Bangladesh Poultry Association says, revealing plan to start selling eggs, chicken countrywide

Asia’s factory powerhouses ended 2024 on a soft note as expectations for the New Year soured amid growing trade risks from a second Donald Trump presidency and China’s fragile economic recovery.

Seat bookings for passenger ships that ply the inland waterways of Bangladesh, including the Barishal to Dhaka route, has decreased by at least 66 percent.

December has brought some good news! Remittance hit a record high, taking the total for the 2024 calendar year to $26.87 billion. Exports surged too, pushing the final annual figure to $50 billion.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has outlined 20 conditions for Bangladesh to access $600 million in the second tranche of a loan for the implementation of its “Strengthening Economic Management and Governance Program”.

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has lowered the cash margin for opening letters of credit (LCs) to import cars as the country’s foreign exchange inflow and dollar stocks show improvement.

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) yesterday asked banks to keep a maximum of Tk 1 as a spread between the buying and selling rates of the US dollar.

Bangladeshi patients searching for better healthcare than that available at home are increasingly travelling to Thailand instead of India as the neighbouring country is limiting visa issuances for Bangladeshi nationals.

Bangladesh’s exports hit $50 billion in 2024, buoyed by a sharp December spike, providing the much-anticipated breather for an economy facing multiple headwinds, including external account pressures.

Pakistan’s consumer inflation rate slowed to 4.1 percent year on year in December, the statistics bureau said on Wednesday, the lowest in more than 6-1/2 years.

Gold prices rose on Thursday, extending gains from 2024 as investors weighed potential shifts in the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate outlook in the face of President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs and their likely impact on inflation.

Indonesia has yet to implement a higher mandatory blend of biodiesel planned for Jan. 1 as industry participants await technical details of the new regulation, causing confusion among palm oil traders.

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked banks today to keep a maximum of Tk 1 as a spread between the buying and selling rates of the US dollar.

Seven out of 19 customs agencies have been integrated

The factory will create 100 jobs and produce 36,000 tonnes of tobacco products annually

The LC margin can be set up based on the banker-customer relationship

Exports grew 8.3 percent year-on-year. 

Shares of HR Textiles declined 2.21 percent to Tk 27.8 as of 2:02 pm today at the DSE.

Temporary closure of its factory last year dented earnings 

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