Over 400 out-of-work women garment workers have received training in recent two events in a bid to establish business relations with different public and private sector actors, potential input and output market actors through backward and forward linkages. In partnership with the Women Entrepreneu
Mr Chris Grune from Cactus Materials, USA, a developer of cutting-edge proprietary nanotechnology-based solutions for long-lasting antimicrobial and antifouling properties for clean water, recently had a meeting with Mr Shaikh Yusuf Harun, executive chairman of BEZA. During the meeting, Cactus Mat
The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) recently hosted a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme titled “Transfer Pricing and Its Practical Implication”. The event took place in the ICMAB Ruhul Quddus Auditorium on Sunday, according to a pres
Dhaka South City Corporation has fired a driver and two cleaners for negligence after the death of a schoolboy who was run over by a garbage truck in Mugda. The driver, Md Kamal, employed another person named Md Rubel to drive the truck that ran over and killed Mahin Ahmed, a seventh gra
The Open School of Bangladesh Open University (BOU) on Monday hosted a seminar titled ‘Empowering Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs: Unleashing the Potential of Online Entrepreneurship’. The seminar was organised in collaboration with the Bangladesh Online Entrepreneurs Association (BOEA) on th
The contentious issue of the rights of the country's workers has long vitiated the country's international trade. Now the ministry concerned has come up with amendments to the labour law in order to address the problem. To be introduced to parliament in the next session beginning on May 02 for pass
There was a time when the urban middle class ruled the state or was about to be born. Never mind if people were not sure what it meant or how they were defined. The urban middle class was basically understood as a socio-economic category who stood guard over the national "spirit" whatever that mean
'How universities are cracking down on a swell of tension months into student protests over Israel's bombardment of Gaza'. This sentence is the heading of a CNN report of April 28 on campus unrests in the USA. The mentioned CNN heading makes it clear that the university authorities are not listeni
Almost two months after the end of the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) of the World Trade Organization (WTO), there is still not adequate efforts in the country, as a graduating LDC, to move ahead and look beyond the MC13. Some critical areas need to be pushed up, however. It is to be noted tha
বাংলাদেশ সিকিউরিটিজ অ্যান্ড এক্সচেঞ্জ কমিশন এর চেয়ারম্যান পদে পুনঃনিয়োগ পেয়েছে অধ্যাপক শিবলী রুবাইয়াত-উল-ইসলাম। এ উপলক্ষে তাঁকে ফুলেল শুভেচ্ছা ও অভিনন্দন জানিয়েছেন ইনভেস্টমেন্ট কর্পোরেশন অব বাংলাদেশ (আইসিবি) এর পরিচালনা বোর্ডের চেয়ারম্যান অধ্যাপক ড. সুবর্ণ বড়ুয়া বলে এক সংবাদ বিজ্ঞপ্তিতে জানানো হয়
বাংলাদেশ স্ট্যান্ডার্ডস অ্যান্ড টেস্টিং ইনস্টিটিউশনের (বিএসটিআই) হালাল সনদ ব্যবহার করে ব্যবসায়ীরা বিদেশে পণ্য রপ্তানিতে কোনো বাধার সম্মুখীন হচ্ছেন কি-না সে বিষয়ে প্রতিষ্ঠানটি মত বিনিময় সভা আয়োজন করেছে বলে এক সংবাদ বিজ্ঞপ্তিতে জানানো হয়েছে। রবিবার বিএসটিআইর প্রধান কার্যালয়ে স্টেকহোল্ডার
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University on Monday organised an international seminar titled "Sustainable Ocean Economy: Advancing Bangladesh’s Blue Growth". Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Nazmul Hassan and BSMRMU Vice-Chancellor Rear Admiral Mohammad Musa, among dignitaries, at
