Bangladesh in talks to buy 100k tonnes of rice
Bangladesh has returned to stalled negotiations to import 100,000 tonnes of rice from Myanmar, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation. Bangladesh had first opened negotiations for the 2017-2018 fiscal year, but the deal fell through when that count
Repatriation set for June
Bangladesh has announced plans to begin repatriating 750,000 Rakhine Muslim refugees to Myanmar in June. The goal was set after Chinese-mediated negotiations between Myanmar and Bangladesh. “We proposed beginning the repatriation by March. But Myan
Bangladesh relocates refugees to remote island
Bangladesh moved a second wave of Rakhine Muslim refugees from Cox’s Bazar to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal. The new wave of around 1800 people has increased the number of people relocated to the island — called Bhasan Char — to moreBilateral trade with Bangladesh rises by USD 727 million in current FY
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Myanmar is still registering surprising trade numbers. One of them is the surge in trade with its western neighbor Bangladesh. A statistical report by the Ministry of Commerce says the border trade between the
Rumors of Korean business pullout false
A rumor that around 100 Korean businesses will leave Myanmar for Bangladesh is false, said U Thant Sin Lwin, Secretary of the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC). Speaking to the Myanmar Times, U Thant Sin Lwin dismissed recent reports in Bangladesh
