Imports through Chattogram port fell 2.5 per cent year-on-year in the first six months of the current fiscal as rising US dollar prices pushed up the overall costs involved, according to traders.

Top business leaders yesterday urged the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to ensure a conducive business climate by bringing reforms to the revenue sector, including having separate administrations formulating tax policies and collecting revenue.

Belgian Queen Mathilde today praised the transition of Bangladesh’s garment industry towards sustainable and responsible manufacturing and the progress the south Asian country has achieved to ensure workers’ rights and welfare.

The government will soon recognise Tangail sari with the geographical indication (GI) status, said Industries Secretary Jakia Sultana today.

Bangladesh's per capita income stood at $2,793 in fiscal 2021-22 -- $31 lower than the initial estimate as the steep depreciation of the taka messed up the government’s numbers.

Bangladesh logged higher growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021-22 fiscal year compared to the previous year, but it was 15 basis points below the provisional estimate.

Robi’s flagship digital entrepreneurship competition r-ventures 3.0 has selected top 25 ideas for the semi-final round of the programme.

Md Shamsul Arefin today joined the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division as its secretary.

Bangladesh will start exporting potatoes to Russia again this year as the world’s largest country lifted ban on the entry of tubers from the south Asian nation last year, Agriculture Minster Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said today.

The central bank has instructed banks to provide exporters' retention quota (ERQ) account services to service exporters to help them carry out international transactions.

The immediate outlook for the new year is not as bad as had been predicted before. The Chinese economy is opening up, the industrialised West is adjusting and realigning their economies to the new realities, and a global economic recession does no longer seems inevitable.

The quantity of Ramadan essential commodities to be imported through letters of credit (LCs) increased in January, which will help keep the commodity market stable, Bangladesh Bank said today.

Bangladesh Bank has sold US dollar at Tk 101 each to banks for the first time, giving indication that it is likely to devalue the local currency to reflect the market reality.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has disbursed $476.27 million to Bangladesh as the first instalments of $4.7 billion loan it approved early this week.

Bangladesh ships apparel items to the Middle Eastern countries and the good thing is local garments are steadily gaining popularity in the Middle eastern countries.

The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) $4.7 billion credit facility will come as a relief for Bangladesh as the country faces a shortage of foreign exchanges, said the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) today.

Bangladesh’s gross foreign exchange is likely to stand at $30 billion at the end of 2022-23 fiscal year, lowest in four years, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The 27th edition of the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) came to an end today and it fetched export orders worth Tk 300 crore.

Import-export activities at all customs stations across Bangladesh, including Chattogram port, were suspended for about seven hours yesterday as clearing and forwarding (C&F) agents observed a strike from 9:00am to 4:00pm to drive home their eight-point demand.

Tea production in Bangladesh decreased by nearly 3 per cent year-on-year in 2022.