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The government of India has withdrawn 20 per cent duty on onion export, effective from April 1...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...
The country鈥檚 trade deficit declined slightly in the first seven months (July鈥揓anuary) of the current fiscal year FY2024-25 compared with the same period in the previous fiscal year, as export earnings saw a notable rise...
The readymade garment exports to the United States, the single largest export destination of Bangladesh, witnessed a robust growth of 45.93 per cent in January of 2025 to $799.65 million, according to the聽latest data published by the Office of Textiles and Apparel (Otexa)...
The export of the agricultural products witnessed a positive growth of 10.25 per cent to $742.47 million year-on-year in the July-February period of the current financial year...
China鈥檚 exports grew slower than expected in the first two months of the year, official data showed Friday, as a deepening trade war with the United States piles on economic malaise.
The export of home textile products has witnessed a comeback over the past few months, owing to an improved order situation and increased production capacity...
EARNINGS from tea export have been progressively increasing amid allegations of gross violations of worker rights in tea gardens. Tea workers鈥� union leaders in Moulvibazar demand that their festival allowance for Phagua, a major festival for the tea workers community, should be paid in full and in time. All tea workers are entitled to a festival allowance...
RFL Group has signed an agreement with China鈥檚 Haitian Group to boost household goods exports...
The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry signed an agreement at Sharjah chamber on Thursday with an aim to expand export of Bangladeshi products to Sharjah and increase bilateral investment...
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority is going to introduce a project named 鈥楨mployment Injury Scheme鈥� in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation to provide aid to the garment sector workers of Export Processing Zones, said a press release...
Southeast Bank PLC has recently organised a training workshop titled 鈥業mportance of timely and errorless reporting of Export transactions in Online Export Monitoring System鈥� for representatives of its exporter clients, said a press release...
M/s Bangladesh Haijintone Hair Products Co Limited, a Chinese company, will invest $3.82 million in Ishwardi Export Processing Zone to establish a wig manufacturing industry, said a press release...
The Bangladesh Single Window system (BSW), launched on January 2, has significantly facilitated the country鈥檚 export-import activities by reducing time and costs, according to a statement from the National Board of Revenue issued on Wednesday...
Bangladesh鈥檚 apparel exports to the European Union in 2024 increased by 4.8 per cent to 18.27 billion euros from 17.44 billion euros in 2023 riding on the late year surge in shipment...
THE growth that Bangladesh posted in apparel export to non-traditional market is an encouraging shift in export dynamics. With earnings having reached $3.97 billion in July鈥揇ecember of the 2025 financial year, a 6.42 per cent increase on the previous year鈥檚 figure, the sector shows resilience amid global economic shifts. The market now accounts for a 16.84 per cent of the...
Bangladeshi apparel exporters bagged $3.97 billion from the nontraditional market in July-January of the financial year 2024-25, which is 6.42 per cent higher than $3.72 billion in the same period of the previous financial year, according to the data from the Export Promotion Bureau...
