Trade deficit of Bangladesh widened by nearly 28 per cent in the just-concluded fiscal year for higher import-payment pressure on the economy amid lower receipts from external trade, officials said. The trade deficit with the rest of the world crossed US$22.50-billion level to $22.80...
Urging foreign investors to invest heavily in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Chairman Professor Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam said that this is the high time to invest in Bangladesh as Bangladesh is in a wonderful place geographically, Bangladesh’s GDP growth is increasing despite the outbreak of Coronavirus...
Bangladesh is gearing up to tap into the highly potential electric vehicles (EV) market to generate employment and cut carbon emission. The Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) has set up an electric vehicle manufacturing plant on 100 acres of land at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) in its Asian Development Outlook Supplement of July said Bangladesh’s economic recovery will continue amid the second wave of Covid-19 much like the previous fiscal year, depending on exports and remittances. ADB today released the supplement on the Asian...
Global media writes: “Bangladesh is on the rise” and the numbers are truly staggering. In 50 years in its Independence, the country, despite going through unfortunate ups and downs in its political history, coupled with its natural calamities and socio-economic challenges, has delivered head-turning progress in all...
Bangladesh is set to enter the toughest lockdown enforced till now from Thursday in a bid to control the alarming Covid-19 situation after logging the highest number of single-day fatalities and cases in two consecutive days. The government prepares to deploy personnel of the Bangladesh...
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpanagar (BSMSN), an upcoming smart industrial city, is shaping the future of Bangladesh by attracting a huge amount of local and foreign investments, observed an expert on economic zones. Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (Beza) consultant Md Abdul Quader Khan mentioned that...
নতুন বাজেটে শিল্প খাতে যেসব কর অব্যাহতি ঘোষণা করা হয়েছে, তার মধ্যে অটোমোবাইল কারখানা স্থাপনের সুবিধাটি সবচেয়ে বড়। এ খাতে বিনিয়োগ করলে উদ্যোক্তারা টানা ২০ বছর কর অব্যাহতি পাবেন। সংশ্নিষ্টরা বলছেন, গাড়িতে 'মেইড ইন বাংলাদেশ' ট্যাগ এখন সময়ের অপেক্ষামাত্র। বাজেটের সুবিধার বাইরে সরকার এ খাতের উন্নয়নে একটি...
Nathan Baird explores how marketers can use design-led methodologies to reframe problems, take creative risks and thrive in a post-pandemic market. ‘Design Thinking’ is best known for being a human-centred, creative and experimentation-driven approach to developing new products, services and experiences. However, right now, it...
“There’s no point in giving somebody a recipe if they don’t have the kitchen or the cooking skills or the ingredients.” These were the words of Tánaiste Leo Varadkar last month as he claimed that very few countries in the global south had the...