The appellate tribunal should be designed like the administrative appellate tribunal to put an end to the harassment faced by workers when it comes to settlement of disputes, said a lawmaker yesterday.

DataBird, a Bangladeshi IT company working on building an internet ecosystem, recently celebrated the winning of six innovative ideas at the Grand Finale of DataBird LaunchPad 2021, held yesterday at the BCC auditorium, ICT Division, Dhaka.

Most people living in Maheshpur village in Bakerganj upazila of Barishal are involved in the pottery making business.

The geographical location of Chattogram’s Kalurghat industrial area puts nearly every factory there at high risk of natural disasters, including waterlogging, floods and cyclones, in the next 25 years to 50 years.

Entrepreneurs in Bangladesh need as many as 39 approvals from various government agencies before their goods are released from Chattogram port, a sad circumstance that hurts businesses, a new report said.

State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali today said Cox's Bazar is being connected to different parts of the country by air to attract more tourists.

Beximco Ltd is going to build a solar utility-scale power plant in Gaibandha with a cost of Tk 1,700 crore.

Two foreign merchant ships have finally been able to berth at the ​​Mongla seaport after facing a five-day delay due to navigability issues.

Google on Wednesday said it will invest $1 billion over the next five years to allow for faster and more affordable internet access and support entrepreneurship in Africa.

Potato farms cover about half of the 67,000 hectares of arable land in Dhaka’s Munshiganj district, making it the region’s main cash crop.

The country’s call centre industry is set to undergo fast growth as the government alongside private entities such as banks has started to provide many services through helplines.

Broadband users will not have to pay any bill in a month if their internet connection remains down for three consecutive days, said the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).

Switzerland today proposed to sign an aviation agreement with Bangladesh.

Farmers in Nilphamari district of Rangpur division began harvesting their early-flowering aman paddy halfway through September, bringing a sense of festivity to the area.

Spinners yesterday asked garment exporters negotiating prices of apparel items with buyers to be aware of the price of cotton that has started to rise again in global markets.

Vietnam has expressed interest in launching direct flights between Hanoi and Dhaka to facilitate the travel of tourists and people of the two countries.

The time has come for the manufacturers to invest more in waste management and recycling of products to ensure the sustainability of the business, experts and entrepreneurs said at a webinar today.

A company’s way of raising funds should be determined by analysing its financial statements so that its sustainability does not face any threat, said Tanzim Alamgir, managing director of UCB Investments, a merchant bank.

Revenue collection soared nearly 15 per cent to Tk 34,548 crore in the July-August period of the current fiscal year from Tk 30,160 crore, powered by a recovery in economic and business activities since lifting of the countrywide lockdown early August.

A huge demand for coal in China has had a butterfly effect that may reach Bangladesh’s construction, garment, and power generation industries as the highly-required fossil fuel is becoming increasingly expensive in global markets.