixing problems. Today, it means fixing narratives. Roads can wait, facts are negotiable, and applause is a performance metric. The louder the speech, the stronger the leader. Listening is optional, empathy is overrated, and silence is sold as public support.

Wheat cultivation in the southern districts of Bangladesh remains handicapped by challenges such as high soil salinity, shorter winters and seed shortages, leaving vast stretches of farmland uncultivated during the dry season.

Bangladesh’s telecom regulator is seeking legal advice on arbitration proposals from the county’s two largest mobile operators to resolve a dispute over Tk 13,447 crore in audit claims.

The country’s largest mobile operator, Grameenphone (GP), saw its profit fall 18.5 percent in 2025 to the lowest level in eight years, amid weak consumer spending and subdued purchasing power.

Leaders of ten major trade bodies have demanded immediate government intervention to resolve the ongoing deadlock at Chattogram port, which handles over 90 percent of the country’s maritime trade, terming it a “great disaster”.

The company posted a profit of Tk 2,958 crore last year, down from Tk 3,631 crore in 2024

They issued a joint statement today

They said at an FBCCI-IBFB event

The company made a loss of Tk 39.59 crore in 2025, which was Tk 2.73 crore the previous year

Bangladesh’s interim government has appointed international law firm White & Case LLP to defend the country in an arbitration case filed by S Alam Group.

Bangladesh is stepping into a new phase of trade diplomacy as it signs its first Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Japan tomorrow, a deal meant to preserve duty-free market access after the country’s graduation from the least developed country club later this year.

The interim government’s net borrowing from the banking system rose almost fivefold in the first seven months of the current fiscal year 2025-26, as spending raced ahead of sluggish revenue collection.

Successfully reforming the WTO is a matter of life and death for the organisation, warns the facilitator of talks on revamping the global trade body.

Businesses, especially exporters and stakeholders in the logistics sector, have urged the authorities to move decisively towards implementing the National Logistics Policy 2025 by laying out a clear execution roadmap.

India’s trade pact with the US leaves much to be desired but will ease a crushing overhang on the rupee. Ten months into President Donald Trump’s trade war, the South Asian country is emerging bruised but at least more integrated into the global economy.

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