Boost packaging industry for export growth

Speakers at a seminar stressed that Bangladesh's packaging sector holds immense potential for export growth, provided the industry adopts eco-friendly practices, ensures regulatory compliance and strengthens coordination among stakeholders, including the government.They highlighted that packaging is a critical enabler for key export-oriented industries such as pharmaceuticals and food processing. Without...

Oil prices top $70 per barrel

LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters): Brent oil futures prices jumped on Thursday, hitting a four-month high on rising concerns about a possible US military attack on Iran, OPEC's fourth-largest producer with output of 3.2 million barrels per day."The immediate (market) concern ... is the collateral damage done if Iran takes a...