Leaders of ten major trade bodies have demanded immediate government intervention to resolve the ongoing deadlock at Chattogram port, which handles over 90 percent of the country’s maritime trade, terming it a “great disaster”.

Bangladesh’s food grain imports surged 42 percent year-on-year to 42 lakh tonnes in the first half of the current fiscal year (FY) owing to higher imports, particularly by the private sector.

The company posted a profit of Tk 2,958 crore last year, down from Tk 3,631 crore in 2024

They issued a joint statement today

They said at an FBCCI-IBFB event

The company made a loss of Tk 39.59 crore in 2025, which was Tk 2.73 crore the previous year

Bangladesh is stepping into a new phase of trade diplomacy as it signs its first Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Japan tomorrow, a deal meant to preserve duty-free market access after the country’s graduation from the least developed country club later this year.

The interim government’s net borrowing from the banking system rose almost fivefold in the first seven months of the current fiscal year 2025-26, as spending raced ahead of sluggish revenue collection.

Successfully reforming the WTO is a matter of life and death for the organisation, warns the facilitator of talks on revamping the global trade body.

Businesses, especially exporters and stakeholders in the logistics sector, have urged the authorities to move decisively towards implementing the National Logistics Policy 2025 by laying out a clear execution roadmap.

India’s trade pact with the US leaves much to be desired but will ease a crushing overhang on the rupee. Ten months into President Donald Trump’s trade war, the South Asian country is emerging bruised but at least more integrated into the global economy.

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Trade through one of Bangladesh’s busiest land crossings with India has fallen sharply, squeezing government revenues and forcing businesses to suffer as economic slowdown, political instability and strained diplomatic relations choke cross-border commerce.

The interim administration will keep budgetary provisions for implementing the new pay scale for public employees, even though the task itself will fall onto the next elected government, said Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed.

The government will save around Tk 119 crore annually in electricity purchases thanks to a reduction in tariff rates by 10 to 21 paisa per kilowatt for three public-sector plants.

Bangladesh’s external debt has nearly doubled in just over three years, driven by a surge in emergency budget financing in the post-Covid period and a sharp devaluation of the local currency that inflated the value of dollar-denominated obligations.

Bangladesh’s interim government has appointed international law firm White & Case LLP to defend the country in an arbitration case filed by S Alam Group.

The directive came from an inter-ministerial meeting

They made the call at a discussion organised by the American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh