Marcelo Carlos Sesa, ambassador of Argentina in Bangladesh, met with Anwar Hossain, administrator of BGMEA and vice-chairman of the Export Promotion Bureau, at the EPB office in Dhaka on Monday...
HOW many women in your life are affected by gender-based violence 鈥� your mother, sister, partner, or friend? What if we all took responsibility to protect them? Every day, millions of women live in fear 鈥� fear of physical abuse, emotional manipulation, and harassment. Gender-based violence is a silent epidemic, often hidden behind closed doors or disguised as cultural norms. What鈥檚 often ignored...
Business leaders have urged the government to take immediate steps to improve the law and order situation, and ensure energy supply to address their challenges in operating business activities.
At least five people were injured as a passenger bus overturned and fell into a roadside canal in Meradia area of Banasree in Dhaka on Saturday...
Dhaka University on Thursday introduced a shuttle bus service for its students for the first time on the campus...
The grand finale of BIZ Verse 2024, a prestigious national-level inter-university business case competition, concluded successfully at BRAC University recently...
The Japan External Trade Organisation on Tuesday said that more than 70 per cent of Japanese businesses were dissatisfied with the business environment in Bangladesh...
Former prime minister Imran Khan鈥檚 spouse Bushra Bibi, in a brief address to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf rally participants, reiterated her call for the party founder鈥檚 release as the convoy from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa entered Islamabad鈥檚 limits on Monday, reports DAWN.com...
German business confidence fell more than expected in November, a key survey showed Monday, amid political uncertainty following the collapse of the country鈥檚 coalition government and Donald Trump鈥檚 US election win...
British business lobby group, the CBI, on Monday hit out over the Labour government鈥檚 tax hikes on firms, saying the 鈥榟eavy burden鈥� risked cuts to hiring and investment...
Small businesses in the United States are facing the twin challenges of tighter credit availability and the rising inability to pay back loans, the Federal Reserve said Friday...
Over half of the routes for the Dhaka city buses are now in inactive condition, said officials of Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority on Thursday...
A microbus driver was hacked to death allegedly by rivals over a piece of land at Naogaon sadar upazila on Wednesday...
Walmart reported a jump in third-quarter profits Tuesday behind solid US sales and gains in its e-commerce business as the retail behemoth lifted its full-year financial forecast...
AB Bank won awards for excellence in Mastercard Business (Financial Inclusion) and Excellence in Mastercard Debit Business (Domestic) 2023-24 on Saturday, says a press release.
The police on Thursday identified the dismembered body found wrapped in polythene at Rupganj in Narayanganj as dyeing businessman Jasim Uddin Masum...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday said that no one, even the prime minister, will not be able to abuse power arbitrarily in future Bangladesh...
More than 400 women and witnesses have come forward in the past six weeks alleging sexual misconduct by late Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, UK lawyers announced on Thursday.
The country鈥檚 leading businesses on Thursday asked the interim government to ensure uninterrupted supply of gas and power to industries and to remain alert to factory unrest hampering production.
Experts and labour leaders on Thursday said that the government and the global brands could play a crucial role in promoting responsible business conduct within the readymade garment supply chain by upholding national and international standards to enhance workers鈥� quality of life and social security...
The inter-district bus communications between Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj was resumed on Wednesday, two days after the transport workers had enforced an indefinite strike on Monday morning over a trivial matter...
The United Nations fact-finding mission investigating rights abuses and atrocities committed during the July-August mass uprising is likely to finalise its report by the first week of December...
People continued to suffer immensely as the inter-district bus communications between Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Tuesday...
POWERFUL business tycoons, who had been close to the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, have swindled $17 billion off the banking sector, as the Bangladesh Bank government has said in an interview with the Financial Times, during the 15 years of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League. The central banker is reported to have said that the tycoons...
The Bangladesh Business and Disability Network and SME Foundation have signed an agreement that outlines a shared commitment to advancing the agenda of accessible financial services for entrepreneurs with disabilities, with a focus on advocacy, product development and capacity-building initiatives in the banking and financial sectors...
Bushra Bibi, the wife of Pakistan鈥檚 ex-prime minister Imran Khan, was released from jail on Thursday, his party said, nine months after she was imprisoned alongside him in the run-up to elections.
The Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh on Sunday demanded improved city bus services and separate bus lanes to solve the traffic congestion crisis in the Dhaka city.
IN TODAY鈥橲 world, credit is a unique or 鈥榮pecial鈥� form of money that is not fully convertible or exchangeable with other forms of currency. People agree that credit is both a resource that allows current needs to be met, but it is simultaneously a liability that requires future repayment, normally with interest. Credit, in this sense, is unique because to...
Business leaders on Saturday sought better business climate in the country and said that issues like law and order situation, rising interest rates and other macroeconomic challenges must be addressed as these factors have impacted the economy negatively...
Weeping parents laid flowers and toys on the coffins of 20 children killed in a Thai school bus inferno, along with three teachers, as five days of funeral prayers began on Thursday.
