Prospects of agro-processing enterprises is bright in the Rajshahi region as it produces surplus crops especially food-grains, fruits and vegetables, business leaders, bankers, agronomists and researchers reveal.
Category: Business
Business boosts for better animal hide price in N’dists
The hide traders have expressed satisfaction over the boosting business of sacrificial animal hides as a result of higher market price everywhere in the northern districts this year, market sources said.
Rental power plants find new conditions ‘hard to accept’
The government move to extend contracts with some rental power plants may suffer a setback as sponsors have found the new conditions tougher than earlier.
First return Hajj flight arrives
The first return Hajj flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying over 400 pilgrims from Saudi Arabia, arrived here on Saturday.
DAE sets vegetable production target
Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has fixed the current fiscal’s target for vegetable cultivation at over 7.66 lakh hectares of land.
Google shares hit $1,000 after strong earnings
Google shares have topped $1,000 (£617) for the first time after the company reported better-than-expected earnings.
Bangladeshi market in Agartala
Tripura has become the first state in India to have an exclusive market for businessmen from Bangladesh on the first floor of the Mukut Bipani Bitan, a trade centre in the New Capital Complex in Agartala.
Beans farming bring fortune for many Barind farmers
Beans cultivation has become an effective means of bringing fortune for many farmers in the vast Barind tract comprising Rajshahi, Chapainawabgonj and Naogaon districts.
5 ICC recommendations could yield tangible outcomes
Five recommendations developed under ICC initiative, including implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access for exports from least-developed countries, could achieve tangible outcomes by the end of 2013, to harvest gains from the WTO’s Doha Development Round.
Price of crude near $101 as US supplies rise
Oil prices clawed back a little ground Thursday, a day after a big drop precipitated by an increase in U.S. crude inventories.
Western Fishers to build 12 fishing trawlers
Western Fishers Shipyard, a joint venture of Western Marine Shipyard and Fishers Shipyard Limited, has recently received orders to build 12 fishing trawlers worth around Tk 300 crore.
The government is planning to export the unsold sugar produced domestically
State Minister for Industries Omar Faruk Chowdhury told Parliament on Wednesday. “We’ve not been able to sell the sugar. We’re trying to sell the sugar and planning to export,” he said in reply to a supplementary question of Mazharul Haque…
GP launches 3G services at Bashundhara, Baridhara
Mobile operator Grameenphone launched its 3G services for its customers of Basundhara and Baridhara areas on commercial basis on Tuesday.
DSE, CSE register loss
Share price index at the country’s both the bourses, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), again declined on Tuesday, the third trading day of the week.
Islami Bank’s branch opened at Fatulla
Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL) opened its 281th branch at Fatulla in Narayanganj on Monday.
25 chargesheeted in Hall-Mark scam
The Anti-Corruption Commission has pressed charges against 25 persons, including Hall-Mark Managing Director, in 11 court cases for allegedly siphoning off Tk 12 bln from state-owned Sonali Bank.
Grameenphone set to launch 3G services Tuesday
Country’s leading private mobile phone operator Grameenphone is set to launch its 3G services for customers residing in the city’s Bashundhara and Baridhara areas on commercial basis on Tuesday.
Indian cloths worth Tk1 core seized in Jessore
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized a huge quantity of contraband Indian cloths worth Tk1 crore loaded in a human hauler (Nosimon) at Gatipara border point in Benapole town on Sunday.
One Bank ‘OK mobile banking’ service for GP customers
Dhaka – One Bank Limited (OBL) has launched its ‘OK mobile banking’ service for Grameenphone (GP) customers to facilitate mobile banking.
19th DITF from January 1
Dhaka – The Export Promotion Bureau’s annual showcase, the month-long Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF), will kick off the New Year bringing a host of local and international manufacturers and retailers under a single roof, or in this case the…
Growers, traders face great trouble their unsold potato
Potato traders and growers have been facing an embarrassing situation with their huge unsold potato due to less market price in the district.
$500mn loan to help 4mn families
Bangladesh has signed a $ 500million loan agreement with the World Bank for a major safety net project that the global lender claims will benefit four million poorest households.
3rd Grameen-Uniqlo store opens here Friday
Grameen-Uniqlo, a social business initiative of Japanese clothing chain Fast Retailing Company Limited, on Friday opened its third store in the capital, offering quality, comfortable and affordable clothing.
Samsung reports record-high profit
Operating profit at Samsung Electronics hit another record high in the July-September quarter, likely driven by robust sales of its cheaper mid-range smartphones in developing countries.
Derailment cuts off rail service with Sylhet
Rail communications of Sylhet with other parts of the country remained suspended as two oil tank wagons of a freight train derailed at Moghla Bazar in Dakkhin Surma upazila on Thursday morning.
Pharmacy owners go on strike
Drugstore owners kept their shutters down across the country on Thursday to press home their eight-point demand, including the release of their fellowmen arrested on charge of selling fake and date-expired medicines.
Japan to provide Tk 100cr loan for RMG sector safety
Japan International Cooperation Agency will provide Tk 100 crore in loan for improving the working environment in garment and knitwear industries of the country.
FBCCI for keeping ports open during Eid, Puja holidays
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Thursday urged the government to keep land and sea ports open during the public holidays of Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja.
Banks, NBFIs urged to promote new entrepreneurs
President of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) M Sabur Khan on Thursday urged the banks and non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) to come forward to help the new entrepreneurs.
Factories in BSCIC parks produce goods worth Tk 36,097cr
Various factories in BSCIC industrial parks produced goods worth Tk 36,097 crore in the last fiscal year, according to the BSCIC Annual Report published on Thursday. In the last fiscal, 4,205 factories were operative in 74 industrial parks of BSCIC…