Bangladesh should accelerate reforms, including the removal of non-tariff barriers and improvements to the business environment, to pave the way for advancing talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union, the economic bloc’s Ambassador Michael Miller said yesterday.

After a three-year transition following LDC graduation, Bangladesh will lose the duty-free, quota-free access to the EU it currently enjoys under Everything But Arms (EBA) around…

Bangladesh should accelerate reforms, including the removal of non-tariff barriers and improvements to the business environment, to pave the way for advancing talks on a free…