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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.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
Bangladesh Bank has issued the country's first-ever guideline for Islamic Credit Cards, allowing Islamic banks and Islamic windows of conventional banks to offer Shariah-compliant cards under two models with strict rules on MCC filtering, late payment fees and charity account deposits.
💊 Pharmaceuticals
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a reconstituted nine-member board for Beximco Pharmaceuticals, excluding vice-chairman Salman F Rahman who is in custody. The move ends a prolonged regulatory and legal dispute over independent director appointments.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
Bangladesh's Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Public Administration has recommended that relevant authorities formulate a realistic plan to keep fuel prices affordable for consumers, following a review of BPC activities.
💼 Investment & FDI
The Asian Development Bank has signed a $50 million loan agreement with Modern Syntex Limited to expand energy-efficient polyester chips production in Bangladesh, lifting capacity from 107 to 407 tonnes per day and reducing reliance on imported synthetic inputs.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
Bangladesh's PM adviser Zahed Ur Rahman has warned that the government will act against LPG hoarding with ulterior motive, citing NBR data showing 157,760 metric tonnes imported in August and 118,000 metric tonnes in September.
🚢 Logistics & Shipping
Bangladesh government will sign an agreement with Airbus in October to purchase 10 aircraft for Biman Bangladesh Airlines, including four A350-900s and six A321neos, taking the national carrier's planned new-aircraft pipeline to 35.
📊 Economy & Finance
Bangladesh stocks opened higher on Tuesday as investors continued to show buying interest in recently beaten-down shares at relatively attractive prices, with the prime DSE index gaining 22 points to 5,548 by 11:30 am.
🚢 Logistics & Shipping
QatarEnergy will not be able to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Bangladesh, Pakistan and several Asian countries until November, due to disruptions caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the US-Iran war.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
Around Tk 18,000 crore in claims is tied up in 246 company liquidation cases pending with the Bangladesh High Court, with 74 new cases filed in Jan-Aug 2026 involving Tk 4,500 crore, while only 13 cases were disposed of.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh poultry feed prices have increased twice in one month as major raw materials became more expensive, with corn up 24%, de-oiled rice bran up 27% and soybean meal up 20%, forcing feed mills to absorb losses.
🤝 Trade & Commerce
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh's commerce ministry is preparing separate export strategies for 18 countries to reduce RMG dependence and diversify export markets, with equal emphasis on product and market diversification.
📊 Economy & Finance
⚡ Breaking Pubali Bank CEO Mohammad Ali confirms discussions with SCB, joining BRAC Bank and City Bank in the race for the foreign lender's retail business. SCB's wind-down expected to take until 2028.