Dhaka, Oct. 5 -- Bangladesh's export earnings fell by 4.5 percent year-on-year to $3.63 billion in September.

The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) released the data today (Sunday). In 2024, export earnings in September were $3.8 billion.

However, the overall export earnings for the first quarter or three months (July-September) of the current fiscal still saw a positive growth of 5.64 percent, amounting to $12.31 billion, up from $11.65 billion recorded in the corresponding period of the last fiscal.

The EPB report shows that the dominant export sector, Ready-Made Garments (RMG), recorded a negative growth of 5.66 percent in September compared to the same month last year. Although Bangladesh is generally felt to have gotten the light end,...