Import clearance falls sharply as 17 ships await berth

Bangladesh shipped $5.98 billion worth of apparels to the EU in the first three months of 2025

About 2 lakh tonnes of imported goods left abandoned at Chattogram port alone for years

431 out of 572 votes cast in the biennial election

BIDA executive chairman says while visiting the site

The row over onboard container handling charges at the General Cargo Berth (GCB) terminal of Chattogram Port has finally ended with a unanimous decision to raise the charge by Tk 175 per container.

Export proceeds amounting to around $7.6 million owed to 14 Bangladeshi exporters have been stuck in Russia for at least one year as Russian importers are facing a US dollar shortage, according to Mohammad Hatem, president of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA).

Exports stood at $3.01 billion in April

Bangladeshi migrants sent home $2.75 billion in the month

After Bangladesh shut yarn imports through its five land ports last month, producers of the spun fibre in India are considering alternative modes of transportation..Land ports in Benapole, Bhomra, Sonamasjid, Banglabandha, and Burimari handled around 30 percent of India’s yarn exports to B

So far, ships had been taking away export containers

Local operator Saif Powertec Ltd is currently operating the port's New Mooring Container Terminal

The association sent letters to the US embassy and an American cotton traders’ body

The government yesterday gave the go-ahead to a support project for the construction of key marine infrastructures for the Chattogram port's mega expansion Bay Terminal project.

The fresh gas price hike has become a major challenge for local industries at a time when they are at risk of experiencing a fall in exports to the US due to the new Trump tariffs, a trade expert said today.

Bangladesh shipped apparels worth $5.74 billion in the July-March period to the USA

The contract will be signed on April 22 under the phase 1 of the Matarbari Port Development Project

Some Least Developed Countries (LDCs), including Bangladesh, are likely to see their exports rise in the US, said a report by the World Trade Organization (WTO).

India yesterday said its withdrawal of transshipment facility to Bangladesh for third-country exports should be seen in the backdrop of “some of the developments” that preceded it.

They also suggested increasing US content in manufactured goods to 20% to qualify for reduced tariff rates