Welcome to Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry Hong Kong

BCCIHK is a not for profit membership organisation which utilises membership fees and other income to provide support and resources to businesses and institutions across Hong Kong and China that wish to trade with Bangladesh. BCCIHK has a dedicated Board of volunteer Directors and a small team of officers who have worked hard to make BCCIHK a successful brand in supporting the business community and therefore the wider community.

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10 Mega Projects

Padma Bridge

Dhaka Metro Rail

Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant

Padma Rail Link Project

Chattogram - Cox's Bazar Rail Line

Matarbari Coal Power Plant

Sonadia Deep Sea Port

LNG Terminal

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South China Morning Post

Hong Kong enters summer flu season as Covid infections also climb

2 July 2026

Hong Kong health authorities have called on the public to stay vigilant as the city has entered the summer flu season, with Covid-19 cases also on the rise. Dr Albert Au Ka-wing, head of the communicable disease branch of the Centre for Health Protection, said on Thursday that surveillance data suggested flu cases rose significantly last week, signalling the beginning of the seasonal infection period. He noted that it was difficult to predict how long the season would last, even though the most [...]

Hong Kong’s box office takings for first half of 2026 up 25% year on year

2 July 2026

Hong Kong’s box office takings for the first half of 2026 rose by nearly 25 per cent year on year, with comedy film Night King emerging as the highest-grossing movie over the six-month period. According to figures from the Hong Kong Box Office, 142 films premiered between January 1 and June 30, of which 17 were locally made. The movies generated HK$664 million (US$85 million) in takings, up from HK$531 million in the first six months of last year. “The summer film season has just begun with many [...]

Make Hong Kong China’s ‘space finance capital’, legal group urges Beijing

2 July 2026

An independent legal group has proposed that Beijing designate Hong Kong as the country’s “space finance capital”, positioning the city as a gateway for commercial development of the sector under the national five-year plan. The Asian Academy of International Law also proposed in policy papers issued on Thursday that Hong Kong should enact a space asset registration and finance ordinance to provide legal certainty for the financing of such assets. The group pointed to Hong Kong’s key strengths [...]

Cathay Pacific to resume Middle East passenger flights from September

2 July 2026

Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways will resume Middle East passenger flights in September, six months after suspending services due to the war. The airline said on Thursday it would progressively restore passenger and cargo operations, starting with freighter flights to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from August 1. Daily passenger flights to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and four-times-weekly services to Riyadh will resume on September 1. “These flights are already open for sale. [...]

Woman accused of money laundering in Wang Fuk Court fire case granted HK$300,000 bail

2 July 2026

A Hong Kong court has granted bail to an assistant manager of the project consultant behind a HK$336 million (US$42.8 million) renovation project at the fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court, pending a money-laundering trial. Li Min, 33, secured bail at the High Court on Thursday after spending three weeks behind bars in connection with the city’s deadliest blaze in recent history. Her bail was set at HK$300,000, with her boyfriend also pledging HK$100,000 as surety. Li was among seven individuals and two [...]

Hong Kong assets hit record US$5.38 trillion on renewed China appetite: SFC

2 July 2026

Assets and wealth under management in Hong Kong surged to a record high last year as global investors returned to Chinese assets, underscoring the city’s edge over Switzerland as a wealth hub. Financial firms in Hong Kong managed HK$42.2 trillion (US$5.38 trillion) worth of assets last year, a 20 per cent increase from the previous peak of HK$35.5 trillion in 2024, according to a report released by the Securities and Futures Commission on Thursday. Driven by the asset-management and [...]

Hong Kong retail sales grow 7.9% in May, extending winning streak to 13 months

2 July 2026

Hong Kong’s retail sales in May rose 7.9 per cent year on year, extending the streak of growth to 13 months, with the sector benefiting from an increase in visitor numbers amid mainland China’s Labour Day “golden week” holiday. The value of retail sales for the month reached HK$33.8 billion (US$4.3 billion), according to provisional figures released by the Census and Statistics Department on Thursday, compared with HK$31.3 billion in May 2025. Retail sales for the first five months of the year [...]

Why Hong Kong has become the worst-performing major stock market

2 July 2026

There are many disconnects in financial markets. One of them is Japan’s benchmark 10-year bond yield, which currently stands at just 2.7 per cent despite the country’s large public debt burden – more than 240 per cent of economic output. Although Japanese bond yields have risen sharply in the past three years, the 10-year yield is slightly lower than that of Germany, whose government debt as a percentage of economic activity is around one-quarter the size of Japan’s. Another anomaly is the [...]

Clogged pipeline: Many Hong Kong IPO hopefuls near application expiration

2 July 2026

A large number of mainland Chinese companies hoping to list shares on the Hong Kong stock exchange are anxiously waiting for a nod from the mainland securities regulator, with many now at risk of having their listing applications lapse. More than 430 companies were currently waiting in the initial public offering (IPO) pipeline, according to data from bourse operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX). More than 30, including mainland supermarket chain Qiandama and Eve Energy, a [...]

Lawmaker William Wong failed to tell Legco about arrest, set for committee probe

2 July 2026

Hong Kong lawmaker William Wong Kam-fai failed to report his arrest for alleged drink-driving to the Legislative Council as required under its code of conduct and is expected to face an internal investigation that could result in stiff penalties, the South China Morning Post has learned. The 66-year-old lawmaker, who is also an associate dean of engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, was arrested on Monday night after crashing his car into two parked vehicles on campus. He is [...]

Bangladesh Business News

BB Gives Four Finance Cos Three Months to Restore Viability

1 July 2026

The central bank has allowed four financially distressed non-bank financial companies (NBFCs) a special three-month period to restore their financial health and ensure repayment of depositors' funds before initiating regulatory resolution measures. [...]

BB Launches Pilot Framework to Digitalise Trade Documents

1 July 2026

The central bank has launched a pilot framework to facilitate the digital processing of trade documents under documentary collections and letters of credit (LCs), marking a major step toward modernising the country's cross-border trade operations. [...]

Bangladesh Forex Reserves Cross $37billion-Mark

29 June 2026

Bangladesh’s gross foreign exchange (forex) reserves crossed US$37 billion-mark on Monday after receiving around $700 million loans from different development partners including the World Bank. [...]

Bangladesh's First Short-Term Sukuk Sends a Strong Market Signal

29 June 2026

Bangladesh's inaugural 273-day Shariah-based Sukuk has delivered a clear message: there is substantial untapped demand for high-quality Islamic investment instruments. [...]