Aim of this paper is to find out the overall impact in the export trade sectors of Bangladesh due to weighted distances and time zone differences of its partner countries by using the Idea of Gravity Model. The paper also aims to describe the impact of intra or inter regional agreements, partner countries' GDP and population on Bangladeshi exports. Forty six (46) countries, which are trade partners of Bangladesh, have been chosen for this study. These countries represent all of the continents.

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... ur study concludes with the finding that Bangladesh is doing relatively well with the partner countries which are geographically far, but failing to take the advantages from the neighboring partners. Bangladesh needs to expand its export to geographically adjacent countries which will enhance the country with higher export income. To increase export market Bangladesh needs to diversify its export items as need of the neighboring countries.