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Bangladesh’s ongoing gas and electricity shortages will take at least two years to resolve, Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury cautioned. However, he assured investors that the government is working urgently to address energy bottlenecks. “The economy cannot move forward without electricity and gas. We are trying to do everything in the fastest possible time,” Khosru said during ...

Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) has requested permission to pay gas and electricity bills for July and August in 12 equal monthly installments. BKMEA President Mohammad Hatem made the demand in a letter sent to Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud. Earlier, severe gas and power crises have hit the industrial production which forced factory ...

The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) is planning to launch a new pilot initiative to sell selected essential commodities in the open market outside of its existing Smart Family Card distribution system, aiming to help ease market prices and thus giving relief to the consumers. Under the plan, commodities procured at comparatively lower prices from abroad will be sold ...

City Group plans to raise up to Tk1,500 crore from the country’s capital market as part of its financing strategy, marking its first entry into Bangladesh’s equity capital market. With a business legacy spanning more than five decades, City Group has grown into one of the country’s major industrial groups and a leading supplier of essential food and consumer commodities. ...

Bangladesh joined the “Home Show Brazil 2026” in Sao Paulo on Tuesday to expand its export market across South America. The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) and the Bangladesh Embassy in Brasilia, Brazil, are managing the country’s participation at the Distrito Anhembi venue. The trade show concludes on 13 August. Four Bangladeshi companies—Zihan Plastic Industries, Mother Tannery, Rainbow Jute, and Classical ...

The country’s general inflation rate fell to 8.32% in July 2026, down from 9.16% in June, according to the latest data released by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). The latest figure represents a 0.84 percentage point decline in a month, with both food and non-food inflation easing during the period. The point-to-point inflation rate was 8.55% in July last ...

Gold prices have jumped again in the local market with the Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) raising the price of 22-carat gold by Tk1,108 per bhori. According to a BAJUS notice issued on Tuesday (11 August), the price of one bhori (11.664 grams) of 22-carat gold has been set at Tk235,146, including VAT. The new price has come into effect from ...

Bangladesh has taken a fresh initiative to further strengthen bilateral trade and investment relations with New Zealand by expanding cooperation in promising sectors including agri-tech, dairy, green energy, pharmaceuticals, leather, jute, sustainable textiles and information technology. The initiative was discussed at a meeting with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE), where Bangladesh highlighted opportunities for joint investment, business-to-business (B2B) linkages ...

Indonesia has expressed interest in working with Bangladesh to develop its tourism and hospitality sectors, including through cooperation with the National Hotel and Tourism Training Institute (NHTTI). The issue was discussed during a meeting between Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Afroza Khanam, State Minister M Rashiduzzaman Millat and Indonesian Ambassador to Bangladesh Listyowati at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Sunday. During ...

Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ BG-306 flight landed in Dhaka on Sunday after being stranded in Rome for nearly 28 hours due to a technical fault, bringing relief to 259 passengers who had endured prolonged delays and uncertainty. The flight landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 12:30pm, Biman Bangladesh Airlines General Manager (Public Relations) Bosra Islam confirmed. She said the aircraft ...