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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
Midas Financing PLC faces severe liquidity crisis. 54% of loans classified as NPL (Tk 432.47cr of Tk 788.82cr). Negative equity Tk 266.01cr. Net loss Tk 335.29cr. Auditor warns of critical distress.
📊 Economy & Finance
Bangladesh Bank approves LC opening for SS Power (S Alam-owned Banshkhali coal plant) through Rupali Bank with 100% cash margin until Dec 2027. Gazette notification published. Energy security priority.
📊 Economy & Finance
Bangladesh taka exchange rate drops to Tk 122.50-122.60 as dollar demand ebbs. BB NOP over $1 billion. Remittance inflows strong. Fruit import cash margin withdrawn. Reserves at ~$37 billion.
📊 Economy & Finance
Finance Minister Amir Khosru says energy crisis will take 2 years to resolve. 1.5-2 years for floating LNG terminal. Gas exploration resumed. Energy policy coming within weeks. AmCham event.
📊 Economy & Finance
Gas shortage halts production at 100+ factories including Meghna Group (40/57 shut), TK Group, ACI Limited. 150+ factories reduced output. Sugar price up Tk 7/kg. Essential commodities production hit.
📊 Economy & Finance
Sammilito Islami Bank PLC sets up dedicated Collection & Recovery War-Room desk. MD Abedur Rahman Sikder inaugurates. Merged bank addresses inherited NPLs through aggressive recovery priority.
🚢 Logistics & Shipping
Bangladesh gas output rises to 2,445 mmcfd (25% increase) as both FSRUs resume. LNG re-gasification at 828 mmcfd. PM Tarique promises significant easing within days. Summit FSRU resumed after 25-hour disruption.
👕 RMG & Textile
Bangladesh apparel exports to EU fell 16.43% to 8.64 billion euro in H1 2026. Volume -8.22%, price -8.94%. Vietnam only positive (+0.36%). Bangladesh decline deepest among major suppliers. June improvement +0.87%.
📊 Economy & Finance
Bangladesh gold price rises by Tk 2,158 per bhori. 22-carat at Tk 236,779, 21-carat Tk 226,165, 18-carat Tk 194,206. Reverses August 14 price cut within 24 hours. Bajus cites tejabi gold price rise. Silver unchanged.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh govt plans modern meat processing centres in every district. 13 already operating including Bogura. Annual meat production 8.7M tons, exports below $1M. BLRI develops indigenous bird flu and goat pox vaccines.
🚢 Logistics & Shipping
Bangladesh-India trade through Benapole land port suspended on August 15 for India Independence Day. Passenger movement continues normally. Trade to resume Sunday. Benapole is largest BD-India land port.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh egg price hits two-year high at Tk 150-155 per dozen (up from Tk 120-130 a month ago). Flood damage and farm closures drive supply shortage. Green chilli prices drop 60% to Tk 140-150/kg following imports.