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How to steer a rough course

2025-06-27 00:00:00

MSME DAY 2025

Country-status change has a price for businesses to pay. As Bangladesh approaches its graduation from least-developed country (LDC) status in 2026, concerns run high that...

Easy access to funds, policy support must-haves to revitalize SMEs

2025-06-27 00:00:00

MSME DAY 2025

A great array of over 11.8 million smaller enterprises across Bangladesh are a pivot to its economy, all together contributing around 30 per cent to...

Banks increasingly turning to CMSME financing

2025-06-27 00:00:00

MSME DAY 2025

With around 8.0 million (80 lakh) CMSMEs contributing nearly 90% of Bangladesh's business landscape, banks are increasingly focusing on this vital segment. As exposure to...

BRAC Bank: The largest collateral-free CMSME financier in Bangladesh

2025-06-27 00:00:00

MSME DAY 2025

Banks should adopt a clear agenda to serve the CMSME segment by tailoring products for meet their specific banking needs, said Mr Tareq Refat Ullah...

What SMEs lack to thrive on technology-driven global mkt

2025-06-27 00:00:00

MSME DAY 2025

There is no denying that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) stand as the backbone of Bangladesh's developing economy, contributing substantially to employment creation, grassroots innovation,...

Bangladesh's blueprint for a plastic-free nation

2025-06-05 00:00:00

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2025

On this World Environment Day, June 05, the global spotlight shines on the critical theme of "Ending Plastic Pollution," a challenge that resonates deeply within...

Plastic pollution & tourism sector

2025-06-05 00:00:00

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2025

June 5 is World Environment Day (WED). The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), a key organ of the UN, celebrates this day globally to raise...

From trash to table Microplastics in our food chain

2025-06-05 00:00:00

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2025

For decades, the warnings were there: rising sea levels, poisoned rivers, dying forests. Scientists raised concerns, environmentalists marched, and still, the world largely looked away....

Experts urge pro-poor, gender-responsive climate fund led by govt: Global polluters must pay

2025-06-02 00:00:00

SUB-NATIONAL ROUNDTABLE

Stakeholders from across the Southwestern coastal belt of Bangladesh have called for a pro-poor, gender-responsive, and human rights-based climate and disaster risk financing and insurance...

A great leap forward

2025-05-26 00:00:00

ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT MARKET SCENE

Once fully dependent on imports for electronic and related-products like refrigerators, TVs, and air conditioners, Bangladesh has made a breakthrough in this sector over the...

Walton finds niche in global market

2025-05-26 00:00:00

ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT MARKET SCENE

Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC has introduced a different model of innovative refrigerator, equipped with Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), and energy-efficient technologies -...

A tale of ambition and resilience

2025-05-26 00:00:00

ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT MARKET SCENE

The hum of machinery in factories across Gazipur, Narayanganj and other industrial hubs tells the story of Bangladesh's quiet revolution in mobile handset manufacturing. Once...

Jamuna Electronics follows three mantras

2025-05-26 00:00:00

ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT MARKET SCENE

Jamuna Electronics and Automobiles Ltd., a sister concern of the country's leading conglomerate Jamuna Group, is rapidly cementing its position as a dominant force in...

Rural demand powers refrigerator market growth

2025-05-26 00:00:00

ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT MARKET SCENE

Domestic refrigerator brands have made a significant progress in the local market. Once the market was fully dependent on imports. But now about 55-60 per...

Electro Mart to add more to its array of products

2025-05-26 00:00:00

ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT MARKET SCENE

A home-grown electronics manufacturing company --Electro Mart--has planned to expand its product range to meet the growing need of consumers, a top executive of the...

Electrical products

2025-05-26 00:00:00

ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT MARKET SCENE

Electrical products on sale at a shop in the city on Sunday.- FE Photo