Digital devices to be a key export earner for B’desh: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government is working to make digital devices a major source of export earnings for the country in future. "I think digital devices can be the most exportable items in the future. We'll have to take different steps and work accordingly," she said while

PM for food processing industry to boost export

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said her government is prioritizing the food processing industry to boost export of food items alongside meeting the growing domestic demand. "If we can add value to food items by processing these, we'll be able to export the items alongside meeting the demand in our

$80 billion export target set for FY24

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) Wednesday approved the draft of "Export Policy 2021-2024", setting the US$80 billion export target for FY2024. The approval came from this year's 1st meeting of the CCEA held virtually with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair. Briefing reporters virtually after the meeting, Kamal

Growing vegetable export revives Cumilla farmers’ hopes

The vegetable growers of Cumilla had always worried about their produce for lack of marketing and storage facilities, but now there has been a surprising reverse in their fate. It all began with when they started exporting vegetables to the Middle East and Europe with the help of a government marketing

Walton starts exporting fans to Africa’s Mali

In the latest move of its global presence, Bangladeshi Superbrand Walton has started exporting fans to the West African nation Mali. As an authorized distributor of Walton, Mali's Simpara Group, which has extensive business networks in Mali and Senegal, will sold out the Bangladeshi electronics giant’s own products. According to

Walton to export 300k compressors to Turkey

Walton has set a target of exporting one million or 10 lakh units of compressor to Turkey by 2023. Walton has already shipped out 200k units of compressors to Turkey. To further export 300k units of compressors in 2022, Walton has inked another fresh deal with the Turkish company named Kargi

Walton aims to export $100m worth products in 21-22FY

Bangladeshi electronic giant Walton has aimed to export 100 million US dollar worth of 'Made in Bangladesh' labeled products to the world market in the current fiscal year of 2021-22. This move will increase the export volume of Walton as its products are gaining remarkable response from global buyers of different

Walton TV registers record export order

Bangladeshi electronics giant Walton has registered a record TV export order in a day from Europe.  On September 1, the Walton TV department received export orders of $2.44 million from its business partners in Germany, Greece, Croatia, Romania and Poland.  To celebrate the achievement, Walton TV arranged a programme in the capital

Country’s exports, imports pushed down by pandemic

The country’s exports and imports fell significantly in the year 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic that swept across the world halting economic activities for months. Exports declined by 14.57 percent in calendar year 2020 and stood at US dollars 33.61 billion, down from USD 39.34 billion a year ago, according