Majority of the 745 garment factories inspected under a national initiative have made little or no progress in addressing safety hazards, thus putting the life of workers at risk, industry insiders said.Under an ILO-government joint move, fire, electrical and structural integrity inspections were carried out in 1549 factories in 2015.Of...
Read moreManaging Director of Haq's Bay Automobiles Limited Abdul Haque has been awarded for his key role in making the Mongla Port operational and profitable through importing cars.President M Abdul Hamid handed over a crest to Mr Haque at a programme, organised on the occasion of 67th founding anniversary of the...
Read moreChinese President Xi Jinping Tuesday made a number of pledges, including further opening up of Chinese economy to the world and protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) for foreign companies. He said China will promote high-standard liberalisation and facilitation of trade and investment, and explore the opening of free trade...
Read moreThe metro rail company has finally started the process of recruiting its workforce, paving the way to hire dedicated personnel for implementing, managing and operating the city's first mass transit system.Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), a cent percent government-owned company, invited applications from the resident nationals for 17...
Read moreGuardian Life Insurance Limited and Bangladesh Specialised Hospital have signed a corporate agreement under which over one million policyholders of the insurance company and its employees and partners will receive special health service discounts at the hospital.Managing Director and CEO of Guardian Life MM Monirul Alam and Managing Director of...
Read moreKHULNA, Apr 10 (BSS): The Bottled Water Treatment Plant (BWTP) of Khulna Water and Sewerage Authority (KWASA) is expected to be launched in July. About 80 per cent work on the plant being built in the city's Mujgunni area has been completed, KWASA sources said. The plant will have a...
Read moreConcern Worldwide Bangladesh in partnership with Trickle Up will support ultra poor women in Kurigram to include them in income generating financial activities.In this regard, the two organisaions launched a three-year programme recently in the capital titled 'Empowering Women and Youth through Graduation and Financial Inclusion', funded by Metlife Foundation,...
Read moreThe Cabinet approved has in principle the draft of 'The Agriculture Produce Markets Regulation Bill, 2018' toughening punishment for violation of the law.The approval was given at the regular weekly meeting of the cabinet at the Prime Minister's Office on Monday with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.After the...
Read moreThe Bangladesh Agricultural Engineers Association (BSAE) has honoured ACI Motors Executive Director (ED) Subrata Ranjan Das for the outstanding role he played in modernisation and mechanisation of agriculture in the country.Subrata Ranjan Das received an award from the BSAE for his significant contributions to this field at a reception during...
Read moreTAIPEI, Taiwan, Apr 10: Appier, an artificial intelligence (AI) company, announced today that Aixon, its AI-powered data intelligence solution, is now fully integrated with one of the largest messaging platforms in Asia, LINE, according to Media OutReach.The integration enables organisations using LINE Business Connect, a service for corporate clients that...
Read moreSEOUL, Apr 10 (Reuters): French cosmetics group L'Oreal SA has been picked as the preferred bidder to buy 70 per cent of South Korean fashion and cosmetics firm Nanda, in a deal estimated at 400 billion won ($375 million), Korea Economic Daily reported on Tuesday, citing investment banking sources.The deal...
Read morePrime Minister Sheikh Hasina chairing a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council at the NEC conference hall at the capital’s Agargaon on Tuesday — PID photo
Read moreNewly-elected leaders of Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) posing for photo with Posts, Telecommunications and ICT Minister Mustafa Jabbar at the installation ceremony of the new committee in the city recently
Read moreMembers of a delegation of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) led by its President Dewan Nurul Islam posing with Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal during a courtesy call on him at his office in the city on Monday
Read moreMostafa Jalal Uddin Ahmed, Additional Managing Director of South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce (SBAC) Bank, and Mohiuddin Khan Khokon, Director, Sales and Marketing, Hotel the Cox Today, posing with the bank's Managing Director and CEO Md Golam Faruque and others after signing an MoU under which the bank's clients will...
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