The Accord, a platform of Western retailers, has found defects in all the 35 boilers it inspected during a pilot programme covering the readymade garment sector.The Accord signatories launched the pilot programme on boiler safety inspection in September last and some 35 boilers in 17 Accord-listed factories were inspected in...
Read moreThe government is contemplating introducing sector-specific gas pricing to make energy prices more "predictable" for businesses, a Prime Minister's aide has said. "In India, they have specific gas price for the specific sector. We would like to experiment with such things in Bangladesh," said Private Industry and Investment Advisor to...
Read moreRoads and Highways Department contractors at a public hearing on Monday alleged that they were not only deprived of getting work but also facing difficulties in realising money against their work mainly due to new policy and rules in tender.They also urged the authority concerned to set a schedule of...
Read moreThe Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) urged the visiting Chinese entrepreneurs on Monday to invest in manufacturing of machinery in Bangladesh.The trade body made the call during a meeting between the board of directors of DCCI and a Chinese delegation from Yunnan Province. The DCCI leaders also urged...
Read moreMigrant rights campaigners have urged the government to mention the middlemen's role in the draft rules of the Migration Act 2013.They also placed a five-point-recommendation to incorporate in the proposed draft. The recommendations are recognition, regulation and registration of the middlemen, defining their responsibilities and fixing the fees they will...
Read moreThe Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) handed over a cheque for Tk 500 million to the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) on Monday for setting up a garment park in Mirsarai economic zone. BGMEA President Md Siddiqur Rahman handed over the cheque to BEZA Executive Chairman Paban Chowdhury...
Read moreBERLIN, Mar 25 (AFP): Confidence among Germany's business leaders rose in March for the first time after six months of decline, according to the Ifo barometer released on Monday.The Munich-based Ifo institute's business confidence index was up 0.9 points this month, standing at 99.6, compared to 98.7 in February, which...
Read moreWASHINGTON, Mar 25 (Reuters): US President Donald Trump's blunt-force use of tariffs in pursuing his "America First" trade agenda has angered many, from company executives to allied governments and members of both parties of Congress.But there's one effort which has drawn broad support from those who oppose him on almost...
Read moreNEW YORK, Mar 25 (Reuters): JPMorgan Chase & Co has awarded 47 financial grants to university faculty and PhD students for artificial intelligence research, ramping up its efforts in the emerging technology, the bank plans to announce later on Monday.Winners of the JPMorgan's first AI Research Awards will study the...
Read moreLOS ANGELES, Mar 25 (Reuters): Apple Inc is expected to finally lift the curtain on Monday on a secretive, years-long effort to build a television and movie offering designed to compete with big media companies and boost digital services revenue as iPhone sales taper."It's show time" is how the iPhone...
Read moreMuklesur Rahman re-appointed as MD & CEO of Shimanto BankMuklesur Rahman has been re-appointed as Managing Director & CEO of Shimanto Bank. He has been serving the bank as the MD & CEO since its inception. Mr. Rahman is a veteran banker having more than 35 years' experience in reputed...
Read moreRahel Ahmed, Managing Director & CEO of Prime Bank Limited, along with other officials posing for photo at the Wholesale Banking Offsite Event hosted by the bank at a resort in Habiganj recently
Read moreBangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) President Md Siddiqur Rahman handing over group insurance cheques among the nominees of 88 workers and employees of ready-made garment factories, who died while in service, at the BGMEA headquarters in the city on Monday in presence of BGMEA Vice President Mohammed Nasir
Read moreTextiles and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi attending as the chief guest a seminar on 'Momentous and Importance of Independence Day', arranged and financed by Jamuna Bank Foundation, in the city recently, with Chairman of the foundation Nur Mohammed and Chairman of Jamuna Bank Limited Eng. A. K. M. Mosharraf...
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