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The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) has released the country-wise export data for the July-April period of the fiscal year 2022-23, showcasing a remarkable growth of the readymade garments (RMG) sector. The total RMG exports during this period reached a significant milestone of USD 42.63 billion,...
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The government has already managed to procure26,620 tonnes of coal to meet the demand of power plants and to ease the power production. A Chinese-flagged ship, MV J Hai, carrying coal for the Rampal Thermal power station arrived on June 10. This will improve electricity situation promptly...
The government took an initiative to increase the export of mangoes few years back. In continuation of that, this year the exporters have set a target to double the export of mangoes.The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has set a target of around 10,000 tonnes of exportable mango production...
Entertainment
Juboraj Shamim’s film ‘Adim’ is going to be released in the theaters of the country soon. He is currently busy with that campaign. However, before the release of the movie in the country, he gave another good news to the audience.It will be screened at a film festival in Bulgaria a...
The country's apparel export earnings reached USD 38.57 billion during the July-April period of FY 2022-23, that is 9.09 percent higher over that in the same period of the previous fiscal year.The information was revealed by the latest data released by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) on Wednes...
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, the busiest airport in Bangladesh, is all set to get a new terminal. The airport authorities had announced that the new terminal will be inaugurated in October but it will take another year to start its operation.The construction work of the third terminal had...
Business
Bangladesh needs to give more emphasis on safer food processing and safer ink for packaging largely to prevent the transfer of harmful chemicals from the ink used in packaging the food items.It is widely known that the ink used in food packaging materials in Bangladesh largely contain harmful toluen...
Most of the shopping malls and other commercial buildings in the city have been built over the yearsdefying official regulations, as a result, safety issues, particularly in regard to fire, is largely ignored.Among the shopping malls and markets of the capital 635 shopping malls and markets in the c...
Bangladesh ranks second in the export of Readymade Garments (RMG) to the European Union (EU). According to Eurostat statistics, the European Union (EU) apparel imports from Bangladesh increased by 35.69 percent in 2022 compared to that in 2021. Confirming this, Bangladesh Garment Manufactu...
Saudi Arabia has removed the condition of minimum age for performing Hajj. The Religious Affairs Ministry revealed the information through a notification on Monday. On the other hand, the Saudi government has decided to reduce the expenses of Bangladeshi pilgrims in ‘B’ and &l...
In view of the current situation of book distribution, the government is thinking of printing books ahead of schedule for next year.This year, national curriculum and textbook board (NCTB) authorities could not hand over all the textbooks to all the school students on time. Due to this bitter e...
Iqbal Bahar Zahid is a well known person in the field of entrepreneurship and youth development. He is recognized for his remarkable efforts to reduce frustration and encourage entrepreneurship among young unemployed people.Zahid is the founder of the Youth Entrepreneurship Development Foundation (Y...
Bangladesh's apparel exports to the European Union increased by 15.04 percent from USD 11.94 billion to USD 13.73 billion while apparel exports to the United States decreased. Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Director Md Mohiuddin Rubel confirmed this infor...
The country’s information and communication technology (IT) sector has the potential to earn USD 50 billion by 2041. The industry, government and academia have to work together as the main condition for building a Smart Bangladesh.State Minister for Information and Technology Zunaid Ahmed...
The video game industry is now a multi-hundred billion dollar market worldwide. Bangladesh can earn billions of dollars even if it can capture a part of that market. To capture that market, world-class games must be developed locally. Along with that, games should be spread all over the world.S...
Freelancers are also remittance warriors of the country, they are earning foreign currencies. This number of warriors can be increased several fold if the country’s large number of unemployed people can be bought under formal freelancing.Bangladesh Freelancer Development Society Chairman Dr Ta...
Bangladesh readymade garments (RMG) export has hit a record growth in the European market recently. According to the latest data published by the European statistics organization EUROSTAT, between January and November 2022, the European Union bought 38.39 percent more garments from Bangladesh t...
Air fares for Hajj pilgrims are increasing day by day and if such situation continues Hajj pilgrims fear that many aspiring hajjis would be discouraged from performing hajj in the near future.In the last 7 years, air fares for Hajj pilgrims have increased more than 30 percent compared to earlier. Co...
Although there is almost one and a half months remaining for Ramadan to begin, the prices of goods used in the month of fasting have started increasing in the country’s markets.Every year in the month of Ramadan there is a high demand for products like oil, sugar, chickpeas, gram flour, pulses...
As there is no alternative to polythene bags, its rampant use has gone beyond the control of the authorities concerned across the country. Use of the banned polythene bags are going on unabated that is creating serious threat to human life as well as the environment.As they (authorities concern...
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