Exports increased by 28.70 percent in the first month of the current fiscal year compared with the same month last year, according to Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data released yesterday.
However, exports faced a decline in the month of July compared with the previous month, when earnings rose by 40 percent.
In July, Bangladesh earned $2.34 billion from its overseas trade, while the amount was $1.81 billion in the same month last year, the EPB said.