Although eight months have passed since the closure of six sugar mills, there has been little progress in modernising them owing to red tape.

The government has taken a special initiative to increase the volume of garment export to the US markets, as the shipment of apparel items to the country’s single largest export destination is growing on the back of high demand.

Weavers and clothing entrepreneurs in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar usually take on loans to make Manipuri clothing items as they get ready for higher sales ahead of Eid festivals.

Label Makers, a Bangladeshi company, is going to establish a garment accessories plant in Dhaka Export Processing Zone with an investment of $1.14 million.

The Ministry of Textiles and Jute has issued a circular stating that no company or individual will be allowed to stockpile more than 1,000 maunds of jute for more than one month.

The revenue authority has slashed import tariffs on rice until October 30 this year to facilitate private purchases from international sources and contain prices of the staple food in the domestic market.

The use of information and communication technology (ICT) has to be increased to create skilled human resources to address the challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, according to speakers at a webinar held yesterday.

The use of information and communication technology has to be increased to create skilled human resources to address the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution, speakers said at a webinar today.

The revenue authority is likely to slash import tariffs on rice for nearly three months to October 30 to facilitate private purchases from international sources and contain prices of the staple food in the domestic market.

Malls and markets reopened yesterday after closures for nearly three weeks owing to lockdowns imposed to combat the resurgence of Covid-19 infections.

National Fisheries Week will be observed across the country from August 28, according to Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has not only pulled Bangladesh out of the wreckage caused by the war but took visionary steps to plant the seeds of economic prosperity for the country, said speakers yesterday.

Most look forward to the monsoon season every year, but that is not the case for residents of the Pagar Alerteg area adjacent to the Tongi Industrial Zone of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC).

Walton Hi-tech Industries saw its profits double in the recently concluded fiscal 2020-21, riding on higher sales of air conditioners and refrigerators past an earnings decline for the pandemic.

The Asia Garment Hub, a one-stop digital knowledge platform, was launched today to help industry stakeholders understand, promote and operationalise decent work and sustainable business practices across the supply chain.

A legal consultant will be hired for assisting the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by Petrobangla under the Department of Energy and Mineral Resources.

The dispute between garment and spinners over the prices of yarn could be resolved amicably after both sides softened their stances, in relief for Bangladesh’s apparel industry rebounding from the pandemic-induced shipment collapse.

Car importers and retailers in Bangladesh are in a tight spot as they are finding it difficult to keep businesses running because of the plunge in sales caused by the second wave of coronavirus infections.

The government has decided to publish the data for the gross domestic product (GDP) on a quarterly basis, a senior official said yesterday.

Vegetable farmers in Khulna are being unable to secure fair prices for their produce as the ongoing coronavirus crisis has disrupted the supply of these crops to different parts of the country, including Dhaka.