Bangladesh needs to strengthen local capacity, enhance value addition, and develop backward linkages in agricultural machinery, automobiles, and light engineering to ensure sustainable growth and diversify its export base, according to experts and industry leaders.

The government has approved the export of raw jute shipments that were stuck at the ports. This will give relief to exporters who had already sent their goods to the ports and completed all export procedures.

Product manufactured at facility approved by Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration

Both refined and unrefined forms of the oil will face the regulatory duty

The United Nations Committee for Development Policy (UN CDP), which reviews the least developed country (LDC) category, has invited Bangladesh to report on the progress of its preparation for graduation from LDC.

Five exporters supplied the fish

Tarique Rahman, acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has expressed concern over the potential impact on the economy after the nation’s graduation from the least developed country (LDC) category.

The US wants to export aircraft, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and agricultural products to Bangladesh to expand trade between the two countries, said Paul Frost, the new commercial counsellor at the US embassy in Bangladesh.

The Bepza Economic Zone is set to receive investment from an airplane amenity bag and kit manufacturing company.

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The change has left thousands of small businesses and families struggling to send packages to America

The Trump administration may reduce the reciprocal tariff on Bangladeshi goods further from the current 20 percent if the trade gap between the two countries narrows, Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin said yesterday.

The data tells a story of short-term relief but long-term vulnerability

A United States trade delegation will arrive in Bangladesh on Sunday for meetings with commerce ministry officials on bilateral trade, progress on trade agreements and the reciprocal tariff imposed by the White House.

Bangladesh and Japan may sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) within the next one to two months as the final negotiation is scheduled to end in Tokyo tomorrow.

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They demand a pause until the charges are fixed by the shipping ministry’s tariff committee

They made the call from a rally under the banner of Anti-Discrimination Businesses Forum

Export earnings dip in August driven by sluggish garment sector

Garment exporters yesterday called for an immediate solution to the liquidity crisis in five to six commercial banks so that they can pay workers’ salaries on time and open letters of credit (LCs) to continue normal business activities.