The announcement of steep tariff hikes by the United States under its new trade posture—currently on a 90-day pause—has sent ripples across global markets. For Bangladesh, the stakes are especially high. The readymade garment (RMG) sector, which accounts for more than 84 percent of national export earnings and employs over four million workers, faces a new wave of uncertainty. Since the US is Bangladesh’s single largest RMG export destination, purchasing over $6.8 billion worth of apparel in fiscal year 2023-24, the proposed tariff regime poses real challenges.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has called for the rapid development of key infrastructure in the Matarbari region to transform the coastal zone into Bangladesh’s premier manufacturing and export-oriented free trade hub.

The world’s poorest nations face a “tidal wave of debt” as repayments to China hit record highs in 2025, an Australian think-tank warned in a new report Tuesday.

Sri Lanka’s leftist government said Tuesday it was selling a failed hotel project, marking its first privatisation move in line with an IMF bailout.

Mobile financial services (MFS) have become a vital tool for distributing social safety net allowances, student stipends, remittances, and personal transfers.

A proposed 3.5 percent tax on outbound remittance can raise costs incurred by Bangladeshi migrants sending money back home from the US to nearly Tk 5,000 crore annually, said a local think tank yesterday.

Gas supply to industries increased in the first four months of the current year, and the supply of this key energy source to factories will increase further from today, said state-run Petrobangla.

Six Islamic banks are likely to be merged initially, said central bank officials.

The banking sector alone cannot provide the billions of taka required as investments to reap all the pharmaceutical sector’s potentials, for which a financing mix of equity, foreign direct investment, bonds, sukuk, and others is necessary, suggested analysts..They were addressing an event

The decision came from the BSEC today

With the move, the company expects its free-float share to rise to 10.28%

The fee was reduced to Tk 450 from Tk 500 in 2016

The fee was reduced to Tk 450 from Tk 500 in 2016

The first shipment will be sent tomorrow, and a second will follow if China is satisfied

The estimate is almost close to the projection by the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) 3.8 percent for the year.

The Bangladesh Engineering Industry Owners Association and the Export Competitiveness for Jobs Project under the commerce ministry will jointly organise the two-day event

The DSEX lost 41.25 points to close at 4,678.13

The number of suspicious transaction reports was 11,736, and suspicious activity reports were 5,609

He assured depositors their funds would remain safe during the transition, as the government would take over the merged banks

“Inflation has remained above 9 percent since April last year, and food inflation in particular has been significantly high.”