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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
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh plans to add a third FSRU before 2028 and drill 300 new gas wells in two phases, with solar energy getting highest priority in diversified power generation, says Mahdi Amin.
💼 Investment & FDI
US Ambassador Brent T Christensen inaugurated Paxar Bangladesh's smart warehouse at Dhaka EPZ, part of Avery Dennison's Manufacturing 4.0 initiative supporting RMG and footwear supply chains.
📊 Economy & Finance
⚡ Breaking Prime Minister Tarique Rahman assured business leaders that gas and electricity supply to industries would improve from September 15 evening following resolution of LNG terminal disruption.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh's wheat imports are likely to fall 11% in 2026-27 due to high global prices and large private sector stocks, even as consumption grows 4% to 78 lakh tonnes, says USDA.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
Bangladesh Bank has launched a hedging facility for commodity imports, allowing AD banks to offer futures, swaps, options and forward contracts without case-by-case central bank approval.
💼 Investment & FDI
GAC has launched its premium electric and hybrid vehicles in Bangladesh through DHS Motors, with the AION V EV offering 485km range and the E9 hybrid MPV offering 1,032km combined range.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
Columnist Syed Fattahul Alim argues that Bangladesh's power crisis stems from over-dependence on imported fuels and single foreign suppliers, calling for diversification across domestic gas, renewables and storage.
📊 Economy & Finance
⚡ Breaking 21 Bangladesh banks face a combined capital shortfall of nearly Tk 3 lakh crore, with banking sector CRAR at negative 3.17%, far below the international minimum of 12.5%.
📊 Economy & Finance
Bangladesh's revenue target for FY27 has been set 46% above FY26, with VAT LTU target hiked 60% — but tax experts warn the narrow base and shrinking corporate landscape make this unrealistic.
👕 RMG & Textile
CGAA has urged Bangladesh Bank to simplify back-to-back LC procedures for garment accessories exporters, citing prolonged delays, blocked working capital and unjustified discrepancy charges.
📊 Economy & Finance
⚡ Breaking A technical fault at Rampal power plant's second unit has cut generation by half to below 600MW, even as Adani Power's Godda plant resumed supply after its own three-day shutdown.
🚢 Logistics & Shipping
⚡ Breaking The Houthi seizure of Perim island in Bab el-Mandeb strait threatens Bangladesh's USD 46.45 billion trade with Europe, US and Middle East, with potential to disrupt fuel imports and RMG exports.