From luxury sport utility vehicles (SUVs) to small compact sedans, to meet the country’s demands for automobiles, Bangladesh has always been dependent on imported vehicles. Being one of the most densely populated cities in the world and with high potential to be enlisted as a smart city,...
Bangladesh's medicine exports recorded 4.49 percent growth in the 2019-20 fiscal year amid coronavirus while export of other products witnessed downturns. Industry people said Bangladeshi drugs for Covid-19 treatment have created a substantial demand in the international market, and the pharma sector will see a handsome growth...
Policymakers, business leaders and top officials of multinational companies on Sunday demanded long-term tax policy, cut in discretionary power of government officials and predictability in regulations to attract both local and foreign investments. Bangladesh should also quickly roll out policy actions and reforms of long-standing issues that...
মৌলভীবাজারের উৎপাদিত চা দিয়েই দেশের সিংহভাগ চায়ের চাহিদা মেটে। করোনা পরিস্থিতিতে দেশের অনেক শিল্প হুমকীর মুখে পড়লেও বন্ধ হয়নি চাশিল্প। শ্রমিকদের স্বাস্থ্যবিধি মেনে চলার পরামর্শ দেয়ার পাশাপাশি বাগান কর্তৃপক্ষ বাড়তি সতর্কতামূলক ব্যবস্থা নিয়েছেন। ফলে এই শিল্প ব্যাপক ক্ষতির মুখ থেকে রক্ষা পেয়েছে। এছাড়া চা শিল্পের সঙ্গে যুক্ত...
Minister Hi-Tech Park Ltd, a Bangladeshi electronics manufacturer, appointed MediaQuest Bangladesh as the public relations arm. The two organisations recently signed an agreement at the office of the Minister Hi-Tech Park Ltd in the capital in this regard, a press statement said on Saturday. According to the...
North Bengal Agro Farm Limited, a sister concern of the Interstoff Group, has started exporting mango from Rajshahi to Switzerland. The Interstoff Group, an export oriented apparel maker owned by State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mohammed Shahriar Alam, is the parent company of North Bengal Agro Farm Limited. Agarwal...
Bangladesh's rice imports fell to a nearly 40-year low in the fiscal year 2019-20 thanks to farmers' endeavour to increase the yields of the main crop and allow the nation to be self-sufficient in the cereal production. Total import was 4,180 tonnes in the last fiscal year,...
State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Saturday said the coronavirus pandemic is also creating technology-based jobs and employment opportunities. "Many people are losing their jobs due to coronavirus outbreak. At the same time, many new jobs and employment opportunities are being created," he said. The state...
The country's business community on Saturday laid stress on a framing of sector-specific investment roadmaps with strategic action plans and comfortable corporate tax to seize the opportunity of investment relocation from China as foreign direct investment (FDI) declined sharply last year. They also urged the government to...