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⚖️ Policy & Regulation
Bangladesh has introduced automated Account Verification System for savings certificates and bonds, with 9 of 11 national savings schemes now processed automatically for 39 lakh+ customers.
⚖️ 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.
🌏 Diplomacy & Trade Missions
⚡ Breaking Malaysia agrees to recruit 10,000 Bangladeshi workers on zero-cost basis through BOESL chartered flights, with Malaysia directly selecting 25 recruiting agencies and allowing 312 associate agencies after corruption reform.
👕 RMG & Textile
Matrix Dresses Ltd, a Mirpur-based RMG factory established in 2012, announces closure citing prolonged business downturn, financial pressures, and actions by vested-interest groups. BKMEA confirms worker dues settlement underway.
👕 RMG & Textile
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh Textile Mills Association informs Commerce Ministry that 660 textile mills face severe gas shortage since third week of July, with Mosharraf Composite Textile losing Tk 50 million in a month, while 244 mills have remained closed since 2019.
📊 Economy & Finance
Dutch-Bangla Bank PLC board approves raising authorised capital from Tk 1,500 crore to Tk 3,500 crore, with EGM scheduled for 15 October 2026, as H1 2026 profit jumps 318% to Tk 441.96 crore on investment income.
🌏 Diplomacy & Trade Missions
FBCCI Administrator Md Fazlul Hoque urges Chinese investors to expand investment in Bangladesh's economic zones during meeting with Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen, as FY25 exports to China reached only $694M against $18.19B imports.
🚢 Logistics & Shipping
BPDB submits Tk 25.02 billion DPP to Planning Commission for 442MW grid-connected solar plant at Rampal, replacing the planned second 1320MW coal-fired unit amid environmental concerns over Sundarbans proximity.
📊 Economy & Finance
Mutual Trust Bank PLC board approves Tk 500 crore Tier-II capital raising through 7-year Shariah-compliant or conventional subordinated bond, subject to regulatory approval, as Q2 2026 profit declines 42% YoY on higher interest expense.
💼 Investment & FDI
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh Army takes over 54.99-acre Jalil Textile Mills site at Bhatiary, Chattogram for Bangladesh Ordnance Factory expansion, with Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman targeting defence exports via Chattogram Port, as 1,073 former workers demand 22 years of unpaid dues.
⚖️ 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.
💼 Investment & FDI
Ecolet Pvt Ltd signs agreement with BEPZA to set up a $15.91 million LED manufacturing facility at BEPZA Economic Zone-1 in Mirsharai, Chattogram, producing 6 million LED bulbs annually for export to US, UK, EU and Middle East, creating 306 jobs.
🤝 Trade & Commerce
AmeriBangla Corporation launches CottonPort, Bangladesh's first digital raw cotton market, at The Westin Dhaka, connecting local spinning mills directly with US cotton farmers to bypass middlemen and target 1,600 containers monthly by 2028.