24th Anniversary of The Daily Star (Part 1) / BSTI or City Corporation, whose law to follow?
On one hand we have the standards set by the sole quality control institute of Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI), while on the other we have those laid down by the Pure Food Rules, 1967.
24th Anniversary of The Daily Star (Part 1) / Agro-based industires: Regulatory hindrances and government role
BANGLADESH enjoys a big comparative advantage compared to many other countries in producing and exporting a wide range of agro based products to the world's markets where there is a huge and growing demand for the same.
24th Anniversary of The Daily Star (Part 1) / GSP suspension - blessing in disguise?
Prompted by the Rana Plaza disaster that killed about 1137 workers in April 2013, the US government suspended duty-free privileges it had granted under the GSP programme to products exported from Bangladesh.
24th Anniversary of The Daily Star (Part 1) / Banking sector: Regulations, compliance and good governance
The global financial and economic crisis started in 2007 as an aftermath of the housing sector bubble coupled with aggressive lending practices in the US sub-prime mortgage market and lax regulation of the financial sector.
24th Anniversary of The Daily Star (Part 1) / How Much Speed We Get
Well, that's one way of defining it. The cool way to describe it would be: 'The Next Big Binary Bang'.
24th Anniversary of The Daily Star (Part 1) / Mobile technology in health and agriculture service deliveries
Acombination of rapid proliferation of mobile technologies coupled with improved connectivity has opened up innovative possibilities for ICTs in last-mile service delivery like never before.
