Dhaka, May 2 -- Single-month export earnings in April'24 recorded a negative growth of 0.99 per cent, first of its kind during the current fiscal year, to reach US$3.91 billion.

Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data released on Thursday revealed that April'24 earnings also fell short of target by 16.78 per cent.

The government set a target of US$4.70 billion in earnings for April this year.

Overall export trade of the country during the past ten months of the current fiscal year (FY) from July to April also marked a growth by 3.93 per cent to US$47.47 billion, but the earnings fell 6.87 per cent short of the target set for the period.

And during the July-April period of FY 2022-23, Bangladesh earned US$45.67 billion, the EPB data showed....