Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has presented a five-point proposal for a digital, green and resilient post-pandemic business recovery at a Commonwealth dialogue. The Bangladesh High Commission in London and the Commonwealth Secretariat organised the virtual high-level Commonwealth B2B Connectivity dialogue on Monday. Bangladesh also paid tribute to...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday invited Sweden and Spain to invest in Bangladesh’s special economic zones (SEZs) and hi-tech parks, and enjoy the government offered facilities. She made the call when the newly appointed Swedish and Spanish ambassadors in Dhaka met her separately at her official...
The real minimum wage in Bangladesh saw a negative 5.9 per cent growth between 2010 and 2019 despite a 5.8 per cent growth in productivity, making it the largest decrease among the Asia Pacific nations, according to a recent study of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). Called...
Imports for the manufacturing sector in Bangladesh plunged in the first four months of the current fiscal year, signalling to a weak economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. In July-October, imports of capital machinery and industrial raw materials for major industries such as textiles plummeted along with...
Researchers are mapping the potential of tea plantations in Assam to sequester carbon dioxide and mitigate climate change. Assam is the world’s largest contiguous tea-growing area.Tea agroforestry systems, with tea plants and shade trees, sequester significant amount of carbon dioxide.They can support the implementation of REDD+ programmes...
Unilever is officially no longer a Dutch company. Starting Sunday, the multinational is registered as a fully British company with its headquarters in London. For 91 years, the company structure was divided between the Netherlands and Great Britain, with two head offices in London and Rotterdam. The...
Seeing the rising anti-China sentiment in India, the US and much of the world, local electronics giant Walton has now set its sight on attracting buyers who are shifting away from China for procuring electronics and home appliance goods, said its top executive recently. “But for that,...
The demand for beverage products usually starts to rise in Bangladesh in March, when the temperature begins to jump to summer highs after the end of winter when demand is low. However, this year, beverage companies have been going through a severe slowdown as the Covid-19 pandemic...
The pace at which the world is changing can be unsettling and casts uncertainty about the future.
Cybersecurity concerns are reaching unprecedented levels, and no country and no industry is untouched. According to one estimate, cybercrime could cost the world more than 10 trillion USD...