Twenty-eight Bangladeshi companies have won a total of 31 accolades in the South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) Best Presented Annual Reports 2021 Awards competition. 

Bangladesh now has the ability to clear import payments of four months if the country’s net forex reserves are taken into consideration, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) said today.

Bangladesh needs to diversify its export basket and seek out new markets in order to prevent potential losses after graduating from the list of least developed countries (LDC), according to Saiful Islam, president of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI).

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has entered into a €10.8 million ($11.2 million) loan agreement with Envoy Textiles to fund a second yarn spinning unit at Envoy’s manufacturing plant in Mymensingh’s Bhaluka.

The National Board of Revenue today awarded nine firms for paying the highest amounts of value-added tax in 2020-21 fiscal year.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has sought partnership with the UK for technology transfer and supply chain development to ensure smooth graduation of Bangladesh from the least developed country (LDC) category.

Yeakin Polymer Limited suffered a loss of Tk 5.23 crore in the financial year that ended on June 30. 

Bangladesh Bank today rolled out a Tk 5,000 crore refinance scheme to help borrowers procure environment-friendly capital machinery.

Leather and leather goods export from Bangladesh will rise by 10 times to $10 billion by 2030 from the existing $1 billion, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said today.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the scope for traders to import rice at reduced tariff by three months to March 31 next year to facilitate increased supply of the staple food and contain its prices in the local market.

Bangladesh has demanded the United States restore the generalised system of preferences (GSP) status during the 6th round meeting of the Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum Agreement (Ticfa) in Washington on Tuesday.

Bangladesh is the globe’s one of the lowest carbon emitters, but still the country is committed to cut carbon emissions by 89.47 million tonnes or 21.85 per cent of carbon dioxide by 2030, FBCCI President Md Jashim Uddin said today.

The commerce ministry has recently asked Evaly to share information about the exact number of customers of the troubled e-commerce company and the amount of its money that is stuck up in the payment gateways.

Srihatta Economic Zone has become active as a door and window manufacturing company started production in the special area in Moulvibazar’s Sherpur.

Bangladesh’s earnings from merchandise shipment crossed the $5-billion mark for the first time in November, a major boost for the country reeling from the foreign exchange crisis, official figures showed yesterday.

While retaining its second position globally, Bangladesh had its share in global apparel trade grow by 2.23 per cent to 6.40 per cent in 2021, according to World Trade Organization (WTO) data published on Wednesday.

Local businesses want the government to start the negotiation with Canada to sign the free trade agreement (FTA) in order to retain the duty-free market access in the North American nation.

World Health Organization (WHO) has recognised the quality of products manufactured at Renata’s Rajendrapur Potent Product Facility to be of an international standard, enabling the pharmaceutical to sell birth control pills abroad. 

Seventy-one exporters won the National Export Trophy yesterday in recognition of their contribution to the country’s overseas trade through higher sales, the addition of new products and markets, and maintaining compliance in the financial year of 2018-19.

Seventy-one exporters won the National Export Trophy today in recognition of their contribution to the country’s overseas trade through higher sales, the addition of new products and markets, and maintaining compliance in the financial year of 2018-19.