Bangladesh’s international trade and export sector are
facing discrimination due to high tariffs and para tariffs, according to the
World Bank. The organization said that outside the readymade garment sector,
selling goods in the local market is more profitable than exporting them,
creating a form of “antiexport bias” in the economy. Against this backdrop, the
World Bank has urged trade policy reforms and tariff reductions ahead of
Bangladesh’s graduation from the Least Developed Country (...