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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.
🪢 Jute & Jute Goods
Bangladesh government leases 3 closed BJMC jute mills to PRAN-RFL and HAMCO for Tk 619cr investment, creating 11,629 jobs. 17 of 25 closed mills now leased. PM Tarique Rahman oversaw the signing.
🚢 Logistics & Shipping
Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury announced a joint CPA-customs committee to fast-track cargo clearance at Chattogram Port, reduce trade costs, and support Bangladesh's $1 trillion economy vision by 2034.
🚢 Logistics & Shipping
BPC raises jet fuel price 21% to Tk 101.40/litre from Aug 11. Third hike in 6 months. Adds Tk 4,800 to domestic ticket cost, Tk 32,000 to regional international. Airlines warn of route cuts; freight rates to rise 4-6%.
🤝 Trade & Commerce
BCMA signs technology transfer deal with Tangshan Huida Ceramics. Includes training for 1,200 engineers, joint R&D lab at BUST, and digital kiln upgrade for 14 factories. Sector targets $1B exports by 2030.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
Cabinet Division forms 18-member taskforce to identify and scrap obsolete business regulations. Chaired by Commerce Secretary. Includes FBCCI, BGMEA, BKMEA, BAPI, BCMEA. Mandate: produce binding deregulation list in 90 days.
📊 Economy & Finance
BB removes two-year cap on temporary administrators at troubled banks. Decision follows cabinet approval of Bank Resolution Amendment Act. 11 banks under BB intervention affected. Governor Mostaqur Rahman says resolution must take as long as needed.
💊 Pharmaceuticals
Bangladesh medicine prices 2-3x higher than India for same molecules. DGDA pricing loopholes, pharma oligopoly, weak generics push. BAPI President Abdul Muktadir defends industry; patient groups demand reform.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
11-member inter-ministerial panel to deliver Bangladesh's first creative economy policy covering film, music, gaming, design, animation, IT and crafts. Targets $5 billion creative exports by 2030. Chaired by Cultural Affairs Secretary.
💡 Tech & Innovation
AI and automation could displace 1.7 million Bangladesh RMG workers by 2035, but create 800,000 new roles in QA, data, robotics and design. BGMEA President Mahmud Hasan Khan calls for reskilling fund.
📊 Economy & Finance
ICC Bangladesh flags Bangladesh as one of the most exposed economies to global conflict fallout. Energy import bill, RMG raw material supply, and freight insurance premiums all spike. Calls for buffer stocks and export diversification.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
Bangladesh forms yet another taskforce to dismantle business regulations. With 39+ approvals needed to open a factory and a history of failed reform bodies, can this one finally deliver? Industry leaders weigh in.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
FBCCI board reduced to 48 members under new commerce ministry notification. Structure: president, 1 senior VP, 4 VPs, 30 elected, 10 nominated, 2 women reps. Term 24 months. Md Fazlul Hoque is administrator.