Bangladesh

Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved a $1.78 billion multitranche financing facility (MFF) to improve mobility, road safety, and regional trade along Dhaka-Sylhet trade corridor in Bangladesh. The Dhaka-Sylhet corridor will support a new trade route that connects Chattogram port with India's northeastern states...

The changeover of state power in Afghanistan may not affect business with Bangladesh as the bilateral trade volume is not that significant, said local businesspeople yesterday. They said they were not too worried about the trade. The Taliban seized power in...

When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, little he did know his invention would be a tool to transform life, society and economy hundred years later. When Guglielmo Marconi invented a wireless communication system based on electromagnetic waves in 1895, little he...

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, now visiting Johannesburg, has proposed a contract farming project in South Africa involving Bangladeshi agriculture entrepreneurs. He proposed a meeting with the South African Minister for Agriculture, Land Reform, and Rural Development Angela Thoko Didiza at her office...

Shahbazpur Tea Garden in Barlekha upazila of Moulvibazar district has recently introduced a new variety called honey tea. It is made by infusing English BT-2 tea leaves with natural honey, similar to that of the ever-popular Earl Grey variety which is made combining the same...

This month brings triumphal news that Google and Facebook have, after a two year battle, started paying vast amounts in VAT to the Bangladeshi treasury. Other foreign companies too, like British American Tobacco, have paid further vast sums. Which is excellent of course. These big foreign companies...

Ever since a popular electronics manufacturer of the country launched its products under the 'Made in Bangladesh' tagline, the demand for locally manufactured goods has proliferated.  Until this time, the tagline was familiar only in the RMG sector for a much longer period. For...

বান্দরবান (চট্টগ্রাম) : পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রামের বান্দরবানে চা চাষ সম্প্রসারণে অগ্রাধিকারের ভিত্তিতে সার্বিক সহায়তা দেয়া হবে। চাষীদের চা আবাদে কারিগরি সহায়তার পাশাপাশি চা চারা বিতরণ, প্রশিক্ষণ ও প্রণোদনা বিতরণ কার্যক্রম অব্যাহত রাখার মাধ্যমে এ অঞ্চলে চা উৎপাদন বৃদ্ধিতে বিদ্যমান সহযোগিতা অব্যাহত থাকবে। বাংলাদেশ চা বোর্ড কর্তৃক বাস্তবায়নাধীন...

A total of 100 companies from Japan will invest $1 billion on the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Araihazar Upazila in Narayanganj, said Ito Naoki,  Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh.   He made this remark while speaking to the media after taking a Covid-19 PCR...

The sustainability of the company depends on relationships with employees, suppliers, customers and the community, say speakers at a webinar today. They said entrepreneurs are taking steps to ensure their business growth through reporting Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities like medical facilities, education and...