The fundamentals of the Bangladesh economy still remains sound even though it has been badly affected by Covid-19, British high commissioner in Dhaka Robert Chatterton said on Monday. In a virtual event he said that foreign direct investment (FDI), including from Britain, would be very important for...
Experts on Wednesday said reducing the cost of doing business and reforming policies were important to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) from the United Kingdom (UK).
They termed some of the challenges for Bangladesh in this regard, including export diversification, inadequate policies and strategies,...
Companies now face a double threat. On one hand, a fast-changing, sometimes chaotic environment increases risks to business – and on the other, it creates more opportunities for cyber-criminals. With this in mind, WIRED and Accenture convened a round table to look at the rapidly evolving threat...
Britain and Australia will formally open talks on a post-Brexit free-trade agreement Wednesday, Canberra's top trade official said, voicing hope a deal could be reached this year, reports AFP. "Later today, Australia and the United Kingdom will formally commence free-trade negotiations," Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said, in...
The UK government is inviting organisations to apply for funding under a multi-million pound grant scheme to boost recycling of textiles. This could include machinery for recycling textiles, technology for disassembling or sorting textiles, automated processes for removing items such as zips, and technology to sort textiles...
A resolute European Union sought on Friday to turn the page on Brexit and move on to negotiating a looser, less favourable trading relationship with its departing British partner. Chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier will present his draft negotiating directives to the media on Monday as Brussels...
Centrica, the owner of British
Gas, is to cut 5,000 jobs this year to "arrest the decline" of the
company. The company has been losing customers to rivals and, in February,
blamed a big loss in 2019 on the energy price cap and falling gas
prices. Centrica also said the coronavirus crisis had...
বাংলাদেশের আর্থিক, স্বাস্থ্যসেবা ও শিক্ষাখাতে ব্রিটিশ বিনিয়োগের ভালো সুযোগ রয়েছে বলে জানিয়েছেন ঢাকায় যুক্তরাজ্যের হাইকমিশনার রবার্ট চ্যাটারটন ডিকসন। ইউরোপীয় ইউনিয়ন থেকে বেরিয়ে যুক্তরাজ্য বাংলাদেশের সঙ্গে বাণিজ্য আরও উন্নয়নের সুযোগ খতিয়ে দেখছে বলেও তিনি মন্তব্য করেন।
রোববার রাজধানীর গুলশানে ইস্টার্ন ব্যাংক লিমিটেডের (ইবিএল) প্রধান কার্যালয়...
