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Raising the rate of value addition in RMG export

Figures can be deceiving. Those may not represent true pictures, always. A case in point is the country's earning from apparel exports. In the fiscal year (FY) 2018-19, it fetched US$34.13 billion from export of both woven and knit garments. The amount represented more than 84 per cent of the...

Ensuring faster services to the investors

The government's investment promotion agency -- Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (Bida) -- should ensure prompt response to queries of the business community with well-coordinated decisions across all departments.Such a suggestion came from a meeting of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Dhaka, last week. It said the agency...

A 'gift' of 500 tonnes of hilsa for Kolkata

The announcement to export 500 tonnes of the delicious hilsa to Bengalee-dominated West Bengal state of India delights people willing to see Dhaka and Kolkata come closer. The formal announcement was made on September 25 last. The export has been defined as a Durga Puja goodwill gesture on the part...

Change in food habit!

When price volatility of non-staple items like onion often causes public suffering, we should explore ways of how such crises could be avoided and addressed. Increasing domestic production is one answer to the problem, apart from proper regulations by the government. Making a habit of eating less spicy foods or...

Sad partnership business

Once the body of a buying house owner was recovered from the city's Banani Rail line area on October 03, the story of his business conflict with partners came to the media. Atiqur Rahman's three other business partners of the Mirpur-based firm, were reportedly not sharing profit with him for...

Homelessness for Jamuna erosion

Despite appeals to save victims of river erosion on the bank of the Jamuna, no effective step has yet been taken by the authorities concerned. Many people living on two sides of the mighty river are facing risks of losing homes, schools, market places and farmland due to continued erosion...

Boundary wall for graveyard

An old graveyard in a village named Mehdipur, in Dagunbhuiyan, Feni, has no boundary wall around it. As a result, cattle and other animals can easily enter the graveyard, violating its sanctity. Children may often get scared of such an open graveyard. There is no proper space for namaz-e-janaza (funeral...