Trade

Prime Minister's Private Industry and Investment Adviser Salman Fazlur Rahman on Saturday said the government is working on policy reforms, aiming to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI). "Almost at all top levels of the government, there has been a realisation that we need to change the...

Country’s combined nominal wage rate of agriculture, industry and services in the last fiscal year (FY20) increased by the slowest pace in the last five years. Wage Rate Index (WRI), released by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), showed that the index increased by 6.35 per cent...

Experts on Wednesday said reducing the cost of doing business and reforming policies were important to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) from the United Kingdom (UK). They termed some of the challenges for Bangladesh in this regard, including export diversification, inadequate policies and strategies,...

Bangladesh and Qatar should look forward to enhancing diversified engagements in trade considering Bangladesh's highly potential investment ecosystem, said Sheikh Fazle Fahim, president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI).  "We hope potential investors from Qatar would continue to consider Bangladesh's investment potential...

Newly appointed Ambassador of Switzerland to Bangladesh Nathalie Chuard on Wednesday said she would work to further strengthen and expand the bilateral ties. She presented her credentials to President Md. Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on the same day. Humanitarian assistance and development cooperation were the cornerstones of...

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has asked Bangladesh embassies of different countries to work to take advantage of post-Covid-19 export trade. “For this, the ambassadors posted in different countries have to play an important role. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Uzbekistan are friends of Bangladesh. There are huge demands...

The customs authority has relaxed its rules in regards to the submission of Certificates of Origin (CoO), a declaration of the place of manufacture for any product, for goods imported under the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) trade pact in the SAARC bloc. The authority said...

করোনাভাইরাসের প্রাদুর্ভাব শুরুর অনেক আগ থেকেই প্রবাসী আয় ছাড়া অর্থনীতির সব সূচক খারাপ অবস্থায় ছিল। এখন করোনার মধ্যেও হঠাৎ করে আমদানিতে ইতিবাচক ধারা শুরু হয়েছে। আগের বছরের একই সময়ের তুলনায় গত জুন মাসে আমদানিতে প্রায় ২৪ শতাংশ প্রবৃদ্ধি হয়েছে। যদিও ২০১৯-২০ অর্থবছরের পুরো সময়ে আমদানি কমেছে প্রায়...

Commerce ministry is set to establish four specialised technology centres (TCs) in economic zones (EZs) with an eye to boosting export earnings through adopting new technologies. Under a project, it will establish three state-of-the-art TCs at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar in Chattogram and a specialised design...

The initiative co-hosted by the Prime Minister’s Office, IFC and JICA aims to generate investment leads from Japan Around 200 Japanese companies have joined a webinar organized by Bangladesh to attract Japanese investments. The ‘Dialogue to Drive Japanese Investments in Bangladesh’...