MA Behrouze Ispahani: As I saw him

Very occasionally I used to meet Mirza Ali Behrouze Ispahani either on the stairs of the Ispahani Building in Motijheel or in the elevator of that building, as I was a regular visitor to a stock broker located in the...

Newborn baby survives miraculously

A newborn baby has survived miraculously after his mother threw him to the ground from the third floor of a six-storey building at Ramna in the city on Monday, police said. According to Ramna Police Station, Beauty (15), daughter of...

Woven garment outperforms knitwear items

Woven garment once again emerged as the country's biggest export-earning product in the just-concluded fiscal year (FY) 2014-15, surpassing knitwear items. The sub-sector of the $ 25 billion clothing industry has made a jump, outshining the growth of knit products...

ILO opens consultation on insurance for workers

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has moved to consult all the stakeholders on introduction of an employment injury insurance scheme for workers, especially for those working in Bangladesh's main export-earning garment sector. Planned against the backdrop of recent tragedies in...

Guidebook on global apparel buyers published

A business directory containing more than 25,000 addresses of global apparel buyers in 160 countries was launched Saturday with hopes that it would help Bangladesh entrepreneurs expand their export destinations and thus post higher growth of exports.   It also gives...