Ports and Shipping
Policy support sought to weather economic challenges: BGMEA
BGMEA delegation meets finance secretary
DHL Express announces price adjustments for 2024
DHL Express, an international express service provider, yesterday announced price adjustments that will take effect on January 1, 2024.
Default loans reach record Tk 1.56 lakh crore
The bad loans rose by Tk 24,419 crore in the last three months to June
Draft masterplan for Bay Terminal finalised
Construction of Bay Terminal, a mega expansion project of the Chattogram port, has undergone further progress, with an international consultant having finalised its draft masterplan.
Former Ctg chamber president, his wife ordered to clear Tk 184 crore default loans
The duo has so far defaulted on loans of Tk 904 crore given by different banks
‘BB governor worse performer than 70 countries’ central bank chiefs’
New York-based Global Finance magazine finds, reviews performance of central bank chiefs of 102 countries.
No forward forex contract for over three months: BB
The forward forex rate will be Tk 113.85 a US dollar
BGMEA demands fair price from buyers
The BGMEA made the demands in a letter sent to Action, Collaboration, Transformation (ACT)
Exporters’ dollar retention limit lowered again
Traders are allowed to keep a portion of their earnings in the export retention quota (ERQ) accounts to settle back-to-back letters of credit liabilities without facing exchange losses.
BTMA re-elects Mohammad Ali Khokon as president
The president, three vice-presidents and 23 directors were elected unopposed
Bangladesh a potential trade hub for ASEAN, S Asia, SE Asian countries
FBCCI vice president says in meeting with Vietnam’s national assembly chairman
First consignment of 45.8 tonnes of hilsa sent to India
The export price was $10 a kilogramme
79 firms to export 3,950 tonnes hilsa to India
The permission will remain in place until October 30
2 more scanners to reach Ctg port soon
Two more container scanners are going to arrive at the Chattogram port within a couple of days, enabling checking exports of contraband and the prevention of money laundering.
Country sees 3,362 new Tk 1 crore deposit holders in Apr-Jun
Now 113,554 bank accounts have over Tk 1 crore in deposits
