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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's FMCG companies are cutting costs through smaller packets, lower commissions, solar power adoption, and recipe tweaks to avoid passing fuel price hike costs to consumers amid sustained high inflation.
🪢 Jute & Jute Goods
⚡ Breaking India slaps anti-dumping duties up to $445 per tonne on Bangladesh jute products including jute yarn and hessian fabric, following DGTR review initiated at the request of Indian Jute Mills Association.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
⚡ Breaking Fertiliser subsidies consume nearly 80% of Bangladesh's agriculture budget, with rice farming getting 85-90% of support while livestock, poultry and fisheries receive almost nothing, according to CIMMYT policy note.
📊 Economy & Finance
Eastern Bank PLC signs two refinancing agreements with Bangladesh Bank for green factory construction and women entrepreneur financing at preferential interest rates.
📊 Economy & Finance
Prime Bank and BRAC Bank join BB's green and ICT refinance schemes, with BRAC Bank's agreement covering Tk 2,000 crore revolving fund at up to 5% interest rate for 3-10 year tenure.
📊 Economy & Finance
⚡ Breaking BSEC mandates unified back-office software for all DSE brokerage houses after Tk 492 crore scam affected 18,000 investors. Chairman Masud Khan: 'We do not want to be alarmed anymore.'
📊 Economy & Finance
⚡ Breaking Pakistan's airspace denial delays uranium fuel shipment for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, pushing delivery to October 2026.
🚢 Logistics & Shipping
⚡ Breaking Container movement halted at Chattogram Port after transport workers' strike following assault on a worker. Bangladesh's main seaport operations disrupted.
📊 Economy & Finance
Bangladesh Bank allows passengers to buy foreign airline tickets using international cards, expanding payment options for overseas travel.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh's cabinet clears draft VAT law requiring returns within 15 days, a major tax reform aimed at modernising VAT collection and compliance.
👕 RMG & Textile
Envoy Textiles recommends 32.50% cash dividend for FY2026 despite lower net profit of Tk 138 crore. EPS at Tk 8.24, while net operating cash flow per share jumps to Tk 14.88 from Tk 4.77.
📊 Economy & Finance
⚡ Breaking Oil prices spiked after Trump rejected Iran's truce offer, with Brent back above $106/barrel. Bond yields topped 4% for the first time since 2007, stoking inflation concerns.