UK market to remain open for Bangladesh in post-LDC era: British High Commission
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Withdraw bond facility for 10-30 count yarn imports: textile millers
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Several initiatives of new govt praiseworthy, but there is room for improvement: BKMEA
18 August 2026
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Bangladesh, Netherlands team up to make RMG more sustainable
17 August 2026
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Bangladesh’s RMG exports to EU fall 16.43% in first half
15 August 2026
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20 Bangladeshi textile, apparel companies join global sourcing fair in Las Vegas
13 August 2026
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Govt to go for direct purchase of eight LNG cargoes
6 August 2026
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BGMEA, OCAB join hands to attract Chinese investment in RMG
4 August 2026
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BTMA, BGMEA join hands to launch annual global textile machinery expo
4 August 2026
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Bangladesh’s exports decline 1% in July
3 August 2026
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Four mobile container scanners lie idle for nearly 2yrs
The four mobile container scanners donated by China to speed up the trade process have been lying idle for nearly
10 January 2018
Port users call for lifting vehicle's weight limit
Chittagong port users and importers yesterday called for withdrawal of vehicle's weight limit set by the government on goods
3 January 2018
Congestion pulls down growth rate to five-year low
Chittagong port handled about 2.56 million twenty-foot equivalent units of import, export and empty containers last year, up 9.36
1 January 2018
Govt earns Tk 111cr from land ports: minister
The government earned Tk 111 crore in revenues from the country's land ports this year, much higher from Tk 28 crore in 2009,
30 December 2017
Imported apple, ginger find no takers at auction
Chittagong Customs House has set another date to auction off 93 tonnes of unclaimed apple and ginger after none
20 December 2017
Tamabil Land Port inaugurated in Sylhet
Much-awaited Tamabil Land Port is inaugurated along Gowainghat border in Sylhet which is expected to boost country’s business with Indian states of Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland and Assam.
27 October 2017
Thailand probes ‘massive port authority scam’ involving 560 employees
Thailand's Department of Special Investigation (DSI) discovers graft scam involving 560 employees including many high-ranking officials of the Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) and cost between US$9 million and US$12 million.
23 August 2017
Cement clinker-laden lighter vessel sinks in Bagerhat
A lighter vessel carrying 800 tonnes of cement clinkers capsizes in Pashur River along the Sundarbans in Bagerhat.
5 June 2017
Silo near Mongla port to open soon
The grain silo near Mongla port is set to become operational by the end of this month, enabling the food directorate to unload imported
10 October 2016
China to merge 3 cargo airlines to create Asia leader
China will merge its three biggest freight airlines and build the combined entity into Asia's largest air cargo operator, a top aviation
25 June 2015
Turmoil batters car importers
More than 6,000 cars are stranded at ports amid importers' reluctance to take delivery of the vehicles fearing vandalism on way to their final destinations.
18 February 2015
Indian cargo ships ply in Bangladesh
Indian cargo ships ply in the Bangladesh territory under "the protocol on inland water transit and trade", signed between Bangladesh and India, Shipping Minister MK Anwar told the Jatiya
8 July 1991