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Branding Bangladesh apparel

Thanks to work orders garments factories received from foreign companies and brands, Bangladesh's apparel industry is where it finds itself now. But there was an underlying unease about not projecting the country's own ordinary and fashion brands in the international market. Some enterprising people, however, started trying to leave their...

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Maintaining Taka's value

The Bangladesh currency 'Taka' has recently come under pressure in the foreign exchange market, losing value of more than 3.0 per cent in the last few months against the main reference currency, US 'Dollar'. For long, the exchange rate of Taka against US Dollar was between Tk.79.50 and Tk.80.50. But...

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Trade imbalance with India

The outgoing Eid-ul Fitr festival witnessed not so much sales of clothes, footwears and other items by the local shop owners. As usual, buyers from the affluent families went abroad, mainly India, for Eid shopping. The situation was not the same as last year. Some shop owners say they hardly...

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Messi's Argentina keeps WC dream alive

Football-lovers of the world witnessed a tremendous game when Argentina took on Nigeria late Tuesday. It was a night to cherish for the Argentine supporters. It was a do-or-die situation for the team that earned promotion to the next round by winning this match. Within 15 minutes of beginning, Messi...

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Dhaka 66th most expensive city for expatriates

Global consulting leader Mercer recently published the '2018 Cost of Living Ranking'. The annual survey ranks 209 global destinations after evaluating 200 ticket items that reflect the cost of living for expatriates, including accommodation fees, commuting cost, the price of a cup of coffee and even cinema tickets. Hong Kong...

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Green HRM for Bangladesh

Green Human Resource Management is a relatively new agenda in management and HRM literatures. Green HRM practices include using lowest number of paper for all HR functions on daily basis like recruitment and selection, training, performance review and more in a bid to create a sustainable and environment-friendly workplace. The...

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