Unloading of imported goods from mother vessels at the Chittagong Port has been facing disruptions for three days as smaller vessels have failed to go near the outer anchorage to unload the containers amid incessant rain and a turbulent sea..Especially since Monday, the rough weather, whic

Bangladesh’s average wage growth remained negative for the 41st consecutive month in June, even as the inflation rate eased to its lowest level in nearly three years, according to the latest data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)..Year-on-year, wage growth stood at 8.18 percen

Mobile phone operators have been instructed to notify users in advance via SMS

Hanoi eyes FTA markets, product upgrades to offset us tariff reliance

The talks will continue until July 11

Anwar's remarks came as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio flew to Malaysia for talks overshadowed by fears of a trade war.

Trump said countries have been clamoring to negotiate.

Southeast Asian nations will express "concern" over "counterproductive" US tariffs, according to a draft statement shared with AFP on Tuesday, after Donald Trump threatened more than a dozen countries with higher levies.

Bangladesh Bank has decided to form a special fund of Tk 25 crore to support the treatment of protesters injured during the July uprising and to provide financial assistance to the families of those killed.

The government has decided to establish a national “fibre optic bank”, which will bring all unused fibre optic resources from state-owned entities under a single platform in a bid to accelerate digital transformation.

Bangladesh maintained its position as the world’s second‑largest apparel exporter in 2024, behind only China, according to World Trade Organization (WTO) data.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Ahsan H Mansur said the Directorate of Posts, which owns mobile financial service provider Nagad, does not have the capacity to run it efficiently, making it necessary to bring in new investors.

The EU will seek to rebalance economic ties with China, demanding it eases market access for European firms and loosen export controls on rare earths at a summit this month, the bloc’s chief said Tuesday.

As the initial three-month pause approached its end, the United States started announcing new reciprocal tariff rates, generally in accordance with the initial rates released in April. While the Donald Trump-led administration has offered a small window for countries to strike a better deal before the tariffs come into effect on August 1, the latest development is bound to introduce new uncertainty into global trade and the economy.

The reward for negotiators from South Africa to Malaysia working to reach a deal with the White House: three more weeks in the pressure cooker. On Monday, President Donald Trump again extended his deadline to seal country-by-country trade agreements, this time until August 1. The announcement came posed as a threat, with letters sent to a group of world leaders declaring that their exports would be subject to levies ranging from 25 percent to 40 percent next month. Effectively a reminder of Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff threats, his whack-a-mole demands portend ill for any deals that are struck.

Top business leaders called on the government not to penalise honest entrepreneurs because of a few bad actors in the stock market.

Motorcycle sales are showing signs of recovery after a slow patch of nearly three years, due mainly to easing consumer prices, lower registration costs, and aggressive marketing by manufacturers.

Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves declined by $2.02 billion after routine payments under the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) mechanism on Monday.

In a first for the country, ACI Seed has developed a new variety of aromatic rice suitable for cultivation in the Boro season..The seed-focused business unit of ACI PLC has also developed a short-duration, high-yielding Boro rice variety...ACI received approval for the inbred v

The proportion of female agents in Bangladesh’s agent banking sector stood at just 9.15 percent as of March this year—well below the Bangladesh Bank's (BB) mandate that women should comprise 50 percent of total agents...The data were revealed in the central bank’s latest Agent Bankin