Business

As part of the government’s privatisation plan, it has shut down 2 out of 25 jute mills operated by the state-owned Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) burdened with heavy losses. In line with the plan to send the existing workers of 25 jute mills...

The delivery service of different products ordered by customers through online platforms is getting popular during the ongoing week-long lockdown issued by the government to halt the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak. Business people said that the order and delivery of food and grocery...

The government is developing the country's first industrial park for electrical and light engineering product manufacturers at a cost of Tk 300 crore in Munshiganj, which could herald a beginning to bring the highly scattered and unorganised industries under a single platform. Already 83...

Businesses are now deeply worried that resurgence of the Covid-19 might unsettle the recovery they have been making in recent months following a notable improvement in both infection and fatality rates. A number of businessmen while talking to the FE have expressed their deep...

Facebook says it wants to “empower” independent writers and journalists by letting them make money from their work. The social giant on Tuesday confirmed plans to launch a new platform for writers to self-publish their content, grow their audience and make money through monetization tools...

On March 17, Bangladesh kicked off its 10-day series of celebrations of the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the golden jubilee of the country's independence. As a good friend of Bangladesh, China would definitely not be absent from such...

US-Bangla Airlines is adding a new ATR 72-600 aircraft in its fleet. The aircraft is set to arrive in the country on Saturday. With the addition of the new ATR, US-Bangla will have fourteen aircrafts in its fleet, the airlines said in a press...

With the growth of the country's pharmaceutical industry, it comes as no surprise that infusion saline is now manufactured locally as well. Since the inception of the industry, there has always been a scarcity of intravenous fluid in the market due to high demand but scarce supply...

The government has released Tk 570 crore from the Tk 1,500 crore stimulus package for their disbursement among small traders, entrepreneurs and farmers to help them survive the ongoing pandemic. Eight government and semi-government agencies will disburse the fund this fiscal year while the...

Tea processing factories are being set up in Panchagarh in increasing numbers in keeping with the fast-expanding cultivation of the popular beverage in northern districts.   Seventeen tea processing factories are already in operation in Panchagarh and one in Thakurgaon, according to the Bangladesh Tea...