Root Group of Companies has launched a Swiss technology-based health protective gear ‘Corona Killer’ fabrics in Bangladesh. The unveiling of the new technology for the textile sector was announced at a Zoom online event, said a press release on Saturday. At the event, speakers said in the...
Acting High Commissioner of Malaysia to Bangladesh Amir Farid Abu Hasan has said Bangladesh, as an emerging economy, should emphases more on supporting its entrepreneurs of the small medium enterprises (SMEs) during the coronavirus pandemic. "SMEs that have the option to allow their employees to work from...
The overall business of electronic appliances is very poor due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country, but huge sales of washing machines amid the pandemic are the only bright side. Officials of the country’s leading electronics brands said that people were now getting more interested in...
Modernization of the educational curriculum is crucial for
Bangladesh in order to make it more demand-based, as well as revive skills and
raise skills of the country’s workers to tackle the unemployment situation in
the post-Covid world, the nation’s business community observed on Saturday. Additionally,
the community has also emphasised the...
The government has chalked out a series of programmes
to enter a new era of taxation from FY 2020-21 in the run-up to achieving
Vision 2041 and reaching the Sustainable Development Goals 2030. "We must
gear up revenue mobilisation and streamline the financial sector of the
country," a senior official at...
In a move to ensure rational use of natural gas, state-owned Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited has embarked on a plan to bring over 28 lakh consumers under prepaid metre system in phases. "We have a plan to install over 28 lakh prepaid metres under...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with its Bangkok Regional Hub, launched the Future of Work Lab in Bangladesh on Thursday aiming to facilitate and accelerate Bangladesh towards a more robust economy keeping into account many challenges it is facing.
Deputy Resident...
After months of economic turmoil triggered by the long coronavirus lockdown, battered small and medium-sized businesses are attempting to pick up the pieces. The post-confinement world remains a deeply uncertain one, with many business owners battling for survival and hoping they can hang on long enough to...
Agricultural research and extension services in the country achieved momentum during the green revolution campaign that started in the early 1970s with strong support and guidance from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who envisioned the expedient development of Bangladesh as a nation free from hunger and poverty.
Eastern Bank (EBL) yesterday rolled out a novel export factoring solution -- just the day after the central bank issued the guideline for it -- as part of its efforts to reduce the risks that Bangladeshi exporters face when it comes to collecting their goods' worth. Called...