Bangladesh on FTA hunt as its graduation nears

Bangladesh now gears up drives for striking free-trade deals, with negotiations underway with a couple of countries, as the country prepares for post-graduation trade sans tariff concessions. The country is likely to start negotiations with two more countries this month and next.Commerce ministry officials-who, incidentally, are now engrossed in efforts...

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Exports of jute and jute goods keep falling

Bangladesh's jute and jute goods sector has become pale as year-on-year exports have slipped from the billion-dollar club even after huge government investments for sectoral development, analysts say.Local manufacturers and jute processors exported goods worth $820.16 million in the just-concluded fiscal year of 2024-25, the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data...

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Israeli strikes kill 15, says Gaza civil defence

GAZA CITY, July 4 (AFP): Gaza's civil defence agency said Friday that overnight Israeli strikes killed at least 15 people, after nearly 21 months of war in the Palestinian territory.Israel has recently expanded its military operations in the Gaza Strip, where the war has created dire humanitarian conditions for the...

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US stays BD’s top export destination, new markets expanding

Bangladesh is breaking new ground in market diversification with robust trade growth elsewhere while the United States stays as its single-largest export destination with a 14.38-percent annualised growth in the just-past fiscal year.Non-traditional markets like the Netherlands, Sweden and Mexico, meanwhile, showed robust growth, according to data from the Export...

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