Local businesses Sunday sought Indian cooperation in food processing with technical support to set up cold storage for preservation of agro-products in Bangladesh.They made the call at the inaugural function of a two-day 'Indian Agro Products Buyers-Sellers Meet 2018' at a city hotel, amid the country's weakness in preservation system...
Read moreBoth the apparel apex trade-bodies - BGMEA and BKMEA - are yet to complete preparing a biometric database of the workers under their respective member factories, keeping the actual number of readymade garment (RMG) sector workers in the dark as ever.Till date, some 2.95 million workers of some 2,136 member...
Read moreVietnamese entrepreneurs will be invited to invest in some potential sectors, like energy, agriculture and IT, during the Vietnam-Bangladesh Business Forum to be held in the capital tomorrow (Tuesday)."We will urge Vietnamese investors to invest in IT, energy, agriculture and other sectors for mutual benefits of the two countries," Md...
Read moreMahbubul Hoq, Chief Scientific Officer, has taken over as the chairman of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) recently, says a statement. Earlier, he was a Member (Physical Science) of BAEC. Prior to that, he served as the Director General of Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Savar, Dhaka.Mahbubul Hoq joined the...
Read moreAravind Eye Care System, India's largest network of primary eye care hospitals, is working with the Bangladesh government to set up 200 ophthalmology centres in the country.Aravind is known for performing cataract surgeries at affordable prices. The organisation is looking to aid Bangladesh in a similar manner, sharing technology, training...
Read moreThe Roads and Highways Department of the Road Transport and Bridges Ministry of Bangladesh won South Asia Procurement Innovation Award in the fifth South Asia Regional Public Procurement Conference in New Delhi recently.Besides Bangladesh, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka also won awards in the conference.A case...
Read moreBangladesh has hit an enormous current account deficit, highest in a decade.Unnayan Onneshan (UO), an independent think-tank, said this on Sunday attributing this current account deficit to huge increase in import payment together with low export growth amid no possibility of revival of the generalised system of preferences (GSP), reports...
Read moreIndia has expressed interest to support Bangladesh in building Bagerhat's Khan Jahan Ali Khan airport and modernising the Saidpur airport in Nilphamari, reports BSS.This was revealed at a meeting between Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla and Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister AKM Shajahan Kamal at the secretariat...
Read moreWASHINGTON, Mar 4 (Reuters): A US judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by institutional investors who purchased bonds from Volkswagen AG's US unit and claimed the automaker had made false and misleading statements before its massive diesel emissions scandal became public.Investors bought $8.3 billion in dollar-denominated bonds Volkswagen Group of...
Read moreBERLIN, Mar 4 (Reuters): Germany and France will bring forward plans to introduce a common corporation tax system in response to tax cuts announced by the Trump administration, Chancellor Angela Merkel said.The announcement comes amid unprecedented tensions between the US under President Donald Trump and its long-standing European allies over...
Read moreFRANKFURT, Mar 4 (Reuters): Li Shufu, the founder and main owner of China's Geely, has no plans to buy further stakes in carmakers after building up a holding of almost 10 per cent in Germany's Daimler, he told a German newspaper."Currently we have no plans for further purchases. We will...
Read moreFounder Chairman, Board of Trustees of BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology, Muzaffar Uddin Siddique, speaks at the orientation programme of spring-2018 semester of the varsity at its main campus at Nishatnagar, Turag, on the outskirts of the capital recently.
Read moreKarmasangsthan Bank held a review meeting 2018 at the seminar room of Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Saturday, with its Chairman Parikshit Datta Choudhury as the chief guest. Managing director Md Abul Hossain and general manager MH Md. Ali Karim were present as special guests.
Read moreThe newly qualified Chartered Accountants at a programme on 'Dream Career: Day with the Leaders' organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) at CA Bhaban in the city Saturday. Akhter Matin Chaudhury, FCA, Chairman & Managing Director, Nuvista Pharma Ltd, and ICAB president Dewan Nurul Islam, FCA...
Read moreLONDON, Mar 04 (Reuters): British businesses grew at the fastest rate in more than two years in the three months to February, despite uncertainty about Britain's prospects as it prepares to leave the European Union, the Confederation of British Industry said on Sunday.The CBI's monthly growth indicator - which is...
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