The country's export earnings from processed agro-products crossed US$635 million in fiscal year (FY) 2017-18, thanks to the growing global demand.The amount was around 27 per cent higher than that of $500 million in FY '17, according to the Bangladesh Agro-Processors Association (BAPA).It has registered a 502 per cent rise...
Read moreBangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) wants to continue issuing utilisation declaration (UD) certificates in favour of the 'non-compliant' garment factories until January next, sources said. In a letter to the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE), the trade body on Sunday expressed its interest in this...
Read moreCHATTOGRAM, Nov 04: Chairman of The Peninsula Chittagong Limited Mahbub Ur Rahman said the company is going to present an exhilarating and exotic place of hospitality and entertainment through constructing a lavish hotel, The Peninsula Airport, Garden at a very attractive location of Patenga in Chattogram.In an exclusive interview recently...
Read morebproperty.com, an e-commerce property portal, has opened its new office at Mirpur in the capital.Mark Nosworthy, chief executive officer (CEO) of the country's first digital real estate marketplace, announced the opening of the office at a press conference on Sunday.The new office will welcome developers, owners, buyers, and tenants for...
Read moreSHANGHAI, Nov 04 (AFP): The US-China tariff slugfest has for months triggered warnings that it could impact global economic growth, and recent data indicates the trade tension is indeed beginning to bite.Manufacturing gauges in several export-reliant Asian countries, as well as China, weakened in October as gloom deepens over the...
Read moreWASHINGTON, Nov 04 (AP): For a US economic expansion now in its 10th year, hiring remains robust, growth has picked up and the outlook is a mostly bright one on the eve of congressional elections.On Friday, the government reported that employers added a strong 250,000 jobs in October and that...
Read moreTOKYO, Nov 04 (AP): The 11-member reincarnation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, known as the CPTPP, moved one step closer to implementation last week in a sign that - despite a spate of recent international trade disputes - such deals are very much alive in Asia.The deal caps off an already...
Read moreAnsar-VDP Unnayan Bank Chairman Maj Gen Kazi Sharif Kaikobad presiding over the 192nd Executive Committee meeting of the bank at Ansar and Village Defence Party headquarters at Khilgaon in the city recently
Read moreManaging Director and CEO of Agrani Bank Limited Mohammad Shams-Ul Islam speaking at an inaugural ceremony of a training course on "Foreign Remittance and AML/CFT/Anti-Fraud" at Fun Town conference room in Cumilla on Saturday. A total of 122 participants from all branches of the bank's Cumilla Circle attended the day-long...
Read moreBENGALURU, Nov 04 (Reuters): Apple's iPhone sales are set to dip by around a quarter in India's holiday season fourth quarter, putting them on course for the first full-year fall in four years, industry research firm Counterpoint said on Saturday.The Cupertino, California company's struggle to break through with India's 1.3...
Read morePubali Bank Limited Vice-Chairman Moniruddin Ahmed inaugurating the bank's 466th branch at Pirerbag in Dhaka on Sunday in presence of Managing Director Md. Abdul Halim Chowdhury and senior executives of the bank, local elite and businessmen
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