Bangladesh’s cement industry is facing significant challenges
The cement industry in Bangladesh is facing significant challenges due to rising production costs and a declining market, prompting manufacturers to seek policy support. A prolo...
Bangladesh Cement Manufacturers Association
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Bangladesh's cement industry faces challenges after the Middle East crisis
Bangladesh's cement industry faces challenges due to its reliance on imports for about 90 per cent of its raw materials, including clinker, limestone, granulated slag, fly ash, ...
Bangladesh cement industry seeks major tax reforms to combat slump
The Bangladesh Cement Manufacturers Association has formally urged the National Board of Revenue to implement significant tax cuts in the upcoming budget to help local producers...
BCMA re-elects Kabir as President for two years
MD Alamgir Kabir has been re-elected as President of the Bangladesh Cement Manufacturers Association (BCMA) for 2023-24 and 2024-25 during the 22nd and 23rd AGMs held in Dhaka o...
Bangladesh’s clinker imports more expensive in new budget FY23-24
Bangladesh Minister for Finance, AHM Mustafa Kamal, presented National Budget Speech 2023-24 (July-June) in parliament on 1 June and made some tax measures on the cement industr...
Bangladesh cement producers seek extension to loan moratorium
Cement makers in Bangladesh have pleaded for a loan moratorium until the end of June 2021. If extended, the industry, as well as the economy, could strongly recover from the pan...
BCMA calls for 60% cut in duties on clinker imports
The Bangladesh Cement Manufacturers' Association (BCMA) has issued a call for the government to cut import duties of clinker by 60 per cent. "We had zero sales during the countr...
BCMA reports 46% fall in domestic cement sales
The current demand for cement in Bangladesh has declined drastically as construction projects have been halted following COVID-19 lockdown, according to the Bangladesh Cement Ma...
Bangladesh cement producers look for relief in coming budget
The Bangladesh Association of Construction Industry and Bangladesh Cement Manufacturers Association have submitted their demands for the incorporation in the coming July 2019-Ju...
Bangladesh Cement Manufacturers Association appoints new president
Bangladesh Cement Manufacturers Association (BCMA) has elected Muhammad Alamgir Kabir, managing director of Crown Cement as its new president for the next two years, according t...