Trade

Korea has shown interest to invest in 10 public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the aviation, rail and power sectors under government-to-government arrangements. However, Bangladesh sought investment in 14 projects in the rail, road, power and textile sectors at the first Bangladesh-Korea joint platform meeting held in Seoul...

The incentive ranges between 10% and 20% The government will give cash incentive against export receipts of 11 new products from this fiscal year, taking the total number of export-oriented products eligible for the handout to 46.The decisions came on Monday at an annual...

Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Tuesday signed participation agreements with five banks and two non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) to strengthen economic sustainability of the readymade garment (RMG) sector. Under the agreements, the central bank has enlisted the banks and FIs as the Participating Financial Institutions (PFIs) under the...

China’s economy continued to weaken in July, bolstering the case for greater policy support to shore up growth as talks over the trade dispute with the US continue. The slowdown is seen in a Bloomberg Economics gauge aggregating the earliest available indicators on market sentiment and business...

Asia markets were mostly down Monday, with investors cautious ahead of US-China talks in Shanghai this week and amid more civil unrest in Hong Kong. Two-day discussions begin on Tuesday with a Washington delegation led by White House Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. But analysts are pessimistic about a resolution to the...

আবারও সূচকের লাগামহীন পতন। আর তাতে এক দিনেই ৪ হাজার ৩৫৮ কোটি টাকার লোকসান গুনতে হয়েছে শেয়ারবাজারের বিনিয়োগকারীদের। এতে সবচেয়ে বেশি বিপদে পড়েছেন ঋণগ্রস্ত বিনিয়োগকারীরা। কারণ ঋণের অর্থ আদায়ে অনেকের পত্রকোষ বা পোর্টফোলিওতে থাকা শেয়ার জোর করে বিক্রির (ফোর্সড সেল) আওতায় পড়েছে। আগের দিনের...

Exporters might face trouble in getting duty draw back as the Duty Exemption and Drawback Office of the National Board of Revenue lost its legal ground to carry out required activities for refunding duty following implementation of the new VAT law. DEDO has lost the power to...

Vietnam’s export revenue during January-June this year totalled nearly $18 billion, up 8.61 per cent over the figure during the same period last year, according to the ministry of industry and trade. Of the total, shipments to the United States were worth over $11.7 billion, followed by...

Country's imports grew by nearly 6.0 per cent in the first 11 months of fiscal year (FY) 2018-19, riding on higher construction material imports, officials said. The actual import in terms of the settlement of letters of credit (LCs) rose to $50.57 billion during the July-May period...

A China-Bangladesh joint venture company, M/S Golden Ocean Limited, will invest $1.46 million to establish a garment accessories industry in Ishwardi Export Processing Zone. In this regard, Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) and M/s Golden Ocean Limited signed an agreement at BEPZA complex in the city,...