Tag: trade

The price of oil fell below $95 per barrel Friday after new signs of a choppy economic recovery in the U.S.

Bennett Model helped pioneer the exporting of garments from China in 1975, the year before Mao Zedong died, and ever since, his New York fashion company has searched for other countries, from Guatemala to Vietnam to Indonesia, capable of supplying…

Installation of 864-kilometre gas distribution pipeline in the country’s south-western region is unlikely to start before January next year as the “Southwest Region Gas Distribution Network Project” has been facing delay in the approval process.

A three-day exposition of medical equipment and pharmaceuticals began here on Thursday.

A mobile court had sealed seven private clinics in Hariankundu uapzila town in Jhenidah on Tuesday for irregularities.

It fears that the European Union will tear up agreements which give preferential access to Bangladeshi garments in order to pressure Dhaka to improve safety standards.

ICC Bangladesh president Mahbubur Rahman will lead an 18-member Bangladesh delegation to the ICC-WCF (World Chambers Federation) and 8th World Chambers Congress (WCC) to be held at Qatar National Convention Centre in Doha.

The 10-day long India International Mega Trade and Industry Fair opened on Tuesday and the Bangladesh pavilion is already popular with all.

Despite Bangladesh’s effort to import electricity from neighbouring Myanmar, there is no virtual progress in this regard in last two years. 

The Indian Rail Coach Factory (RCF) may soon export 50 AC broad-gauge coaches to Bangladesh early next year.

From the time coal is scooped from the depths of the Spring Creek strip mine in Montana’s wide-open Powder River Basin until it travels more than 6,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean to power plants in South Korea, the price…

Country’s tea export may face a severe setback after three years if necessary steps are not immediately taken for increasing its production.

Telenor will invest in the 3G mobile facility in Bangladesh through Grameenphone, the visiting Norwegian Trade and Industry Minister Trond Giske has said.

Voicing deep concern at the fresh spell of countrywide shutdown calls, apparel sector’s trade bodies — BGMEA and BKMEA — on Sunday said the exporters had to count additional losses of around Tk 250 crore because of air shipments due…

Dhaka is going to host a ‘brainstorming’ dialogue among Bangladesh, India and Bhutan this month to move forward the sub-regional connectivity and hydro power issues with Bhutan and Nepal via India.

Bangladesh’s extensive diplomatic efforts and constant lobbying have helped ensure the export of one billion dollar readymade garments (RMG) export to Canada, and paved the smooth way for future export, said an official release on Thursday.

GSP facility is crucial for Bangladesh to benefit from the ongoing World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations for duty-free access of products from Least Developed Countries (LDC), US ambassdor Dan Mozena has said.

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will begin issuance of VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) licences from March 25 legalising the business, according to informed sources.

Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), the world’s biggest retailer, could move some of its apparel manufacturing out of Bangladesh, according to a report published in Women’s Wear Daily.

India’s arecanut imports from Bangladesh constituted 84 percent of the total imports during the first nine months of 2012-13.

The price of oil fell below $92 per barrel Tuesday as traders absorbed the impact of choppy economic data from China and stock markets showed signs of fatigue after big gains.

Petrol-pump and tank-lorry owners-workers called off their indefinite strike on Monday evening.

World number one golfer Rory McIlroy has signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement with Nike as the US sportswear company moves on after dropping disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong last year.