At least five factories were shut down and production got disrupted in all the 90 factories in the Dhaka Export Processing Zone on Tuesday following a suspension of the gas connection to the plant supplying electricity to the industrial area.
Bangladesh is going to witness a bumper production and export of delicious summer fruit mango in this season as some 2,05,034 hectares of land will be brought under mango cultivation eying for a record production target of 27 lakh tonnes...
Bangladesh鈥檚 apparel exports to the European Union witnessed an increase of 37 per cent to $3.69 billion in January and February of 2025, according to Eurostat data, compiled by the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association...
Candidates from two contesting panels, Sammilita Parishad and Forum, submitted their nomination papers on Saturday for the upcoming Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association election for the 2025-2026 tenure...
A two-day international exhibition titled 鈥楳eet Bangladesh Exposition鈥�, began on Thursday in the city to showcase Bangladesh鈥檚 potential export sectors - medical and personal protective equipment, leather and leather goods, footwear, plastics, and light engineering...
About 113 readymade garment factory units under the membership of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association have been closed in the last 15 months, from January 2024 to March 2025...
In a significant development aimed at reducing export costs and enhancing trade accessibility in the greater Khulna region, container ships are expected to start operating between Mongla and Chattogram ports on a domestic maritime route from April...
The country's apparel manufacturers expressed concern that if the 37 per cent tariff on readymade garment (RMG) exports to the US market is not fully withdrawn, Bangladesh鈥檚 leading export sector may face an average monthly duty burden of $250 million...
SINCE Donald Trump took office once again as the 47th president of the United States, the re-imposition of tariffs on global imports has brought the issue of trade wars back to the forefront of policy and academic debate. While the first Trump presidency initiated the use of tariffs and non-tariff barriers 鈥� including the restriction of access to strategic technologies...
The country鈥檚 readymade garment exports witnessed a healthy growth of 10.84 per cent during the July-March period of the current financial year fetching $30.25 billion that highlights the resilience and potentials of the apparel sector...
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority is expected to start allocating plots for investors in Patuakhali Export Processing Zone from early 2026.聽
Four Bangladeshi trucks, carrying goods, were sent back from Benapole Port Wednesday evening as India revoked the long-standing trans-shipment facility granted to Bangladesh, which allowed goods to be exported from Bangladesh to third countries via Indian land ports...
Commerce adviser Seikh Bashir Uddin on Thursday dismissed any significant negative impact on the country鈥檚 exports after India withdrew its transshipment facility to the Bangladeshi cargoes reaching third countries through its ports...
The investors of Bangladesh Export Processing Zones have expressed their deep appreciation for the government鈥檚 prompt and strategic initiative following the recent announcement by the US administration of imposing a 37 per cent 鈥榬eciprocal tariff鈥� on Bangladeshi exports...
Bangladesh鈥檚 export earnings increased by 10.63 per cent to $37.19 billion in the first nine months or July-March period of the current financial year 2024-25 compared with those of $33.61 billion in the same period of FY24, according to Export Promotion Bureau data...
The country鈥檚 apparel manufacturers urged buyers to be patient and support them regarding the United States鈥� tariff on Bangladeshi export items...
DESPITE a remarkable advancement in the industrial sector, with its contribution now standing at more than a third of the gross domestic product, it has failed to diversify export-oriented industries, products and markets. A lack of comprehensive and consistent policies and the failure to effectively implement the few that are there are said to have led to such a state. An...
Economists and business leaders said excessive reliance on readymade garment and fewer major export destinations and lack of diversification increasingly creating a risk on Bangladesh鈥檚 economy...
Twelve more firms in the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority Economic Zone (BEPZA EZ), established at the National Special Economic Zone (NSEZ) in Chattogram, is likely to go into commercial operation within 2025...
RFL, country鈥檚 leading business conglomerate, has started exporting grass mat by exporting the item to the Philippines...
The country鈥檚 readymade garment manufacturers expressed concern over the US鈥檚 fresh 37 per cent tariff imposition on all Bangladeshi exporting products...
Chairman of China Export-Import Bank Chen Huaiyu on Thursday said that his bank would support the relocation of Chinese manufacturing plants to Bangladesh to make the country a platform for export to other nations...
Russia is willing to export more wheat and fertiliser to Bangladesh...
DESPITE promises from all apparel sector stakeholders, some factories are yet to clear the workers鈥� monthly wage and the festival allowance for the forthcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. The Industrial Police and the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters鈥� Association report that 2,069 factories among 2,107 units in operation have already paid the February wages and are now...
The government of India has withdrawn 20 per cent duty on onion export, effective from April 1...
Local people blocked the PAB road near Korean Export Processing Zone at Karnaphuli in Chattogram on Saturday, protesting at the death of a toddler in elephant attack...
Bangladesh鈥檚 apparel exports to the European Union have recorded significant growth in the beginning of 2025, rising by 60.9 per cent to 1.91 billion euros in January, compared with 1.19 billion euros in the same month of 2024...
BANGLADESH is home to two species of Pangas fish: pangasius pangasius, which inhabits open water bodies such as rivers, floodplains and beels and Pangasianodon hypophthalmus, a species predominantly cultured in closed water systems such as ponds and ghers. Over the years, Pangas 鈥� particularly Pangasianodon hypophthalmus 鈥� has emerged as the most...
The exports of the country鈥檚 readymade garment items witnessed substantial growth to its major destinations in the past eight months (July-February) of the current financial year 2024-25...
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority has signed a lease agreement with Allied Tobacco Company Limited, a Singapore-India-owned company, to establish a 100 per cent export-oriented cigarette manufacturing industry in the BEPZA Economic Zone...