- Case filed over JU student's death caused by e-rickshaw on campus
- Standing beside people armed forces became symbol of confidence: Chief Adviser
- Bashundhara Shuvosangho supports human chain against attack on students
- Hollywood films ‘Wicked’ and ‘Red One’ set to premiere in Bangladesh
- Bangladesh tennis team beat Yemen
- Advisor Syeda Rizwana Hasan urges for minimum and grant-based Allocation in COP29 negotiations
- Nations criticise vague climate finance deal at UN talks
- We’re reviewing election irregularities, plans punishment: Badiul Alam Majumder
- Death toll in Gaza surpasses 44,000
- International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials
- Dengue takes 9 lives in 24 hrs
- Govt unveils treatment plan for injured in July-August movement
- Battery rickshaw blockade suspended until Saturday
- Akbar to be banned for two NCL matches
- Two bodies recovered in Naogaon
- Chief Adviser proud bringing Khaleda Zia to Senakunja
- I believe in free, fair, and credible election: CEC
- Shafik Rehman secures bail
- Former UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott dies at age 86
- Khaleda Zia makes first public appearance at Senakunja in 12 years
BUILD, GIZ launch project on analyzing export data
Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) in collaboration with Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) launched a project on Enhancing Export Data Transparency for the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) under the Programme for Sustainability in the Textile and Leather...
Dinosaur skeleton goes for 6 million euros in Paris sale
The skeleton of a 22-metre-long dinosaur (70 feet) fetched six million euros ($6.4 million) Saturday, journalists learned from auction houses Collin du Bocage and Barbarossa, reports BSS, citing AFP. Report says, an anonymous collector snapped up the vegetarian apatosaurus, which was excavated...
Businesses scuffle amid rising interest rates
The business sector in Bangladesh is grappling with a crisis due to successive increases in loan interest rates. Rising costs have stalled investments, creating widespread challenges. Business leaders point out that while consumer loan rates are typically raised globally to curb inflation, in...
CA appoints 3 special assistants to aid home, health, education advisers
Chief Adviser to the Interim Government Prof. Dr Muhammad Yunus has appointed three special assistants with the status of state minister, according to a gazette notification issued in Dhaka on Sunday evening. Under rule 3B (iia) of the Rules of Business, 1996, they have been given executive...
Misinformation, media trials cripple businesses
Businessmen continue to face numerous challenges, exacerbated by media outlets that spread false information about various businesses and financial institutions. Critics argue that these unfounded rumors and fabricated statements constitute a form of media trial. The medias intense scrutiny of...
Industrial production slumps amid investment crisis
The country is experiencing stagnant investment due to various issues, including high interest rates, instability in industrial zones and a power and energy crisis. This has stunted job creation, and industrial production has hit rock bottom. Amid the push to create extensive employment for...
Businessmen in fear of decline in investment
Bangladesh Banks effort to control inflation is going on and they increase the policy interest rate thrice in three months. However, the businessmen are in fear of losing investment due to the increase in policy interest rate. According to them, the interest rate on personal debt will be increased,...
Safety for entrepreneurs essential to resolve business crisis: Mir Nasir Hossain
In an interview with Bangladesh Pratidin, Mir Nasir Hossain, the former president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) and former director of Eastern Bank, shared his insights on the countrys state of trade, private sector, and the overall economy. He...
Business owners struggle to bounce back from losses
Following the StudentPeoples uprising that resulted in the collapse of Sheikh Hasinas government, extensive violence erupted throughout the countrys industrial sector. Several factories in Gazipur, Narayanganj, Ashulia, and Savar were vandalized and set on fire. This halted production and...
Businessmen are under pressure
The countrys banks have no liquidity. Customers are coming back from the banks and are being aggrieved. Foreign banks do not guarantee open Letters of Credit (LCs). Murder cases were registered against many businessmen. Bank accounts of many businessmen were suspended. Fearing the future...
FBCCI involved in implementing govt’s agenda
Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), the apex trade organization of the businessmen of the country, is also in top in showing unreasonable obedience to the government whoever comes into power. Some leaders of this apex trade organization seemed to overpass the...