Industry

If a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, then large orders can propel your business a hundred steps forward. All businesses will eventually have a digital footprint. For now, 40 percent of small firms don’t have a website, and 38 percent don’t...

Bangladesh Bank, for the first time, has formed a fund of Tk 1,000 crore to modernise export-oriented industries that will be able to take loans at 5 percent to 6 percent interest, much lower than the present 9 percent charged by banks. According to...

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...

Bangladesh is formulating a national productivity masterplan to improve the industrial productivity in the country. As per media reports, Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun, during discussion with regional experts recently, underlined that the Government targets to improve the productivity in all industrial sectors...

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.

বাংলাদেশ চা বোর্ডের চেয়ারম্যান মেজর জেনারেল মোঃ আশরাফুল ইসলাম এনডিসি, পিএসসি বলেছেন, দেশের চা নিলাম ও চায়ের বিপণন কার্যক্রমকে আরও গতিশীল করতে পূর্ণাঙ্গভাবে অনলাইন চা নিলাম সিস্টেম চালুর কোনো বিকল্প নেই। তিনি বলেন, বর্তমান সরকারের ডিজিটাল বাংলাদেশ গড়ার অংশ হিসেবে এটা বাস্তবায়ন এখন সময়ের দাবি। টি ট্রেডার্স...

Tea garden owners in Bangladesh have urged the government to keep the industry out of the purview of the strict nationwide lockdown beginning on July 23. They made the demand in a letter to the cabinet secretary on Thursday afternoon, stating that the closure...

Despite the unprecedented COVID-19 shock, Bangladesh is moving forward with a 5.2% GDP growth in FY19-20 while SMEs contribute 25% to the GDP. As Bangladesh speeds its way towards the status of a middle-income country, it must strengthen this crucial sector in the economy. An effective way to...

The government on Thursday formally declared six sectors child labour free as part of its move to eradicate child labour by 2025. State Minister for Labour Monnujan Sufian at a press briefing held at Srama Bhavan in the city made the declaration announcing the...

American business magazine Forbes has added three Bangladeshi companies to its "Asia's 200 Best Under A Billion list". The list highlights 200 Asia-Pacific public companies with sales under $1 billion US Dollars (USD). Forbes claims the companies added to the list have" track records...