Bangladesh needs to ensure an adequate supply of long-term funding to benefit from China's 'Belt and Road' projects.A top official of a global financial giant said this in an exclusive interview with the FE recently.For this, Bangladesh should strengthen its financial as well as capital market, said James Morrow, sub-cluster...
Read moreBangladesh should stop sending domestic workers to Saudi Arabia considering pervasive workplace abuse there, speakers at a programme said on Monday.Rather, job opportunities should be created for less-skilled women in the country, they said. Different sectors such as apparel, knitwear and leather can employ the women willing to go abroad...
Read moreGlobal rights groups have lodged complaints against the European Commission for its failure to uphold fundamental human rights in trade policy towards Bangladesh. They also called for launching an investigation into Bangladesh’s eligibility for the European Union's (EU) GSP (Generalisaed System of Preferences) benefits. The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC),...
Read moreNearly half of the industrial units have failed to meet the government deadline for payment of wages for May, said the Industrial Police (IP).About 3,022 industrial units have paid workers salaries for the month of May, said Abdus Salam, additional inspector general of the IP.Some 1,566 have paid festival allowances,...
Read moreThe local plastic goods manufacturers requested the government for withdrawal of the proposed 5.0 per cent supplementary duty on plastic packaging materials.They expressed the concern that the proposed duty, if imposed, will impede the growth of the flourishing plastic sector.Prices of different kinds of industrial goods will increase as many...
Read moreTOKYO, June 11 (AFP): Malaysia's newly-elected prime minister called Monday for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to be "renegotiated".He also urged protection for small countries in international trade.Malaysia, along with 10 other countries, pushed ahead with the TPP in March despite Donald Trump having yanked the United States out of the...
Read moreChairman of the Board of Directors of National Finance Limited Md Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan presiding over the 16th Annual General Meeting of the company in the city on Sunday
Read moreManaging Director & CEO of Delta Brac Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DBH) Q M Shariful Ala inaugurating its branch in Savar recently, flanked by Head of Operations Nasimul Baten, Head of Customer Service Saiyaf Ejaz and other high officials of DBH
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