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For quality food testing laboratory

The National Board of Revenue in a submission to the High Court (HC) has informed that testing units for chemical test of imported fruits have been set up at all ports. In another submission to the HC the Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institution (BSTI) has also made it explicit that...

Bringing dynamism in BIDA

The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) started functioning on September 01, 2016 amid much publicity by replacing two defunct statutory bodies, namely the Board of Investment (BoI) and the Privatisation Commission (PC). One of the arguments put forward by the initiators of that move was that BoI and PC had...

Expediting completion of API industrial park

The Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) industrial park is finally taking shape nearly a decade after the scheme was taken up to facilitate a steady supply of raw materials of drugs and reduce import dependency. Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation has recently asked 28 pharmaceutical companies to complete all procedures...

Jobs in Japan for Bangladeshis

The job market in Japan is now open for foreigners, according to media reports. Tokyo's recent moves have opened window of opportunities for Bangladeshis as well. Japan will need around 334,000 people and Asian countries such as Vietnam, China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Bangladesh can send their...

Issue of price, quality

The issue of price-hike of different commodities and sudden fluctuation is losing media interest unless it's a major issue like price fall of paddy during the harvesting or that of raw hides and skins during the Eid-ul-Adha. We as consumers suffer when we see price of an essential item increases...

No more child labour

Whenever I go to repair my motorcycle, I see two children of hardly 12 years of age, working in adverse conditions where it is difficult even for the adults to work. Of course, these children help their families. However, child labour is a sensitive issue from humanitarian and legal perspective....

Time to fight kidney diseases

Every year, around 40,000 patents suffer for kidney diseases in Bangladesh. Such diseases offer no symptoms initially. So it is difficult for the commoners to know if s/he has any problem in kidney. However, if we lead a healthy life, we can reduce the chances of kidney diseases. Early detection...