Trade volume between Turkey and Bangladesh is currently around $500 million per year
Bangladeshi Trade Minister Muhammad Faruk Khan was in İstanbul earlier this month to participate in the İstanbul World Trade Ministers Summit and the Turkey-World Trade Bridge 2009,…

A school boy runs with a Bangladeshi flag during a performance to celebrate the 38th anniversary of Victory Day in Dhaka stadium. D-8 Congratulates Bangladesh on this special occasion.
Bangladeshis celebrated 38 years of independence Thursday, with tens of thousands…

Bangladesh expects the vegetable production target to be surpassed as they provided supports to the farmers
A good number of Bangladeshi farmers of different parts of the district are very happy and dreaming of becoming economically solvent following bumper winter…

The Bangladesh government cut down the fertiliser price to help farmers
The government today brought down the prices of non-urea fertilisers in a bid to help the farmers in the coming Boro season.
The price of TSP (triple super phosphate)…

Bangladesh is continuing poverty reduction programs in 2009
Natural disasters and a spike in food prices have been setbacks for impoverished Bangladesh’s “encouraging” progress toward halving poverty by 2015, the World Bank said.
Annual economic growth running at 6 percent…

Remittances are Bangladesh's second-biggest source of foreign income
Millions of Bangladeshis will be hit by an expected downturn in remittances because of the global financial crisis, experts warn.
Some five million Bangladeshis work abroad, mostly in the Middle East, in…

Ready Made Garment sector as one of the pillars of the Bangladesh economy
The ready made garment sector, one of the pillars of the Bangladesh economy, is definitely in a positive mode despite global financial meltdown.
Talking to media persons…

Trade show is going to be held on 13-16 January 2009
The 8th international Garment & Allied Machinery and Accessories trade show is going to be held on 13-16 January 2009 at Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Centre Dhaka. Zakaria trade…

Speakers at a seminar said yesterday high fees charged by financial institutions and low level of banking penetration among rural people prompted non-residents Bangladeshis (NRBs) to use informal channels to remit money from abroad. They also identified an insufficient number…

Bangladeshi Commerce Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman, now on a visit to Turkey, has invited Turkish investment in the revival of Bangladesh’s jute industry currently underway. He also listed the facilities his country offers for the foreign investors, which include cheap…