Inadequate infrastructure, energy insecurity and traffic mismanagement have been identified as some of the major hurdles to achieving desired investment and economic growth in the country. Business leaders and policymakers pointed out the barriers at the first plenary session of an international conference titled 'Destination Bangladesh' in the capital on...
Read moreThe government signed on Sunday an agreement with a Chinese firm to provide users with faster and cheaper broadband internet service.Department of Information and Communications Techno-logy (ICT) and China Railway International Group (CRIG) inked the deal, involving Tk 80 billion, to implement a project titled "Establishing Digital Connectivity". AKM Khairul...
Read moreTerming jute pulp an opportunity for the revival of the golden fibre, experts at a discussion on Sunday suggested scrutinising the proposed Jute Pulp Paper Act.They also recommended providing the jute sector with required policy support to help boost the sector.The suggestions came at a plenary session on 'Sustainable jute...
Read moreWith a view to modernising the cash transfer of major social protection programmes, the government signed a $300 million financing agreement with the World Bank on Sunday, reports BSS.This will bring transparency and efficiency in the disbursement process and help nearly 6.5 million poorest and vulnerable people, including the elderly,...
Read moreA view of four-month, part-time, idea-stage training programme on "Startup Pitch Bootcamp: Learn How to Pitch, from Top Entrepreneurs" organised by the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) and Silicon Valley-based Founder Institute on ULAB Campus at Satmasjid Road in the city recently. The event was attended by Founders of...
Read moreFBCCI urges China to invest in SEZs The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has called on the Chinese entrepreneurs to invest in the special economic zones (SEZs) of Bangladesh for mutual benefits of the two countries. Leaders of the apex trade body made the call in...
Read moreJanata Bank Limited CEO and Managing Director (MD) Md Abdus Salam Azad cutting a cake, among others at an event titled "Glorious Decade" arranged for the appointed senior officers through Bankers' Recruitment Committee (BRC) at a city hotel on Saturday
Read moreAn annual dealer conference of Nabil Group was held at a city community centre on Saturday. Managing Director of Nabil Group Aminul Islam was present as the chief guest. A number of high officials of the group and dealers of its products attended the function.
Read moreKARACHI, Oct 28 (AFP): It took rickshaw driver Mohammad Rasheed a year to save 300 rupees to buy his daughter a bike, so when he found three billion rupees ($22.5 million) had passed through an unused bank account in his name, he was stunned … and scared."I started sweating and...
Read moreBEIJING, Oct 28 (Xinhua): China's major industrial firms recorded slowed profit growth in the first nine months of this year, but their efficiency improved with higher profitability and lower costs, data showed Saturday.Industrial profits rose 14.7 per cent year on year to 4.97 trillion yuan (about 715.3 billion US dollars)...
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