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Experts at an on-field practical training workshop have stressed on adopting scientific methods and latest technologies in tea cultivation on plain lands to further boost its production. Bangladesh Tea Research Institute of Bangladesh Tea Board (BTB) organised the event on ‘Selection of leaves, fertilisation and pests’ management...

বৈশ্বিক বাজারে অনলাইন প্ল্যাটফর্মে কাজের চাহিদা আসে মূলত উন্নত দেশগুলো থেকে। তবে সরবরাহ আসে ঠিক ভিন্ন আরেক অঞ্চল থেকে—উন্নয়নশীল দেশ। উন্নত দেশেও অনেকে ফ্রিল্যান্সিং করে থাকেন। তবে তাঁদের ক্ষেত্রে কাজের প্রণোদনা ভিন্ন। অন্যদিকে এই জগতে বাংলাদেশের হিস্যা কমেছে। ব্যাপারটা হলো, উন্নত দেশের মানুষেরা যেখানে...

The 4th Bangladesh-Japan Joint PPP platform meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday highlighting important projects presented by the Japanese side. Public Private Partnership Authority (PPPA) and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of Japan jointly organised the...

There is always a little girl somewhere in every corner of the world in a conservative family, who-- despite all the obstacles thrown from all around-- nurtures big dreams. While some may succeed, most of the dreams get lost within the alleys of marriage and family. But...

New investments have dropped across the world amid the pandemic, but when investments were diverted from China, Japan and Europe, Bangladesh fell behind its competitors to grab them. High interest rate, weak infrastructure, environment not conducive to business and no incentive for investors are...

Buoyed by a surge in interest in coffee farming that had a modest beginning in the Chattogram Hill Tracts back in the 1990s, Bangladesh plans large-scale commercial production of coffee beans. Coffee farming has spilled beyond the rolling hills into the vast swathes of...

Country's publishing industry is in dire straits due to the prolonged closure of educational institutions in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. The closure has cut down the sales of publishing houses by over 70 per cent, the industry people have claimed.

Less than a quarter of Bangladesh’s farming community belongs to the medium and big farmers’category, whose average farm size is above 1.5 acres. However, a vast majority of farmers, 76% of them, are small and marginal, who either have no lands of their own or possess small...

Kasablanca, a hacker group, has targeted cyberattacks on at least six well-known Bangladeshi financial and government organisations, says the e-Government Computer Incident Response Team (e-Gov CIRT), the state organisation responsible for securing the country’s cyberspace. The organisations are Bangladesh Bank, Bangladesh Police, bKash, BRAC...

Despite having a sharp rise in sales amid the pandemic, Bangladesh dropped 12 notches in the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)'s Business-to-Consumer (B2C) e-Commerce Index 2020 due to infrastructure deficiency. Bangladesh ranked 115th, down from 103rd in 2019, as per the...