Trade & Market

Businesspeople in Bangladesh will face massive difficulties across the globe if they lose priority trade facilities after the transition from the status of the least developed countries (LDCs) in 2026. The country's decision to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is very positive...

The changeover of state power in Afghanistan may not affect business with Bangladesh as the bilateral trade volume is not that significant, said local businesspeople yesterday. They said they were not too worried about the trade. The Taliban seized power in...

Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) Chairperson Abul Kasem Khan called on Executive Chairman of Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) Paban Chowdhury at his office on Tuesday and discussed issues related to private sector-friendly policies and joint research for further success at BEZA. Mentioning the...

Trade deficit of Bangladesh widened by nearly 28 per cent in the just-concluded fiscal year for higher import-payment pressure on the economy amid lower receipts from external trade, officials said. The trade deficit with the rest of the world crossed US$22.50-billion level to $22.80...

করোনা সংক্রমণ রোধে চলমান কঠোর বিধিনিষেধ শেষ হবে ৫ আগস্ট। এরপর বিধিনিষেধ তুলে দিয়ে সব দোকান, ব্যবসাপ্রতিষ্ঠান ও বিপণিবিতান খুলে দেওয়ার দাবি করেছে বাংলাদেশ দোকান মালিক সমিতি। আজ রোববার রাজধানীর নিউমার্কেটে দোকান মালিক সমিতির কার্যালয়ে এ দাবি করে দোকান মালিক সমিতি। দোকান মালিক সমিতির...

The coronavirus pandemic dealt a massive blow to the Japanese reconditioned car sale business, with the sector incurring losses of around Tk1,500crore in the last 14 months.  Import and sale of such cars dropped by almost 40% since the health crisis began. 

Gold prices in the country's market have declined by Tk 1,516 following a deviation in the international market. The decision of the price reduction would be effective from Sunday, Bangladesh Jewelers Samity (BAJUS) said in a press release on Saturday. BAJUS...

Bangladesh has suffered a loss worth Tk 3.18 billion in the last nine months, due to the suspension of shipment of edible aquatic animals to the key market China. The export of aquatic animals, including live crab and eel fish, to China has remained...

Bangladesh Ambassador M Shahidul Islam has called upon the US vaccine producing companies to exercise more openness and transparency in the commercial export of vaccines to developing countries.    The Ambassador expressed hope to remain engaged with the US government and the private sector...

In a first for Bangladesh, the country has extended a lifeline of sorts to the beleaguered Sri Lankan economy, offering to top up the island nation's depleting foreign reserves by as much as $500 million. The global coronavirus pandemic has deprived Sri Lanka, which...