56th World Standards Day today
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution as the national standards organisation has taken various programmes on the occasion of World Standards Day 2025 today.
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ACI hygiene products factory achieves ISO certification
ACI Hygiene Products Factory has recently been awarded the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System certification by the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI)...
BMU VC calls for ethical standards in doctor, pharmaceutical industry relations
Bangladesh Medical University vice-chancellor Professor Dr Md Shahinul Alam at a seminar on Saturday laid emphasise on the need to elevate the relationship between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry to a higher ethical standard...
Accounting: casualty of capital market compliance
IN A world where capital flows increasingly shape the fortunes of developing economies, the importance of transparent and comparable financial statements cannot be overstated. International accounting standards, when properly applied, can help countries attract foreign investment, bolster financial credibility and unlock economic potential. But while the global...
BSTI signs MoU with Russian GOST R
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution and Russia鈥檚 Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology to enhance cooperation in national standards development and quality control...
National Halal Lab, Helmet Testing Lab inaugurated
Industries adviser Adilur Rahman Khan on Monday inaugurated National Halal Laboratory equipped with international standard gadgets at Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution...
Govt should not concede to demands that risk education
The government should consider the demand of the aspiring teachers for non-government educational institutes very carefully because it involves the quality of our teaching standards. In two separate protests in the capital on June 15, people interested in becoming a teacher for non-governmental secondary and higher secondary schools but who failed to meet either the...
IFRS to help SMEs have access to easy investment: Taskeen
The International Financial Reporting Standards will strengthen access to finance and investment, boost global competitiveness and reduce the risks of financial misreporting...
Uncovering, recovering default loans should go together
This is welcome that the central bank has adopted international loan classification standards and changed classification policies to get the actual picture of default loans. But a lack of measures to recover defaulted loans is worrying. The central bank has reduced the timeframe to classify loans as defaulted from the previous 270 days to 180 days. Since the adoption...
BSTI DIRECTIVE: BTRC to stop online sale of substandard products
Industry adviser Adilur Rahman Khan said that the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institute had conducted drives against 15 online organisations based on various complaints of selling fake and illegal products...
BSTI to formulate MEPS standards for LED lamps
National standards and regulatory body, Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution, is going to formulate minimum energy performance standards for LED lamps, focusing on the issue of electricity saving...
GAS-RELATED ACCIDENTS: BSTI to formulate safety standards
The national standards setting and regulatory body, Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution, is going to formulate 17 safety standards to prevent accidents in gas cooking used in households...
World Standards Day today
The 55th World Standards Day will be observed today as the day is being observed every year for creating awareness on goods and services across the world...
Govt must ensure quality telecom services
THE admission of the state minister for telecommunication and information technology that telecom services have failed to achieve global standards came quite late in the day, as consumers have been complaining for a long time about the poor network, call drop, slow internet speed and the quality of the overall services of the...
Govt must stop sales of tainted Indian spices, examine them
THIS is disparaging that Bangladesh authorities are in the dark about the presence of carcinogenic elements in spices of two Indian brands that are sold on the market, especially on e-commerce sites. Food regulators in Hong Kong and Singapore have...
Cancer causing chemicals found in Indian spices
Bangladesh authorities are yet to take any steps regarding the use of spices from two Indian brands that were recalled by food regulators in Hong Kong and Singapore after presence of cancer-causing ingredients were found in them...
