Breaking news, industry insights, policy updates, and market intelligence on Bangladesh's export economy — RMG, pharmaceuticals, leather, jute, agriculture, and emerging sectors. Curated for trade professionals, exporters, buyers, and policymakers.
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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
Bangladesh President waives penalties on 21 NBR officials who protested in June 2025 against the Revenue Policy and Revenue Management Ordinance, ending a year-long disciplinary process.
📊 Economy & Finance
Bangladesh ranks among countries with highest remittance costs in LDC group at 7-8%, UNCTAD report reveals, despite being top 10 global remittance receiver.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
Bangladesh Bank raises annual foreign exchange travel quota from $12,000 to $18,000 per person to facilitate genuine travel-related foreign exchange requirements.
💼 Investment & FDI
⚡ Breaking Pezab seeks Tk10,000 crore government-backed low-cost fund for private economic zone developers, citing high-interest short-term bank loans as the key bottleneck delaying investment-ready sites.
💼 Investment & FDI
⚡ Breaking Novatek Middle East has presented Petrobangla with a $950 million gravity-based LNG terminal concept that could be built in 30-36 months, offering a $250 million saving versus a land-based terminal.
📊 Economy & Finance
⚡ Breaking Janata Bank holds Tk 75,396.67 crore in bad loans — over half of all six state banks' NPLs — with Beximco alone accounting for Tk 25,000 crore of the bank's exposure.
📊 Economy & Finance
⚡ Breaking Dhaka Stock Exchange benchmark DSEX plunged 103 points to 5,558 as energy crisis, regulatory queries on large trades, and political concerns triggered a sell-off across the bourse.
🤝 Trade & Commerce
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh's ceramics industry pushed to the brink by prolonged gas crisis — five lakh jobs and Tk20,000cr investment at risk as factories operate at 35% capacity.
📊 Economy & Finance
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh's large-scale manufacturing sector posted 14.5% growth in June 2026 driven primarily by the clothing industry, ending a volatile FY2025-26 on a stronger-than-expected note.
💼 Investment & FDI
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh signs $1 billion+ financing agreement with IsDB to modernise Eastern Refinery, tripling refining capacity to 45 lakh tonnes and reducing reliance on imported refined oil.
👕 RMG & Textile
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh retained the second position in garment exports to the US market in January-July 2026, edging past China whose apparel shipments to the American market fell at their steepest rate amid Trump-era tariff pressure.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh paddy prices in Naogaon dropped to Tk 800-950 per maund, with farmers incurring losses on every maund sold as rice imports and bumper Boro harvest depress prices.