Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun has called upon the Russian entrepreneurs to invest in different sectors, including fertilizer, cement, leather and shipbuilding industries, in the country.  "As Bangladesh is an agricultural country, there is a huge demand for fertilizers here," he said in...
When the Covid-19 pandemic arrived in Bangladesh on March 8 last year, health experts were in a panic. Limited healthcare facilities and a large population combined with the extremely contagious coronavirus was a recipe for disaster, they had thought.  One year on, Bangladesh has...
Vehicle owners in Bangladesh, both individuals and companies, suffer from many maladies. Quality workshops are insufficient. Standardization is non-existent. Approximately 75% of car owners think workshops overcharge them and that repair quality is poor. Nearly as many owners find it difficult to visit a workshop to get...
Businesspeople in Bangladesh will face massive difficulties across the globe if they lose priority trade facilities after the transition from the status of the least developed countries (LDCs) in 2026. The country's decision to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is very positive...
An estimated 13 million Bangladeshis are living abroad, temporarily and permanently, in as many as 162 countries. With the number, Bangladeshis are the sixth-largest group of migrants in the world. They migrated for a varied number of reasons – jobs, education, improved standard of...
Foreign minister A K Abdul Momen has sought global support in climate financing, rehabilitating climate migrants, and transferring green technology to address the challenges of climate change.  Dr Momen made the request when he met the Head of IMF and Dutch ministers in separate...
Bangladesh’s mobile phone subscribers reached 176.94 million at the end of July 2021, according to the statistics of the country's telecom regulator. The number of mobile SIM users increased by 0.53 million in July compared with June this year, according to the data of...
চায়ে পাল্টে যাচ্ছে সমতলের চিত্র উত্তরাঞ্চলের সমতল ভূমি এখন দুটি পাতা একটি কুঁড়ির উর্বর ক্ষেত্রে পরিণত। ২০ বছর আগেও যা ভাবা যায়নি, তাই এখন বাস্তব। পূর্বের চিত্র পাল্টে অর্থনীতির নতুন দুয়ার খুলেছে চা। ১৯৯৯ সালে সর্ব উত্তরের পঞ্চগড় জেলায় চা চাষ শুরু হয়ে ক’বছরের...
ShopUp, a startup that is digitizing neighborhood stores in Bangladesh, has raised $75 million in a new financing round that is also the largest in the South Asian market. Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures led ShopUp’s $75 million Series B round. Prosus Ventures as well as existing...
The government has reduced tariff by 10% on 10-15 seater microbus imports, to encourage the use of safe public transport and prevent accidents. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) issued a circular in this regard on Thursday. According to the circular,...