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Executive Director of Centre for Policy Dialogue Fahmida Khatun speaks during an event on 18 December 2025. Photo: TBS

Bureaucratic barriers must be removed to maximise Bangladesh–Japan EPA benefits: Fahmida Khatun

Fahmida Khatun noted that establishing a business in Bangladesh often requires more than 20 different licences and approvals from various government agencies, creating delays and increasing...

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Japan EPA won’t be effective with domestic bottlenecks, business leaders warn

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Bangladesh-Japan EPA: How duty-free imports could affect domestic producers

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Japan EPA widely welcomed

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What are the key chapters in the Bangladesh-Japan EPA?

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Japan EPA hailed by business leaders as boost to exports, investment and post-LDC transition

Horii Iwao (R), state minister for foreign affairs of Japan, and Sk Bashir Uddin, adviser for commerce, textiles and jute, and civil aviation and tourism of the interim government of Bangladesh, shake hands in Tokyo, Japan, following the signing of an agreement on 6 February 2026. Photo: Collected

Bangladesh, Japan sign major trade deal to safeguard market access post-LDC

Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam speaking to reporters at the Foreign Service Academy on 22 January 2026. Photo: PID

Bangladesh approves proposal to sign EPA with Japan

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Bangladesh, Japan finalise EPA draft; signing expected next month

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Japan urges Bangladesh to sign EPA by this year, ease business rules to attract its FDI

The latest cuts at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will reduce its workforce by nearly a quarter. Photo: JUSTIN SULLIVAN/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFP

US environment agency axes nearly a quarter of workforce

The headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, DC, US, February 18, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Environmental NGO sues Trump's EPA, Citibank over funding freeze

Commerce Secretary Selim Uddin and South Korean Deputy Minister for Trade Jongwon Park signed an MoU in Seoul on 28 November 2024. Photo: UNB

Bangladesh-Korea EPA negotiation kicks off in Seoul