Bangladesh could secure an additional $2 billion in export orders, largely shifted from India and China, as it benefits from lower tariffs in the US market compared with the two largest Asian economies, said Zahid Hussain, former lead economist of the World Bank’s Dhaka office, yesterday.

Prices of some patented medicines may rise by 10 to 30 times as Bangladesh will no longer enjoy a waiver from complying with intellectual property rights after its graduation from a Least Developed Country (LDC) to a developing country, said a noted economist yesterday.

Despite handling more containers, Chattogram port's ranking declines

Private sector employers have voiced concern over proposed changes to labour law that would allow a trade union to be formed if 20 workers agree, instead of the current requirement of 20 percent of a factory’s workforce.

Draft introduces strict penalties for e-commerce crimes, hoarding

Bangladesh's remittance earnings climb, fuelled by informal market shift

NBR directs officials to speed up tax return processing

Bangladesh’s readymade garment (RMG) sector risks losing orders after duty-free trade access to the European Union ends in 2029, unless workers’ rights are ensured, an expert warned at an event in Dhaka today.

The deep-sea port project in Matarbari promises to transform regional trade

SOAS professor says oligarchs fuel growth but fail to create jobs

Persisting political uncertainty and energy crisis are holding back investment growth in Bangladesh, business leaders and policy experts said yesterday.

In our country, the word “sorry” is rarer than electricity on a summer evening. Not because we do not make mistakes. We produce them in bulk. From call drops to collapsing bridges, from delayed mega projects to disappearing dollars, we are world-class exporters of errors.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has recommended improvements in fire prevention and response, operational supervision, and equipment preservation at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) ahead of its commercial launch of the first unit.

Bangladesh’s external debt servicing surged 16 percent year-on-year in the first month of the current fiscal year (FY) 2025-26, while inflows from bilateral and multilateral lenders fell sharply.

The least developed countries (LDCs) have been struggling to graduate to developing nations for years. But at the same time, these countries fear losing preferential trade, exports, and employment. So, they hesitate and step back even after becoming eligible for graduation.

Air conditioner (AC) sales slumped this summer, as milder temperatures compared to previous years and frequent rains meant fewer households felt the need to invest in cooling appliances.

Bangladesh is expected to import larger volumes of rice and wheat in the marketing year (MY) 2025-26 owing to rising domestic rice prices, according to a report by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

All four are located at the Bangladesh-India border

The DSEX gained 74.63 points to close at 5,517.94

Lower capital goods imports and slower construction indicate stalled investment