Dhaka, Oct – The fourth edition of Digital Marketing Summit of Bangladesh Brand Forum ended in capital Dhaka on Saturday and initiated the first edition of Digital Marketing Award.
Category: Trade
Commodity dependence worsens for developing countries
Geneva, 13 Oct – Nine more developing economies became dependent on commodity exports between 2010 and 2015, bringing the total to 91, about two-thirds of all the 135 developing countries, a new UN report says. Published on Friday, The State…
Expert panel sounds alarm on Bayer-Monsanto merger
Rome, 13th October – Dominant agri-food firms have become too big to feed humanity sustainably, too big to operate on equitable terms with other food system actors, and too big to drive the types of innovation we need. This was…
China’s trade accelerated in September
China’s trade growth accelerated in September in a sign of resilient global and domestic consumer demand. Exports rose 8.1 percent to $198.3 billion, up from August’s 5.5 percent, trade data showed Friday. Imports rose 18.7 percent to $169.8 billion, an…
Egg Fair ends in chaos as queue too big against supply
A special egg sale in Dhaka has ended in drama after police scuffled with people who formed chaotic queues, surprising organisers by turning up in the thousands. The sale aimed to mark World Egg Day on Friday and was jointly…
Pangolin trade forces Ghana to look at new wildlife laws
Ghana is facing calls to update its laws on wildlife crime after fears the country has become a transit route for the illegal trade in pangolin scales. More than 31,000 kilograms (68,000 pounds) of scales from the nocturnal mammal have…
World running out of antibiotics: WHO report confirms
A report – Antibacterial agents in clinical development – an analysis of the antibacterial clinical development pipeline, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis – launched today by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows a serious lack of new antibiotics under development to combat…
Pay Pal operation in BD from 19 October
Online payment system PayPal will launch operations in Bangladesh on Oct 19, ending a long wait of the country’s freelancers and ICT entrepreneurs. Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy will inaugurate the PayPal services at a ceremony at…
Facebook to train 10000 BD youths on emarketing
Facebook will train 10,000 Bangladeshi youths on digital marketing under a `BoostYourBusiness’ programme over the next six months. The Facebook authorities will provide the training to 10,000 IT-trained youths of Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment and Governance (LICT) Project of…
Business leaders say: Assess VAT law’s impact
Dhaka – Business leaders and researchers on Sunday called for planned impact assessment of new value-added tax law by an independent and local research organisation to find its actual outcomes credible and acceptable to all. At view exchange meeting on…
Google introduced new smartphones
Alphabet Inc’s Google on Wednesday unveiled the second generation of its Pixel smartphone along with new voice-enabled home speakers, redoubling its commitment to the hardware business as it competes with a surge of devices from Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc.…
Euro enlargement between convergence and (de)financialisation
The White Paper on the future of Europe presented five forward scenarios: (1) delivering a positive reform agenda, (2) focusing on the single market, (3) making additional arrangements for deepening cooperation, (4) focusing on selected policy reforms, and, (5) fostering…
Monarch flights cancelled as airline ceases trading
Monarch Airlines has ceased trading and all of its future bookings have been cancelled, the Civil Aviation Authority has said. About 110,000 customers are currently overseas and the government has asked the CAA to charter more than 30 aircraft to…
ASEAN at 50. What’s Next?
– Jayant Menon and Anna Cassandra Melendez The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has just turned 50. Now well into middle age, it has some significant achievements under its belt.
Global new deal needed to build more inclusive economies: UNCTAD
Geneva (Kanaga Raja) – A global new deal that fosters proactive fiscal policies, along with coordinated strategies that address the triple challenges of large inequalities, demographic change and environmental problems, has been advocated by the UN Conference on Trade and…
BD Internet users have more bandwidth as 2nd cable opens
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the country’s second submarine cable line paving the way of getting uninterrupted broadband internet services with cheaper price and better quality. Through a video conference with local public representatives and government officials from her…
Food loss and waste focus of Food Tank’s NY summit
On September 13, Food Tank will host a one-day summit at the WNYC Greene Space in New York City, titled “Focusing on Food Loss and Waste,” in partnership with Rethink Food Waste Through Economics and Data (ReFED) and with support…
How bad will Brexit really be for the UK?
by Graham Gudgin The great majority of the economic forecasts have concluded that Brexit will damage the UK economy. In the case of ‘no deal’ between the UK and the EU, the majority view is that the loss of GDP…
Remittance earning hits one-year high
Dhaka, Sept 4 – The inward remittance inflow has marked a rise after a declining trend for over one year as the country received $1.4185 billion from the expatriates in August last.
SC allows authorities to conduct search in jewelry
Dhaka – Chamber Judge Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday passed an order allowing the customs authorities to conduct searches at the jewellery shops in the country for finding whether the jewellery…
UK to test ‘self-driving’ lorries
Small convoys of partially driverless lorries will be tried out on major British roads by the end of next year, the government has announced. A contract has been awarded to the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) to carry out the tests…
L.A. jury hits Johnson & Johnson over cancer link to its talc
A Los Angeles jury issued a $417-million verdict Monday against Johnson & Johnson, finding the company liable for failing to warn a 63-year-old woman diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer about the risks of using its talcum products.
Rice, wheat, diesel, fertilizer import gets nod
Dhaka, Aug 23 – The Cabinet Purchase Committee at a meeting here on Wednesday approved a total of 21 proposals, including the import of 100,000 mt of wheat and 50,000 mt of non-basmati rice.
McDonald’s to close 169 outlets in India
New Delhi, Aug 22 (AP/UNB)- McDonald’s India has announced it will close nearly 170 McDonald’s outlets in northern and eastern India after the American fast food giant decided to terminate a franchise agreement with its Indian partner.
The all-women morning kitchen market ‘Bou Bazaar’ of Chandpur
Dhaka, Aug 20 – If anyone visits Chandpur municipality, a district down on the bank of the mighty Meghna in the mid-eastern part of Bangladesh, one should not miss a unique kitchen market on its Mayor Road where all the…
Berlin confce on Rampal Power Plant and alternative energy held
Berlin – The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports in Bangladesh (NCBD), European Network has demanded the cancellation of Bangladesh Government’s ongoing heinous project of 1320 MW Rampal Coal based power plant situated near world…
Meat trader against cattle import ahead of Eid
Bangladesh Meat Merchant Association (BMMA) today demanded stopping the import of cows from neighbouring countries to protect the local farmers and tannery industry. Leaders of BMMA made the demand at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity auditorium in the…
The new world order is leaving the US behind
American allies have decided Trump is simply not someone they can do business with. by James Gibney Of all the global consequences of President Donald Trump’s first half-year, surely one of the most surprising is the rise in multilateral diplomacy.
Putin aligns with Xi in crafting the new world (trade) order
By Pepe Escobar History will record the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing marked the juncture where the 21st century New Silk Roads assumed their full character of Globalization 2.0, or “inclusive globalization,” as defined by President Xi Jinping in…
Qatar waives visa for 80 nations
Qatar has announced a programme to allow visa-free entry for citizens of 80 countries to encourage air transport and tourism amid a two-month boycott imposed on the Gulf state by its neighbours. Nationals from dozens of countries in Europe and…