Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) is planning to issue bonds worth $1 billion or around Tk8.5 thousand crore to strengthen its support to the capital market. The state-owned investment company would mainly utilise the proceeds to lend to the market intermediaries who have been...
Chinese investors find infrastructure crisis, a lack of policy reforms and insecurity as the major stumbling blocks to the implementation of the registered investment proposals – resulting in low foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bangladesh. At a webinar on Monday, they suggested reducing the...
Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque has said no matter how much the country develops, the source of livelihood of the people will not increase if the agricultural sector does not develop. He urged agriculture ministry officials to work to increase the production of nutritious...
The country’s insurance sector will have to be developed with innovative products in order to cope with the growing economic development, speakers said on Sunday. The observation came at a seminar titled “Challenges and Opportunities of Insurance Sector in Bangladesh” organised by Bangla Daily...
The government has taken steps to ensure supply of 14,000-MW electricity during the upcoming irrigation season. “We have instructed all concerned for completing necessary preparation to ensure supply of 14,000 MW power during the upcoming irrigation season,” State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral...
Marico Bangladesh Limited has been adjudged the winner of the 7th ICSB National Awards for Corporate Governance Excellence, 2019. The Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) honored all the winning corporations through a gala gathering on Saturday at Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden, read...
Bangladesh is formulating a national productivity masterplan to improve the industrial productivity in the country. As per media reports, Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun, during discussion with regional experts recently, underlined that the Government targets to improve the productivity in all industrial sectors...
Startup means that type of business that is mainly technology-based and is targeted for extensive markets and customers. The startup is a project, motive, or company which is conducted with an economic model. In a startup, entrepreneurs have confronted many uncertainty, undecidedness, and failure. Government support...
Bangladesh has joined the hydrogen energy race by setting up of a research centre and a pilot processing plant. The project is part of the government’s larger effort to diversify the country’s energy mix, which is still largely dependent on gas and coal. Hydrogen...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said Dhaka University has to come up with innovative quality research to improve the quality of education. “Research is a must. Bangladesh is now self-reliant in food. We’re now advancing in every sector it’s the result of...