Mobile phone operators join race to capture broadband market
Bangladesh lags behind comparable countries in skills: expert
Govt short of taka, USD due to financial distress Bangladesh lags behind comparable countries with regard to skills of its human resources, hurting its global competitiveness, while generation of quality employment is insufficient for its development aspirations, said an expert yesterday. “If we want to create or leverage new opportunities for employment generation, skills upgradation […]
Demand for clay utensils on the rise
Demand for clay utensils on the rise After years of oblivion amid a growing market for cheap plastic alternatives, clayware is again experiencing a rise in demand and popularity as it is utilitarian, eco-friendly, and culturally significant. In many hotels, motels, resorts and other tourism and festival-centric scopes across the country, a trend of using […]
Target Africa, Asia, Middle East, for export: PM
Target Africa, Asia, Middle East, for export: PM Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hands over National Export Trophy to 77 exporters in 32 sectors for fetching the highest export earnings in FY2021-2022. In photos (from left): Sajid Azad, director of Ha-Meem Group, receives the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Export Trophy for earning the highest from exports. Ahsan […]
Agro-processors for allowing aromatic rice export
Agro-processors for allowing aromatic rice export Agro-processors have urged the government to allow the export of aromatic rice to increase earnings, according to a press release of Bangladesh Agro-Processors’ Association (Bapa). Bapa said the domestic market for fragrant rice is small. Exports of aromatic rice will result in the shipment of other products, enhancing the […]
Salt on your walls? Protect with a smart solution
Salt on your walls? Protect with a smart solution Efflorescence affects 70-80 percent of homes in Bangladesh. Salinity issues typically arise during or after the rainy season in our country. Once the problem arises, conventional methods of addressing efflorescence involve labour-intensive and temporary fixes. Typically, homeowners resort to breaking the affected plaster and reapplying a […]
Import delivery partially to go outside Ctg port
Import delivery partially to go outside Ctg port On average, 5,000 twenty-foot equivalent units of import containers are delivered from the port every day. The long-awaited demand of businesses to shift the handling and delivery of import cargoes outside the Chattogram port yard is going to be realised soon, albeit partially, as the National […]
Govt may go for quota reforms
Govt may go for quota reforms But won’t act before disposal of the issue at the apex court The government is considering a “logical reform” in the quota system in the public service, but it will not take any initiative to that end or give any assurances until the matter is resolved by the Supreme […]
Rain of Love, Rain of Sorrow
Rain of Love, Rain of Sorrow Kalidas’s Meghdoot and Bangladesh’s monsoon reality We cannot imagine monsoon without waterlogging, especially in Dhaka, despite ongoing promises from local authorities to resolve the issue. It is not unusual for us to experience an intense sense of nostalgia and longing for our loved ones as the monsoon […]
Why are we shy of signing FTAs?
Why are we shy of signing FTAs? Free trade agreements (FTA) are made between countries to lower trade barriers through little to zero government tariffs or subsidies and other means. Most countries sign multilateral FTAs to increase regional trade such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta), the world’s largest free trade bloc, where […]
