Dhaka May 30, 2026, 7:14 pm
The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety (Alliance), the platform of North American brands and buyers, will leave Bangladesh by December this year.
Bangladeshi technology firm Flora Telecom will provide technical solutions for implementation of electronic passport project across the country, the company said in a press statement.
Terming Bangladesh a close friend of the UK, she said the United Kingdom is happy to see Bangladesh’s progress.
Five of the years were originally marked by double-digit growth while the rest by single-digit growth.
Statistics available with Bangladesh Bank showed that disbursement of industrial credit registered a modest 4.60 per cent in July-March period of FY18.
Businesses have to spend as high as Tk 45 million for opening up a 4,000 square feet superstore.
A foreign anti-sweatshop advocacy group has strongly condemned the owners' minimum monthly wage proposal for ready-made garment (RMG) workers in Bangladesh.
The first of the four Dreamliner aircraft is expected to arrive in Bangladesh on August 20 and another in November. The remaining two will arrive next year..
The figure is estimated on the basis of export data, furnished by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB).
CQK Mustaq Ahmed, chairman of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), said many renowned listed companies are mostly run by family members.
Earlier, the dredging was to be done by way of commercial financing under sovereign guarantee.
In fiscal 2017-18 the central bank injected $2.31 billion -- the highest since fiscal 2009-10 -- but the move did not yield the desired result thanks to higher import payments against lower export earnings.
This is a new head for subsidies as Bangladesh is importing this alternative fuel to combat gas crisis, especially in the Chattogram region.
Garments Workers' Trade Union Centre, an organisation of RMG workers, issued the threat from a rally held in front of Jatiya Press Club in the morning.
After rejection of a Chinese company's proposal on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway expansion project, the government is now unwilling to continue with its next proposal for development of the Chittagong-Cox's Bazar Expressway.
The Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) is set to set up the first software technology park in the port-city to help achieve the government's Vision 2021.
The CBC has submitted a proposal to this effect to the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to check abuse of the duty-free facility.
Fumigation not only imposes an additional cost burden on the importers and spinners of Bangladesh but also results in increased lead time.
The comments came at two technical sessions organised by the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (Cirdap) on its premises in the capital marking its 39th founding anniversary.
We've recently made this proposal at a joint working committee meeting held in Riyadh," said joint secretary of the expatriates' welfare and overseas employment ministry Mizanur Rahman.
