8+ hour, 5+ min ago   (1386+ words) Bangladesh has made significant progress towards greener apparel manufacturing over the past decade, but decarbonising the sector at scale will require much more than action by individual factories, according to Cascale, a global alliance focused on sustainability in the apparel…...

8+ hour, 30+ min ago   (319+ words) A total of 352,786 kilograms of Hilsa fish was imported from India through Benapole land port in the first two months of the 2026-2027 fiscal year. The fish, imported by 22 commercial enterprises across July and August, was valued at over Tk 69.2 million…...

9+ hour, 41+ min ago   (1253+ words) Sunday • 13 September 2026 Bangladesh's power-supply situation came under fresh pressure on Sunday as the second unit of the Rampal Thermal Power Plant shut down due to a technical glitch, even as electricity imports from India's Adani power plant began to increase…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (573+ words) Bangladesh's textile and spinning industries could help restore a significant number of jobs lost over the past three years and create new employment opportunities, potentially securing nearly 1.5 million jobs in the sector following the recent tighter controls on yarn imports,…...

19+ hour, 45+ min ago   (255+ words) American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham) and the government have agreed to work jointly to facilitate an additional $5 billion in American direct investment into Bangladesh over the next five years. The target was highlighted during AmCham's 30th Anniversary gala evening…...

16+ hour, 7+ min ago   (399+ words) The government has formed a seven-member inter-ministerial committee to give opinions and take decisions on recovery of taxes and duties from bank accounts abroad that have been frozen by court orders in connection with assets allegedly siphoned out of the…...

22+ hour, 31+ min ago   (203+ words) Since drone ​attacks forced Saudi Arabia to shut its huge east-west oil pipeline on Friday, Riyadh has not given full ⁠details about the extent of the damage or how long the route will stay off-line. Sources that spoke to Reuters…...

17+ hour, 29+ min ago   (979+ words) The Financial Express Bangladesh's power crisis has reached a stage where load-shedding is disrupting industrial production, increasing business costs and affecting services dependent on uninterrupted electricity. The fragility of the system became clearer after one of the two 800-megawatt units…...

1+ day, 51+ min ago   (512+ words) Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday stressed the need to reduce Bangladesh’s dependence on imports of agricultural and food products by increasing domestic production of crops that can be grown in the country. He also asked officials of the Ministry…...