Time and again the government of Bangladesh has reiterated its commitment to ensure the dignity and protection of short-term contract migrant workers.

It is the cardinal policy of Kuwait to stand by its friends throughout the world. The late Amir of the State of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber Al-

Remittances received from short-term international contract migration are one of the three important driving forces that have contributed to the transformation of Bangladesh into a low middle-income country.

Democratic practice in Kuwait is imbued in the Kuwaiti entity itself. His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Amir of

An “economic miracle”—that's how leading international newspaper the Financial Times described Bangladesh in an article last year as it showered praises over our economic achievements.

As we step into the 57th Year of our glorious independence it is both a privilege and a pleasure for me to convey my fraternal

Anyone who visits Dhaka for the first time may be excused for thinking that Bangladesh is a rich country with millions of automobiles.

Fatema, 20, the sole breadwinner of her family, migrated to Saudi Arabia in search of solvency. She purchased a ticket to her dream destination at the cost of Tk 20,000 though the actual cost was much higher.

After apparels the pharmaceuticals industry has been one of the success stories of Bangladesh in the last three decades.

The formation of Accord and Alliance in 2013 and their activities for workplace safety in the RMG sector have led to important organisational learning for Bangladesh.

In the last two years, Bangladesh's economic expansion has been quite impressive from the perspective of GDP growth rate, which was seven-plus percent both years, according to figures from government and other sources.

Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world with a population of 166 million living in an area of 56,977 square miles. The sex ratio of this massive population is almost 50/50.

Bangladesh is well-poised to be considered for graduation from the LDC group at the next review of the UN's Committee for Development Policy (CDP) in March 2018.

In today's globalised and highly competitive world, individual countries invariably operate as part of the “global value chain.”

Export diversification has proven to be a formidable task for Bangladesh. If anything, export concentration—more specifically, dependence on readymade garments (RMG)—has increased further.

There was a time when Bangladesh was solely depended on importing computer machineries from abroad. Back in 1990s the industry started to grow, import started to go up and we still were solely dependent on importing to

You'll certainly raise an eyebrow once you learn that Bangladesh is now exporting software and ICT related products to more than 50 countries around the globe, and some of them are developed countries.

In the past few years, Bangladesh has been going through a digital revolution. Its economy is growing at 7%, and soon we'll be citizens of a middle-income country.

Bangladesh is emerging as a digital device manufacturing country in the global technological sector.

Late January news broke that big data sourced from the fitness devices was unwittingly giving away the aerial locations of secret US Army bases in places like Kandahar, Afghanistan.