Import

File photo of Petrapole land port in Benapole/UNB
Bangladesh

Govt halts rice imports from India thru Benapole Port

The government, on 17 November 2024, allowed 92 importers to bring rice from the neighbouring country to keep the prices of the staple food in the country's market stable

A cargo ship full of shipping containers is seen at the port of Oakland, as trade tensions escalate over U.S. tariffs, in Oakland, California, U.S., March 6, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Bangladesh

If Bangladesh offers zero-duty to US, it must be extended to other countries too: CPD

A Cobalt nugget. Source: Bloomberg
World+Biz

How Trump's trade war is heating up fight for critical minerals

The ship carrying rice from Vietnam which arrived at Chattogram Port on 7 April 2025. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Vietnamese ship carrying 12,700 tonnes of rice arrives at Ctg Port

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Bangladesh

Govt halts yarn imports via land ports, RMG exporters call decision 'suicidal'

File Photo: A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker is tugged towards a thermal power station in Futtsu, east of Tokyo, Japan. 13 November 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Energy

Purchase body approves 7 proposals including import of 2 LNG cargoes

File photo of a cargo ship. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Vessel carrying 11,500 MT rice from India arrives at Ctg port

Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam speaks at a press briefing at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital on 20 March 2025. Photo: PID
Economy

Bangladesh awaits agri boost as China keen to import mangoes, jackfruit, guavas

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Bangladesh

Rice market remains volatile  despite large-scale imports from India

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain at an event titled "The Potential and Importance of Cotton Cultivation in Bangladesh for Saving Foreign Currency" held on 17 March 2025. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Bangladesh plans cotton imports from US to deter tariff risk: Foreign adviser

A Maersk Line vessel is docked at the newly operational Patenga Container Terminal (PCT) in Chattogram. The terminal, a significant development for the region, is handling import cargo containers and has completed the installation of a scanner for thorough screening, managed by its operator, Red Sea Gateway Terminal International. The picture was taken on Saturday. Photo: Md Minhaj Uddin
Bangladesh

Patenga Container Terminal opens for import cargo, aims to ease Ctg port congestion

File Photo of MV Mariam, the ship carrying rice from Pakistan which anchored at Chattogram Port on 15 March 2025. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

26,250 tonnes of Atap rice arrives at Chattogram port from Pakistan

Speakers during a discussion at the “Conference on Recommendations by the Taskforce on Restrategising the Economy,” organised by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on 24 February. Photo: TBS
Economy

Strengthen institutions before liberalising import: Economists