exporters

EDF loan gets costlier after new interest rate calculations

Exporters will face higher costs when getting loans from the Export Development Fund (EDF), as a new interest rate calculation method has been introduced for loans in US dollars

BB lets bankers offer existing dollar rate to exporters

In its effort to arrest the fall in forex reserves and bring unrealised export proceeds into the country, the Bangladesh Bank today allowed bankers to offer the existing US dollar exchange rate to exporters.

Exporters hardly grab orders diverted from China

Bangladesh cannot grab the apparel work orders, which are being shifted from China to other countries, due to

UK Bar on Direct Cargo / Fallout worries exporters

SM Jahangir Hossain exports five to 10 tonnes of perishable goods to different countries every week, particularly the UK. All was well for him until the recent UK ban on direct cargo from Dhaka to London. The UK Department of Transport says, “Recent security assessments of Dhaka International Airport found that some international security requirements were not being met.”

September 3, 2024
September 3, 2024

EDF loan gets costlier after new interest rate calculations

Exporters will face higher costs when getting loans from the Export Development Fund (EDF), as a new interest rate calculation method has been introduced for loans in US dollars

May 20, 2024
May 20, 2024

BB lets bankers offer existing dollar rate to exporters

In its effort to arrest the fall in forex reserves and bring unrealised export proceeds into the country, the Bangladesh Bank today allowed bankers to offer the existing US dollar exchange rate to exporters.

August 11, 2017
August 11, 2017

Exporters hardly grab orders diverted from China

Bangladesh cannot grab the apparel work orders, which are being shifted from China to other countries, due to

March 12, 2016
March 12, 2016

Fallout worries exporters

SM Jahangir Hossain exports five to 10 tonnes of perishable goods to different countries every week, particularly the UK. All was well for him until the recent UK ban on direct cargo from Dhaka to London. The UK Department of Transport says, “Recent security assessments of Dhaka International Airport found that some international security requirements were not being met.”