Breaking news, industry insights, policy updates, and market intelligence on Bangladesh's export economy — RMG, pharmaceuticals, leather, jute, agriculture, and emerging sectors. Curated for trade professionals, exporters, buyers, and policymakers.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
⚡ Breaking BSEC approves draft direct listing rules allowing eligible companies including government-owned, foreign-owned, telecom, banks and large firms to list without IPO, offloading 10-20% of existing shares.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
⚡ Breaking BSEC ties dividend remittance deadline to NBR's DTA certificate issuance, giving listed companies 30 days from certificate receipt to remit dividends to non-resident shareholders, aligning compliance with actual tax documentation process.
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⚡ Breaking Cabinet approves National Pay Scale 2026 with basic salary increases up to 142 percent, implemented in phases from July 2026 through July 2027, with allowances effective from January 2028, prioritising employees in grades 10-20.
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⚡ Breaking Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit decides to form inter-agency steering committee with 15 scheduled banks and government agencies to strengthen efforts against trade-based money laundering, with BFIU expecting improved TBML risk identification.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
⚡ Breaking NBR exempts businesses with annual turnover up to Tk 2 crore from minimum turnover tax, while firms with Tk 2-4 crore turnover will pay 0.5% rate, providing relief to small businesses and loss-making firms.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
⚡ Breaking FBCCI consultation calls for sector-specific action plans for SMEs, agriculture, pharmaceuticals and other key industries, with business leaders warning that LDC graduation will pose intellectual property and trade preference challenges.
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⚡ Breaking BSEC Chairman Masud Khan unveils ambitious roadmap to rescue capital market from decade of stagnation, featuring digital trading, T+1 settlement, AI-powered surveillance, mandatory listing for Public Interest Entities, and direct listing for multinational companies.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
⚡ Breaking RJSC moves to electronic Business Registration System modelled on Singapore, enabling entrepreneurs to complete company registration within hours from home, with real-time NID, e-TIN and mobile verification.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh Bank introduces comprehensive electronic Foreign Exchange Market Module to automate FX intervention auctions, interbank FX transactions, and reference rate preparation, covering Spot, Forward and Swap transactions.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh's LDC graduation on 24 November 2026 must catalyse structural reforms in investment climate, with FDI inflows at $1.77 billion in 2025 representing just 0.4% of GDP, far behind Vietnam, India and Indonesia.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
⚡ Breaking Prime Minister Tarique Rahman orders Finance Division to divert Tk 10 billion from microcredit allocation to fund rooftop solar installation, as part of short-term solution to power crisis, with full plan to be submitted to parliament.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
Bangladesh Bank allows local companies acting as strategic partners of foreign firms to arrange foreign-currency bank guarantees and standby LCs for international tender projects, with claims settled via RTGS in foreign currency where required.