Dhaka February 23, 2025, 2:43 pm
The Chittagong seaport handled a total of 2,808,554 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of containers in 2017-18 against 2,503,471 containers in 2016-17. The surge in container handling is mainly due to the increase in import
Bilateral relations between Bangladesh and the UK have always been strong and the trade and economic relations are excellent, Mark Field told reporters after a meeting with commerce minister Tofail Ahmed
The amendment will provide member countries new economic impetus, prompt continued trade increases, facilitate economic integration and help further materialise the Belt and Road Initiative
Bangladeshi consumers face the highest average rate of tariffs on imports when compared with many other Asian developing countries
Myanmar Rice Federation (MCF) targets to export 2.5 million tons of rice this year, which is the country's major agricultural product, local Daily Eleven reported Monday.
Eastern Chemical Industries (ECI) Ltd, a unit of the Freedom Fighters Welfare Trust, has been closed for incurring losses continuously.
The unaudited operating profit of the country's private commercial banks (PCBs) showed a mixed trend in the first half (H1) of the current calendar year (2018).
A total of 197 ships were dismantled at the ship-breaking yards of Chittagong last year, the gross tonnage of which was 6,568,227 -- the highest in the world
The mobile scanner was set up for the cost of Tk 50 million which will provide detailed report of the goods. The system was implemented to control the tax evasion as well as the government will be able to collect more taxes
Bangladesh and China inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for conducting the study when Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Dhaka in October 2016
Cotton prices declined to 85 cents a pound as of 28 June, down by 12 cent from its 52-week peak
With the increase, the total outstanding debt liabilities of the state-owned enterprises (SoEs) to five SoCBs reached Tk 105.99 billion.
Australia made it mandatory in 2011 for cigarettes to be sold in drab-looking packets that carry health warnings.
Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has taken the move for making an adjustment with the prices of construction materials with current market prices, they added.
The tariff cuts will take effect on July 1, five days before President Donald Trump impose 25 per cent tariffs on $34 billion worth of imports from China
As part of the process of renewal of trade agreement, an initiative has been taken recently to form a joint trade commission
US companies can make a good contribution to power and energy sector Bangladesh through direct investment as Bangladesh require huge investment in the sector
To boost export earnings and be competitive in the global market, the country needs to introduce vannamei cultivation and increase bagda and black tiger production
Import of food grain, particularly rice and wheat, jumped by more than 176 per cent to $2.70 billion in the first 10 months of this fiscal from $976.87 million in the corresponding period of fiscal year (FY) 2016-17
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed made the call while delivering his speech at the fourth high-level follow-up meeting of the Sustainability Compact that held in Brussels at Albert Borschette Conference Centre
