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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.
🚢 Logistics & Shipping
⚡ Breaking Biman Bangladesh Airlines orders 11 more Boeing aircraft — 5 787-10 Dreamliners and 6 737-8 MAX jets — building on the 14-aircraft order earlier in 2026, with the signing ceremony attended by US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick.
📊 Economy & Finance
Oil prices retreated after Iran signalled openness to diplomacy at UNGA. Brent crude fell to $102.16/barrel, WTI to $91.39 — providing potential relief for Bangladesh's fuel import costs.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
Bangladesh's Finance Division revises the Outsourcing Services Procurement Policy 2025, barring new outsourcing services through private companies and introducing an Outsourcing Service Monitoring Committee framework.
🤝 Trade & Commerce
⚡ Breaking US-China trade truce extended through January 10, 2027. Treasury Secretary Bessent confirmed the deal as Trump welcomed Xi at Joint Base Andrews.
📊 Economy & Finance
Bangladesh received US$8.022 billion in remittances in the first 84 days of FY27, registering 13.6 per cent year-on-year growth and supporting the country's external sector stability.
🚢 Logistics & Shipping
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh's State Minister for Energy Aninda Islam Amit commits to lowering fuel prices once the West Asia crisis eases and global oil prices fall, after the government absorbed higher costs for nearly six months.
📊 Economy & Finance
⚡ Breaking A Prothom Alo investigation by Rajib Ahmed and Shafiqul Islam documents how fish sellers in Dhaka markets are charging Tk 20-30/kg more despite actual transport cost increases of less than Tk 1.50/kg after the fuel price hike.
📊 Economy & Finance
DSE plans to launch a dedicated digital platform by mid-November 2026 that will let investors trade open-ended mutual fund units through stockbrokers, with 106 open-ended funds holding Tk 58 billion in AUM.
📊 Economy & Finance
OECD raises 2026 global growth forecast to 2.9%, citing resilient financial conditions and AI investment. But warns of prolonged inflation if Middle East war continues.
📊 Economy & Finance
⚡ Breaking FE reports that Bangladesh's Tk 480 billion power and LNG subsidy allocation for FY27 will be the central obstacle in IMF credit negotiations, with the IMF pushing to restrict subsidies to poor households only.
📊 Economy & Finance
Prime Bank Vice Chairman Nafis Sikder to buy 18.85 lakh shares (Tk 5.35 crore) through DSE block market, while MJL Bangladesh PLC buys 30.14 lakh shares (Tk 8.56 crore) — signalling insider confidence in the bank.
📊 Economy & Finance
EBL Chairman Anis Ahmed will receive 1.64 crore shares worth Tk 38 crore as a gift from his father M Ghaziul Haque, increasing his stake to over 5% and becoming the bank's largest director-shareholder.