Required infrastructure development, enhancing the efficiency of workers and adequate support from the government can help Bangladesh’s RMG sector hit a US$ 50-billion export by 2021, speakers said here on Sunday. Stakeholders of the country’s readymade garment industry came up…
The 37th Social Business Design Lab took place on 15 November 2014 at the Grameen Bank Bhaban. Hundred and fifty participants and observers from national and international organizations including Dr. Cecep Effendi Director General of Centre on Integrated Rural Development…
Speakers at an orientation course have stressed for establishing of an effective value chain system to benefit both producers and consumers by ensuring production of more hygienic milk and its fair price.
Bangladesh will send out an impressive message to its partners in the global apparel market through the first-ever ‘Dhaka Apparel Summit-2014’ to be held here next month helping global stakeholders to come out from the negative perception about the sector.…
Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Centennial Fund (TCF) and Saudi deputy Foreign Minister, hands over the 2014 Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Global Entrepreneurship Award to Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus.
Nobel Laureate Professor Yunus addressed on May 23 the plenary of the 7th Astana Economic forum and 2nd World Anti-Crisis Conference on 23 May in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan. The Astana Economic Forum brings together world leaders, academic experts and…
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus addressed a convention of French youth, titled as SenseMorning organized by Danone Communities and youth organization MakeSense. French Minister of Youth and Sports were among the youth attending the convention. The goal of the meeting…
Only 20 tonnes of paddy collected in 20 days of the drive The target to procure Boro paddy and rice is unlikely to be achieved in the district due to higher prices of the food grains in the local markets,…
Second European Social Business Week was held in Lund and Malmö on 12–16 May, 2014. Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus participated in the week long Forum as the chief guest. Social problems in Europe and their solutions were discussed and…
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Saturday said the foreign investors have come back in a big way to invest in Bangladesh after the January 5 election though the domestic investors are still reluctant. “I’m very happy. They’re (foreign investors) coming.…
Police recovered the body of a garment factory official from his workplace at Tongi in the city on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Alamgir Hossain, 38, assistant accountant of ‘Zaber and Zobayer Garment’ situated at Pagar of Tongi.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) to form a team with local engineers and expert professionals for designing and constructing the country’s big structures like bridges and tunnels. She also stressed the importance…
The historic May Day is being observed in the country on Thursday as elsewhere across the world with a fresh vow to establish the rights of workers. The May Day, also known as International Workers’ Solidarity Day, commemorates the historic…
Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed, president, Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Sunday underlined the need for protecting intellectual property rights to ensure development of different sectors of the economy including the Film Industry by protecting it…
US Senator Robert Menendez has urged the Bangladesh government and BGMEA to take steps to end the ‘suppression’ of fledgling unions to help keep ‘Made in Bangladesh’ brand shining globally. “If the BGMEA and the government of Bangladesh do not…
Rushanara Ali, MP on Thursday said workers in Bangladesh garment industry and worldwide, deserve the right to safety at work as well as better conditions and pay. “However, one year on, there’s still so much that needs to be done.…
Readymade garment (RMG) workers here on Sunday demanded that the victims of Rana Plaza building collapse and their families be compensated by April 24 next, the first anniversary of the tragedy. They came up with the demand at a human…
Milk Vita products output has declined at least 30 per cent following the wildcat strike by the workers protesting gross violation in recruiting of 540 workers on master roll. “The production of Milk Vita has fallen by 81,876 litres of…
The deadlock over the funding of Shikalbaha 225 MW Combined Cycle Dual Fuel (Gas & FO) Power Plant project is now over as the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED), one of the four major co-financiers of the project,…
The apparel sector has demanded the waiver of duties on the import of building and fire safety equipment in the next budget to ensure safer working condition in readymade garment (RMG) factories. They said the exemption would enable them to…
A pragmatic strategy needs to be worked out urgently to help grow the country’s real estate sector smoothly and ensure housing for middle- and lower middle-income groups at an affordable cost, speakers told a seminar here on Sunday night. Terming…
Speakers at a seminar on “Fatigue Properties of Steel” in Bangladesh underscored on Saturday the need for ensuring fatigue test before use of steel rod and other steel products in construction works. They said that most people involved in civil…
Founder President of Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) Selima Ahmad has won the coveted ‘Oslo Business for Peace’ Award this year. The Oslo Business for Peace Award is the highest form of recognition given to individual business…
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) in association with International Finance Corporation (IFC), and Small and Cottage Industry Training Institute (SCITI) has been running training courses for the new entrepreneurs since March 3 with regular interval.
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus met with Mr Michael Sommer, the Chairman of the German Federation of Trade Unions on April 8 at the residence of German Ambassador Dr. Albrecht Conze. Mr Sommer and his delegation are in Bangladesh on…
The government has decided to form a committee to resolve the complaints of readymade garment owners and workers. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said this after a meting with US Ambassador to Dhaka Dan Mozena on Tuesday. “The workers often lodge…
British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB) has won Asia’s top business award, ‘Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Award (AREA)-2014 on Green Leadership’. The award was handed over to BATB in a grand ceremony in New Delhi, India recently. Liberation War Affairs Secretary KH…
The authorities are in a fix whether to hand over the land of the state-owned Rangamati Textile Mills for setting up a power plant or to build a medical college and hospital. The Cabinet Economic Affairs Committee approved a proposal…
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Monday said the database of workers at the country’s thousands of garment factories will open on April 7. The minister was talking to journalists after a meeting with the visiting European Parliament delegation led by…
The High Court on Sunday granted bail for six months to Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana in a case filed by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) under the Building Construction Act. However, the Jubo League leader has to remain behind the…