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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.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
⚡ Breaking Industry leaders at a Daily Star discussion blamed political patronage, regulatory forbearance and wilful defaulter impunity for Bangladesh's record Tk 6 lakh crore NPLs.
📊 Economy & Finance
Prof Md Maksudur Rahman Sarker, an independent director and head of accounting at Dhaka University, has been elected chairman of SBAC Bank PLC as the lender navigates sector-wide reforms.
📊 Economy & Finance
Al-Arafah Islami Bank has signed an agreement with Bangladesh Bank to participate in the Tk 5,000 crore CMSME refinance scheme, extending 9% profit-rate working capital to small businesses.
📊 Economy & Finance
Prime Bank PLC has signed an agreement with Dominant Group to offer special discounts on apartment purchases to the bank's customers and employees, expanding its retail banking value proposition.
📊 Economy & Finance
Citizens Bank PLC has signed a participation agreement with Bangladesh Bank under the Tk 5,000 crore revolving refinance fund, extending 9% interest working capital to CMSME borrowers.
🌏 Diplomacy & Trade Missions
The Bangladesh China Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called on the government to allow a Chinese bank branch in Bangladesh and establish 20 display centres in China to boost exports.
🤝 Trade & Commerce
Trust Bank PLC has signed an agreement with Bangladesh Bank to participate in the Tk 3,000 crore export diversification refinance scheme, channelling concessional credit to non-RMG exporters.
💼 Investment & FDI
Norway has expressed interest in investing in Bangladesh's renewable energy sector, including offshore exploration and green technology, deepening bilateral commercial ties.
💼 Investment & FDI
⚡ Breaking AmCham Bangladesh President Syed Mohammad Kamal has called for an energy security roadmap and enabling investment climate to attract $5 billion more in US investment over the next 4-5 years.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh's Commerce Ministry is weighing hilsa export to India ahead of Durga Puja, with 18 firms seeking permission and Indian importers pushing for clearance by mid-September.
📊 Economy & Finance
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh's banking sector NPLs hit Tk 6,06,555 crore by June 2026, with just 10 banks accounting for 72% of the total — exposing deep governance failures and the cost of related-party lending.
📊 Economy & Finance
Bangladesh's banking sector is flush with Tk 4 lakh crore in excess liquidity as the central bank cuts rates to spur lending, but structural bottlenecks and weak private demand leave cheap money with no takers.