Jagaran Chakma is a Staff Reporter at The Daily Star. He covers a diverse range of topics including business and economics, regional and world news, and climate change, with a particular focus on Asia, capital markets, and corporate sustainability. Jagaran's work has been featured in The Daily Star and Asia International News.
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Bangladesh's industrial sector is taking a heavy hit from the worsening gas crisis, which is raising operating costs and threatening the country's export competitiveness.
A worsening gas crisis has significantly slashed domestic production of paracetamol API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) while also severely disrupting production at factories across Bangladesh's manufacturing sector.
China has spent several decades building roads, bridges, tunnel and power plants across Bangladesh. Now, its focus is expanding.
Despite its large market and young workforce, Bangladesh trails regional peers in attracting foreign direct investment due to policy uncertainty, weak logistics and unreliable energy, according to Rupali Chowdhury, president of the Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
Financial distress has forced Bengal Group to sell its under-construction Swiss Tower in Dhaka to Pubali Bank for Tk 800 crore, ending its decade-long plan to bring the Swissôtel luxury hotel brand to Bangladesh.
The government should speed up domestic gas exploration to expand supply and reduce the country's reliance on costly imports, according to economists, as the prolonged shortage hurts private investment, industrial output and export competitiveness.
China became Bangladesh’s second-largest source of net FDI in 2025, accounting for more than 18 percent of total inflows
Bangladesh’s prefabricated steel industry faces a severe downturn driven by a sharp contraction in public infrastructure spending, sluggish private investment, and rising competition from duty-free imports, executives said.
For years, businesses and investors have flagged the time and cost of doing business in Bangladesh as a major concern, citing bureaucratic red tape, overlapping approvals and licensing delays. The government has now formed a 21-member high-level taskforce, led by Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, to address it.
The government has reduced the board size of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) from 80 to 48 members, tightened election rules and increased membership and affiliation fees through amendments to the Trade Organization Rules, 2025.
