Mango intercropping with various cereal crops especially paddy has been gaining momentum in the region including its vast Barind tract as the growers in general are being interested towards the farming.In the wake of adverse impact of climate change, the…
The Bangladesh Bank has ordered suspension of all financial transactions through mobile banking until 5pm Tuesday at the Election Commission’s ‘request’, a senior bank official says.
Farmers of the district are expecting a bumper production of Boro as they are getting maximum output of the paddy in most of the areas during the current season.
Whisper it, but the next challenge for financial markets and policymakers may not be deflation, but the remarkable surge in oil prices from the six-year low touched in January.
Volkswagen’s supervisory board Chairman Ferdinand Piech unexpectedly resigned on Saturday after losing a showdown he provoked with Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn.
McDonald’s french fries might not be the best things for your health, but they could soon be a little less destructive for the planet. On Tuesday, the fast food giant announced that it planned to eliminate any links to deforestation…
Over 200 readymade garment factories have shut down in the last one year, leaving more than 150,000 workers jobless as a fallout of the Rana Plaza collapse.
The Cabinet has cleared an agreement to export unused submarine cable bandwidth to India that will fetch Bangladesh $1.2 million every year.
Financial Times has chosen Professor Muhammed Yunus as one six greatest Finance Pioneers of all time. In the March 31, 2015 issue in an article entitled “Business Pioneers in Finance” Professor Yunus has been placed alongside Warren Buffett, Amadeo Giannini,…
China’s central bank on Sunday cut the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves, the second industry-wide cut in two months, adding more liquidity to the world’s second-biggest economy to help spur bank lending and combat slowing growth.
The Group of 20 leading economies struck a hopeful tone on the outlook for global growth on Friday, even as officials fretted that Athens’ inability to strike a deal with its lenders could upset Europe’s tentative recovery.
The 71st Social Business Design Lab organised by Yunus Centre took place on 16 April 2015 at the Grameen Bank Bhaban. The half day long programme was chaired by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus. It brought together more than 130…
The International Monetary Fund highlighted an increasing divergence in the growth paths of the world’s major economies this year, as a pick-up in the euro zone and India is expected to be offset by diminished prospects in other key emerging…
Sejal bamboli Don’t be surprised, I am not saying Branoo is as big as FlipKart but my research is saying that they have all possibilities to be the Flipkart of Bangladesh. Definitely they need to run a long race. The…
Bangladeshi readymade garments have lost competitiveness for ‘several irrational conditions’ imposed by buyers of foreign countries, particularly those from Europe and North America, say businessmen.
Bangladesh Bank has told banks and financial institutions to find women interested in starting industry and trade.
Train communications of Dhaka with Chittagong and Sylhet were restored on Monday morning after three and half hours disruption following the derailment of a train at Nalchhata in Kaliganj upazila.
Kazi Akam Hossain, president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry has hinted that a general election enlisting the participation of all political parties is expected soon after the city elections in Dhaka and Chitagong scheduled for…
German apparel and footwear brands should promote workers’ rights in their global operations by publicly disclosing the factories producing their products, says Human Rights Watch.
Bangladesh is currently the fifth top bicycle exporter to Europe, though it was itself an importer a decade back.
Oil prices dropped on Tuesday after activity in China’s factory sector fell to an 11-month low and as Saudi Arabia said its production was close to an all-time high.
Dr Atiur Rahman Both the public and the private sector have the responsibility to make their services more humane, and respond to any disaster or human losses as part of their social responsibilities. Recognising that without embracing the disadvantaged population segments into…
A mobile court has realized Taka 70,000 as fine from 11 business establishments for selling date expired medicines and food in unhygienic conditions in the district town here on Sunday.
Saudi Arabia’s OPEC governor Mohammed al-Madi said on Sunday that he believed it would be difficult for oil to reach a price range of $100-120 per barrel again.
By dint of its gradually increasing demand and lucrative market price, scores of growers have become happy over the maize farming both in rabi and kharip seasons in Rajshahi region, especially Barind tract and Chalan Beel areas.
Worldwatch Institute’s State of the World 2014 explores the role of ethical capitalism in the quest for sustainable economies Washington, DC- Entrepreneurs are beginning to challenge business as usual, infusing ethics into the notoriously ruthless corporate world. In State of the…
Paschimbanga Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday proposed opening a joint business television channel to promote trade and business between Bangladesh and India. “You can open a business channel jointly. We’ll welcome it,” she told a special business session at…
Construction work of the Mongladob Bridge on a local canal at Mongladob point on the Kolkond-Tentultola-Betgari road in Gangachara upazila was inaugurated at a ceremony Saturday afternoon.
Farmers of this district expect a good harvest of onion in the current year as all the ingredients including climatic condition are favourable in this onion producing area.
Speakers have asked the branch managers and other field staffs of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) to speed up its farmers-level lending activities for boosting agricultural production to face the gradually increasing food demand.