The ministry has requested the finance ministry to introduce stringent provisions related to rules of origin, to empower customs officers for checking the abuse of FTAs.
Trade between India and Bangladesh through Petrapole-Benapole border in West Bengal resumes
India had allowed export of goods from Petrapole, the largest land border port with Bangladesh, on June 7. But the West Bengal government was demanding that truck drivers coming from Bangladesh have …
Qatar to become hub for fintechs eyeing India, Pakistan and Bangladesh: Al-Jaida
Qatar is ideally positioned to act as a commercial and operating hub for fintechs looking to tap into such key markets as India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, according to a top official of the Qatar …
241 Bangladeshis return home from Egypt, Maldives
A special flight of Maldivian Airlines landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) with 200 Bangladeshis at 5:30pm on Saturday …
Banks in Bangladesh maintain lowest capital than other South Asian nations
Pakistan and Sri Lanka– says the Bangladesh Bank’s Financial Stability Report-2019. The stability report says the capital adequacy ratio (CAR) of the banking industry stood at 11.6% at the end of …
Banks in Bangladesh have the lowest capital base in South Asia
The capital base of Bangladesh’s banking sector is much weaker than in peer countries — a situation that not only highlights its frailty but also the heightened vulnerability amid the coronavirus …
19 Bangladeshi workers arrested over unrest in Maldives
During the unrest, the infuriated group of expatriate workers had even inflicted damage on property and buildings …
Trade Stuck at West Bengal-Bangladesh Land border, Exporters Raise Concerns
The West Bengal government is demanding that truck drivers coming from Bangladesh have to undergo a 14-day quarantine, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, before entering the state with goods, …
COVID-19 death toll rises to 1,968 in Bangladesh
Another 1,606 infected patients recovered from the disease in the same period, raising the total to 68,048, DGHS Additional Director General Nasima Sultana said in a media briefing.
After Bengal’s curbs on imports from Bangladesh, Dhaka stops Indian trucks
Sushil Patwari, chairman of the eastern chapter of the exporters’ body FIEO, told FE that about 1,000 Indian trucks bound for Bangladesh were stuck at the West Bengal border, as Dhaka officials wanted …