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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.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh's only DAP fertiliser plant has been shut since June 28 over a phosphoric acid shortage, with a $64.8 million import tender awaiting government approval amid Middle East price spikes.
📊 Economy & Finance
Bangladesh's development spending fell to Tk 12,017 crore, just 3.89 percent of the ADP allocation, in the first quarter of FY27 — the lowest implementation rate in at least 17 years.
💊 Pharmaceuticals
Pakistan's pharmaceutical exports fell 25.53 percent to $73.3 million in Q1 FY27 after a 30 percent FY26 contraction, as suspended Afghan trade wipes out what was once the industry's largest single market.
📊 Economy & Finance
GPH Ispat Limited has approved a 2 percent cash dividend for FY2025-26 at its 20th AGM, as management reported steady operations despite inflation, high interest rates and irregular gas supply.
📊 Economy & Finance
Dhaka Bank PLC has opened its 41st sub-branch at Katirhat under the Hathazari branch in Chattogram, advancing its low-cost network expansion under the Transforming Together vision.
💡 Tech & Innovation
Nagad users will get a 10 percent discount on the base fare for all Novoair destinations when paying through Nagad, under an agreement valid until December 31, 2026.
📊 Economy & Finance
Construction of the long-discussed Padma Barrage will be inaugurated in January or February next year, with the full project estimated to cost Tk 50,000-55,000 crore and benefit seven crore people in the southwest.
🌏 Diplomacy & Trade Missions
Bangladesh's three missions in Saudi Arabia have barely three dozen officers to serve 3.5 million workers, a parliamentary committee heard, as the execution of two Bangladeshis without advance notice exposed gaps in consular protection.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
PKSF and the Institute of Architects Bangladesh will launch an open competition to design affordable climate-resilient rural houses, building on 3,500 homes already built under the GCF-funded RHL project.
🚢 Logistics & Shipping
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has extended its Dhaka-Riyadh and Dhaka-Dammam flight suspension until November 4 citing passenger safety, while keeping two daily Jeddah flights and regular Madinah services running.
🚢 Logistics & Shipping
Benapole land port resumed full import-export operations after an eight-day holiday suspension, handling 256 import truckloads and 45 export truckloads as traders, agents and 2,000 workers cleared the backlog.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
Bangladesh Bank will allow hotels, resorts, restaurants and retail outlets to retain up to 15 percent of their foreign card earnings in FC accounts to meet legitimate foreign exchange obligations.