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Cotton-yarn import up despite land-port ban

Dhaka, Sept. 8 -- Bangladesh's clothing industries saw a surge in cotton-yarn import, even after the government imposed in April a ban on its shipment through land ports, as apparel makers eye oncomin... Read More


US importers shifting from tax-laden India, China to Bangladesh

Dhaka, Aug. 28 -- Bangladeshi exporters are receiving increased inquiries from American buyers, retailers, and traders as the steep US tariff hike for India and China is making the sourcing from there... Read More


Bangladesh emerging as Chinese firms' investment destination

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Bangladesh seems rapidly emerging as an investment hub for Chinese manufacturers seeking to diversify production bases to tide over high tariffs imposed by the United States on Chine... Read More


Govt eyes $10 trillion global halal market

Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- Bangladesh intensifies bid to build a strong foothold in the multitrillion-dollar global halal economy and woos foreign investors to tap the country's growing domestic market and exp... Read More


A mixed bag for interim rulers from businesses

Dhaka, Aug. 13 -- It's a mixed bag for the interim government in the first year in office as business leaders appreciate some policy progress while expressing frustration over persistent structural bo... Read More


Apparel exporters push for full restoration of cash incentives

Dhaka, Aug. 11 -- Apparel exporters have urged the government to reinstate cash incentives at pre-2024 rates and scrap the procedural requirements that they say are inflating costs and undermining the... Read More


BD millers to redouble US cotton import

Dhaka, Aug. 3 -- To reciprocate the steep US reciprocal tariff being cut down to 20 per cent, Bangladeshi textile and spinning millers target to augment American cotton imports under tradeoffs to make... Read More


As Trump tariff tempest calms, US buyers begin activating trade

Dhaka, Aug. 2 -- Apparel exporters and their US buyers are gathering wits for full-steam resumption of trade as the Trump tariff tempest calms with the United States deciding to settle on a pared-down... Read More


Apparel exporters welcome US Tariff cut

Dhaka, Aug. 1 -- Apparel exporters in Bangladesh have expressed cautious optimism following the United States' decision to reduce the reciprocal tariff on garment imports from 35 per cent to 20 per ce... Read More


Team Group on track to become a billion-dollar firm

Dhaka, Aug. 1 -- Following the sudden demise of its founder and previous managing director Abdullah Hil Rakib, Team Group is moving ahead with renewed determination to realise his vision of becoming a... Read More