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...
Newly appointed special assistant for the finance ministry Anisuzzaman Chowdhury on Tuesday said that the country鈥檚 trade-related data had not been shared with the United Nations since 2015...
Canada鈥檚 incoming prime minister Mark Carney struck a defiant note as the former central banker vowed to win US president Donald Trump鈥檚 trade war, saying his country will 鈥榥ever鈥� be part of the United States...
The trade tension across the world is shifting the wind, and Bangladesh may rather take advantage of it, says an industry leader...
India will finalise a 鈥榤utually beneficial鈥� free trade deal with the European Union by the end of this year, prime minister Narendra Modi said Friday after meeting with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen.
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...
Iran on Wednesday condemned a new round of US sanctions as a 鈥榗lear sign of hostility鈥� after Washington blacklisted more than 30 people and vessels linked to its oil trade...
A group of unidentified people on three motorbikes shot and hacked a gold trader and reportedly looted 130-200 bhoris of gold in the capital鈥檚 Banasree area on Sunday night.
US president Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday that a trade deal was 鈥榩ossible鈥� with China 鈥� a key target in the US leader鈥檚 tariffs policy...
The police recovered the body of a cloth trader from near a bridge at Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi on Wednesday morning...
Md Sirajul Islam, the proprietor of Messrs Momina Logistic Point and Messrs Momina Dairy Industries, a loan defaulter as per a case filed by One Bank PLC, has been arrested...
The country鈥檚 readymade garment manufacturers said that Bangladesh needs to improve and stabilise its law-and-order situation and business atmosphere to seize the opportunities emerging from the ongoing US-China trade tensions.
The Embassy of the Netherlands in Bangladesh, in collaboration with BGMEA and Bangladesh Apparel Exchange (BAE), organised a Circular Textile Trade Mission matchmaking session at the BGMEA complex in Dhaka on Wednesday...
THE Bangladesh Awami League, once an authoritarian political power, has been on many counts can be termed as no less than an anti-state organisation. Their regime was characterised by judicial murder, mass corruption, sexual violence, and the misuse of state forces against the people. Their crimes did not stop after the Awami League government was deposed...
Germany logged a record trade surplus with the United States last year, data showed Friday, news that could stoke tensions with US president Donald Trump as he threatens the EU with tariffs.
The High Court on Thursday passed an order asking authorities concerned to accept the allegation of the death of Brahmanbaria trader Shahnur Alam in RAB custody in 2014 as a regular case...
Small traders have urged the government to take measures so that the small traders or shopkeepers can do their businesses smoothly...
Standard Chartered Bangladesh, in collaboration with the Japan External Trade Organisation and the Japan-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, recently hosted an exchange session titled 鈥楩orging a Shared Future鈥� at the Westin in the city...
China鈥檚 sluggish domestic consumption got a boost over the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday, with travel and retail sales聽both offering a slight reprieve to a dragging economy facing the prospect of an escalating US trade war...
The US trade gap swelled last year to its second-largest on record, government data showed Wednesday, as deficits come under the spotlight with president Donald Trump鈥檚 return to the White House...
Saudi Arabian ambassador to Bangladesh Essa Yousef Essa Alduhailan on Wednesday said that Saudi Arabia was eager to strengthen its relations with Bangladesh in trade, investment, tourism and people-to-people exchanges, alongside its ongoing humanitarian cooperation...
Commerce adviser Sk Bashir Uddin has emphasised the urgent need to implement the trade facilitation roadmap to address the challenges associated with Bangladesh鈥檚 graduation from the least developed country status...
EU leaders meeting in Brussels Monday warned there would be no winners in a trade war with the United States, insisting they would hit back if US president Donald Trump imposes tariffs.
Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma has hoped that trade connectivity and economic engagement between Bangladesh and India would continue to bring people and businesses of the two countries closer together...
A trade delegation from the Kingdom of Netherlands is expected to visit Bangladesh from February 10 to 13, according to a press release...
The Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation has won award for securing the first position under best reserved stall category at the closing ceremony of the 29th Dhaka International Trade Fair-2025, said a press release...
The 29th edition of the month-long Dhaka聽International Trade Fair-2025 will come to an end today...
EXTERNAL trade costs, the costs incurred in trading in goods and services internationally in addition to the price for which producers sell the goods and services, are significantly high. They are also higher than such costs in India, Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore. Such high costs of external trade 鈥� which cover the cost of transport, taxes, infrastructure...
The cost of import and export in Bangladesh is significantly higher than India, Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore due to inefficient customs clearance and uncompetitive logistics services.
Apparel and textile sector trade bodies on Monday wrote to the interim government demanding suspending the plan to increase the price of gas for the industrial sector and captive power plants...