News / Another trade route for Bangladesh with new Biman flights to Manchester

Biman Bangladesh

Bangladesh has found a new trade route, at a time when its export market is booming. 

Exports hit an all-time high of BDT279.82bn ($3.3bn) in July, the latest data available, showing a near-20% rise on June. 

As the world’s second-biggest apparel exporter, after China, it is likely to have benefited from US tariffs on Chinese goods.  

From January, Biman Bangladesh Airlines will operate a thrice-weekly service between Manchester and Dhaka, using a 787, via the eastern Bangladeshi city of Sylhet on its return from the UK. 

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