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🤝 Trade & Commerce
Chattogram Customs House seized 467 consignments and filed 270 cases over suspected false declarations in Q1 FY27, recovering Tk 58.2 crore as enforcement jumped 83.6 percent year on year.
📊 Economy & Finance
Bangladesh stocks ended the week on a negative note, extending their losing streak for three consecutive weeks as investors continued sell-off amid persistent concerns over corporate earnings, rising business costs and renewed geopolitical tensions.
💼 Investment & FDI
Bangladesh is preparing to seek $100 million in fresh sovereign equity from Saudi Arabia to recapitalise SABINCO, matching its own proposed contribution, ahead of the prime minister's possible visit to Riyadh.
📊 Economy & Finance
Bangladesh feels the pinch of growing external borrowing as pressure builds up on its foreign-exchange buffers from incremental debt-service payouts. Interest payments have more than tripled and principal payback nearly doubled over the past five years.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
Pakistan's major commercial banks have weak sustainability safeguards for the companies and projects they finance, despite having environmental policies on paper, a study has found.
🚢 Logistics & Shipping
⚡ Breaking Saudi airport restrictions have disrupted travel for 16,620 passengers on 107 Bangladesh flights, with 44 direct services and 63 transit flights affected. Biman has extended suspension of Dhaka-Riyadh and Dhaka-Dammam flights until October 18.
📊 Economy & Finance
⚡ Breaking IMF has delivered a sobering economic forecast for Bangladesh, projecting growth will slow to 3% by FY31 — less than half the government's 8.5% target — as weak governance, corruption and stalled reforms threaten the $1 trillion economy aspiration.
📊 Economy & Finance
Indonesia's benchmark stock index closed down 11.57%, its biggest single-day drop since January 1998, as MSCI prepares to expel the country from global indexes — a wake-up call for emerging markets.
📊 Economy & Finance
The Dhaka bourse extended its modest recovery for a third consecutive session on Thursday, as many investors picked up recently beaten-down shares at relatively attractive prices.
💊 Pharmaceuticals
Beacon Pharmaceuticals reported a strong financial performance for FY26, with profit doubling to Tk 1.94 billion on a 31% increase in sales. The company has announced plans to invest Tk 2.5 billion in a new oncology production facility.
📊 Economy & Finance
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh and IMF will hold further discussions for two weeks starting next week to finalize the loan proposal details, with Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury saying the meeting focused on final review of the proposal.
📊 Economy & Finance
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh's GDP per capita surpassed India's in FY26 at $2,886 vs $2,750, with IMF projecting Bangladesh to remain ahead for two more years before India retakes lead in FY29 and widens gap through FY31.
📊 Economy & Finance
Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills (BSRM) registered 14.49% year-on-year growth in profit in FY26, extending its growth trajectory for the third consecutive year. Consolidated profit reached Tk 7.03 billion on revenue of Tk 109.95 billion.