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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
Bangladesh may face renewed foreign-exchange volatility as higher global fuel and fertiliser prices inflate import bills, with import payments up 12.1 percent to $12.20 billion against export growth of just 5.8 percent.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh Agricultural University researchers have developed a Tk 25,000 IoT-based storage bin that can cut onion storage losses by 15-16 percent, potentially easing the country's dependence on imported onions.
💡 Tech & Innovation
Bangladesh imports nearly 90 percent of its medical equipment as a billion-dollar manufacturing opportunity stays untapped, with local manufacturers holding only a 10 percent share of a market projected to reach $820 million.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
The Department of Fisheries has proposed a Tk 47.55 crore five-year project to restore silted-up baors, build fish sanctuaries and lift fish output by at least 10 percent across four south-western districts.
📊 Economy & Finance
Bangladesh's broad money supply grew from 6.5 percent to 12.4 percent within a year while output lagged, feeding persistent inflation as government borrowing drove a liquidity surge, a new World Bank report warns.
💡 Tech & Innovation
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh's national cybersecurity team has warned of a high hacking risk from two critical PHP flaws that let attackers run code without logging in, as Bangladesh Bank took its website offline and global firms rushed to patch millions of vulnerable servers.
💼 Investment & FDI
Bangladesh plans to process foreign investors' profit repatriation applications within 30 days and scrap auditor certificate requirements for NITA proceeds, part of a wide-ranging reform package to restore investor confidence.
📊 Economy & Finance
Bangladeshis spent Tk 987 crore abroad through cards in August, nearly four times what foreign nationals spent in Bangladesh, as the outbound travel and shopping gap keeps widening, latest Bangladesh Bank data shows.
🚢 Logistics & Shipping
Three stolen luggage bags from HSIA recovered, accused arrested by airport security forces.
🤝 Trade & Commerce
175,000 tonnes US wheat arrive in Chattagram, supporting Bangladesh's food security and grain supply.
🚢 Logistics & Shipping
Blockade resumes over unmet demands after a break for Durga Puja
💡 Tech & Innovation
3,000-4,000 MW solar power possible before next summer, according to a state minister, marking a major renewable energy push.