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Tour operators from Bangladesh and South Korea at a webinar have discussed ways to explore tourism opportunities, highlighting the scopes that South Korea offers.   Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), in association with TravTalk, hosted the webinar on Tuesday, shedding light on Korea’s beautiful regions...

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday urged the newly appointed Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Lee Jang-Keun to play an important role in bringing more Korean investors to Bangladesh. The Finance Minister made the call during a virtual meeting with the Korean Ambassador, said a Finance Ministry...

Youth unemployment in Bangladesh may more than double in 2020 if the country takes six months to contain the coronavirus pandemic, which has caused economic output and demand to fall drastically, said a new report. In 2019, the youth unemployment rate was 11.9 per cent and it...

Chinal is a jhum fruit. The people of Chittagong Hill Tracts have planted this fruit for years as a companion crop with others. Agriculture scientists now say it will not only be cultivated on jhum land but will also be cultivated in the plains from now on....

Tea is the most consumed beverage after water. No exception in the world’s largest tea importing nation, Pakistan as well. As Sri Lanka Export Development Board had reported, A webinar was held between the Sri Lanka High Commission and some Reputed Tea Importing Companies in Pakistan on the 14th of July...

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das on Tuesday urged Indian business leaders to explore opportunities for collaboration and joint ventures (JVs) with Bangladesh, including exports to third countries. She mentioned about excellent manufacturing environment, vibrant demography and favourable investment atmosphere in Bangladesh. The High Commissioner...

Bangladesh and Japan have signed the largest-ever loan deal, amounting to $3.2 billion to help Bangladesh become a middle-income country and defeat the novel coronavirus pandemic. Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki and ERD Secretary Fatima Yasmin signed 'exchange of notes" of the 41st Official Development Assistance...

The virus has hit China’s economy hard, but China’s immune system is fighting back. We saw hospitals being built in record time, the complete locking down of a city and most importantly the entire nation uniting as one voice of support and solidarity. Maru...

Introduction The Covid-19 pandemic, which emerged as a multilayered global health crisis, has had a ripple effect of enormous proportions on the lives and livelihoods of people worldwide. Amongst those most significantly affected are developing economies, such as India and Bangladesh. The leadership and...

Mankind has witnessed many wars, crises and even pandemics but it has never ever faced anything of the kind and scale of the covid-19 pandemic. It has infected about 15 million people and killed more than 600,000 in the world including about 150,000 in the USA alone....