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B’desh sppured to adopt smart manufacturing
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:40pm on March 01, 2017
Experts and businesses from home and abroad on Wednesday said that Bangladesh could achieve the target of being a manufacturing destination in the region through...
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164 businesspeople get CIP status
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 10:31pm on February 27, 2017
A total of 164 businesspeople got CIP status in export and trade categories for outstanding performances in their respective fields in 2013....
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Uber sued over trade theft charge
Reuters . San Francisco | Updated at 10:33pm on February 25, 2017
Alphabet Inc’s Waymo self-driving car unit sued Uber Technologies and its autonomous trucking subsidiary Otto on Thursday over allegations of theft of its confidential and...
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Rice price down in India, up in Vietnam
Reuters . Hanoi/Bangkok/Mumbai | Updated at 11:33pm on February 23, 2017
Indian rice prices fell as overseas demand waned while prices in Vietnam rose with some traders speeding up purchases to complete their signed February export...
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Dhaka stocks end flat amid topsy-turvy trading
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:33pm on February 23, 2017
Amid volatility, Dhaka stocks finished flat on Thursday, the last trading session of the week, with decline in share prices of most traded scrips amid...
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Traders continue to sell meat at exorbitant prices
Mostafizur Rahman | Updated at 10:14pm on February 22, 2017
Traders continue to sell meat — beef and mutton— at exorbitant prices four days after the end of their six-day strike that was called in...
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Meat traders’ strike ends
Rashad Ahamad | Updated at 10:09pm on February 18, 2017
Meat traders will set their next course of action today as their six-day strike in the Dhaka city ended on Saturday...
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Lack of skilled professionals challenge for pharma export
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 09:57pm on February 18, 2017
Country’s leading pharmaceutical manufacturers on Saturday said that penetrating overseas markets was a big challenge for Bangladesh’s pharmaceutical sector despite having huge export potential as...
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Limited progress in export diversification, job creation major challenge: WB
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:29pm on February 15, 2017
Limited progress in diversifying exports, low skill intensive exports, high cost of doing business and employment generation are the major challenges for development of Bangladesh...
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Capital machinery importers now get 30 months to settle payment
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:28pm on February 15, 2017
The country’s importers of capital machinery will now get 30 months to settle payment against their imported items after filling up the letters of credit...