Business

Bangladesh is blessed with so many natural resources, and its climatic condition is also very beneficial for any kind of crop. In the context of Bangladesh, when we think to start a business, the first thing that came to our mind is the capital and particular skills.

Early in the pandemic, when Amazon loosened its rules around allowing smartphones on the warehouse floor, an employee now known as “thepackman123” saw an opportunity. The 23-year-old, who works at a facility in New York and asked not to be named, started filming himself...

Bangladesh plans to train 1,000 cybersecurity experts over the next five years to fortify the country’s digital infrastructure, said ICT Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Tuesday. “They will keep both Bangladesh and the rest of the world safe from cyber attacks,” he said at...

Managing a Tea Garden at 12,000 Kilometers Distance Managing a Tea Garden 12,000 Kilometers Distant On Monday morning, at 5 am Nishchal Banskota wakes up to begin work. He’s a second-generation tea farmer from Nepal, now running now running Nepal Tea in the...

The nightmare year of 2020 brought the airline industry's first decade of sustained profitability to a shuddering halt. The coronavirus pandemic tore through in a tumultuous, unprecedented way -- leaving carriers in a deep hole, along with a constellation of aerospace manufacturers, airports and leasing firms.

Remote work won't change just where we work, but also when we work. Thanks to the fantastic news that distribution of vaccines has begun, the end of the pandemic is in sight. Changes wrought by Covid-19 are nowhere near...

Globe Biotech have received permission from the Directorate General of Drug Administration for manufacturing its vaccine for clinical trial dose. Asif Mahmud, in-charge of research and development of Globe Biotech, told The Daily Star that they got the permission from DGDA on December 28.

The government will form a virtual platform involving 78 foreign missions and other officials concerned to help attract more foreign direct investment (FDI), Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said yesterday. Like China and India, the two neighbouring economic giants, Bangladesh has also become a...

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said the World Bank is not consistent in its prediction about Bangladesh's economy. "Sometimes, they make a prediction and then frequently shift positions," he told reporters after a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase today.

The apex body of tea producers has requested the government to provide a 20 per cent subsidy, in addition to the existing export incentive facility to the tea sector, with a view to boosting the exports of the widely-consumed drink, officials said. The Bangladesh...