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Reforms must for real competitiveness

Bangladesh's main export-oriented apparel industry cautiously welcomes the US decision lowering the steep reciprocal tariff on imports from Bangladesh-from 35 per cent to 20 per cent-as entrepreneurs in the sector now stress deep reforms for real market competitiveness. While this is a significant shift in trade diplomacy and potentially restores...

Call to modernise outdated company law to support business growth

Business leaders and corporate governance experts have stressed the urgent need to modernise the Companies Act 1994 to better align with today's economic realities and support a transparent, compliant, and competitive corporate landscape. They argued that a more updated legal framework is essential not only to facilitate smooth business operations...

ADB offers $150m to boost technical education in BD

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has come forward with its US$150 million financial support to help upgrade Bangladesh's technical education, Economic Relations Division (ERD) officials said on Saturday.Under the initiative, the government would train at least 10,000 Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) teachers across the country to enhance...

JCD holds rally at Shahbagh today

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) will hold a student rally at Shahbagh in the capital today (Sunday).The organisation has expressed regret over the inconvenience to be caused to citizens in the capital due to the rally, it said in a statement on Saturday, reports BSS.In June last, the BNP's student wing...

Shaheed Minar is a symbol of resistance, victory: Mahfuj

Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md. Mahfuj Alam on Saturday said Shaheed Minar is a symbol of resistance and victory."We started from here and we were able to celebrate the victory only after coming here," he said at the end of the July Revival Procession-2025 organized by the Information and Broadcasting...

5 killed in Cox's Bazar train accident

COX'S BAZAR, Aug 02: Four passengers and the driver of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed after the three-wheeler was rammed by a train while going over Rashidnagar railway crossing in Ramu, Cox's Bazar on Saturday.Ramu Police Station Officer-in-Charge Taibur Rahman said the deceased include driver Shahab Uddin, passenger Morjina and...

ERD directs ministries to bar donors from project meetings

The Economic Relations Division (ERD) under the Ministry of Finance has instructed all ministries and divisions to exclude development partner representatives from Project Steering Committee (PSC) and Project Implementation Committee (PIC) meetings convened by sponsor ministries and implementing agencies.In a letter issued last week by the ERD's Europe Wing, following...