Business leaders and government officials at an event yesterday stressed the urgent need to improve the law-and-order situation and strengthen market management, warning that business confidence and sustainable economic growth will remain elusive unless immediate and effective measures are taken.

The market share of Bangladesh in the European Union’s (EU) apparel market increased to 21.57 percent in 2025 from 20.78 percent in 2024 thanks to the rising demand for locally made apparel items in the EU.

The government will soon introduce a “Probashi Card” for expatriates, as promised in the election manifesto, and will take coordinated steps involving multiple ministries to reopen closed labour markets, Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury said yesterday.

Passengers told to leave contacts and await updates from airlines

Bangladesh shipped apparels worth 19.41 billion euros in 2025 to the EU

A 180-day action plan has been taken, says expatriates’ welfare minister

Inbound flights from Sharjah, Dubai, Muscat cancelled

Passengers asked to contact airlines beforehand to verify flight status

They made the call at a meeting organised by the Dhaka Chamber

He urged the government to immediately take measures to withdraw from the agreement

Although the authorities say the foreign exchange rate is now fully market-determined, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has described the system as “incomplete”.

The panel discussed Bangladesh’s application at its 28th plenary session today at the UN Headquarters in New York

Want to create greater employment opportunities in the ICT sector, he says

All of a sudden, on Wednesday afternoon, the BNP-led new government cancelled the contract of Ahsan H Mansur as governor of the Bangladesh Bank and, at the same time, appointed Md Mostaqur Rahman, a businessman from the garment industry, as the new governor.

The government has extended the deadline for exporting aromatic rice until April 30, allowing 21 companies additional time to complete their shipments, as the previous export window expired on November 30, 2025.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the deadline for individual taxpayers to file their income tax returns by another month, setting March 31 as the new cut-off date.

BD Thai Food & Beverage, a company listed with the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), reported that its factory was robbed recently for the third time in just over a year, with masked intruders making off with machinery and cash worth an estimated Tk 1.5 crore.

Bangladesh’s economy grew 3.49 percent in the fiscal year 2024-25 (FY25), the slowest expansion in at least three years, owing to weaker performances in the agriculture and services sectors.

Bangladesh’s foreign debt servicing crossed the amount of loans it received from international lenders in the first seven months of the ongoing fiscal year (FY) 2025-26 amid the slow pace of foreign-funded projects executed under the Annual Development Programme (ADP).

The overall economic risk of Bangladesh has increased by 0.4 points since August last year to 7.1, even as political clarity returns following the national election this month, according to Oxford Economics.