Japan withdraws US$25m aid from BTCL project for attempted corruption
A Bangladesh government probe committee found five top officials of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTCL) guilty of attempted corruption, inefficiency and failure …
Bangladesh among worst places to work: Garment sector found to be key culprit
Bangladesh is one of the ‘worst’ places in the world to work, where workers’ rights are not guaranteed, according to a global …
Boosting export by devaluating currency in Bangladesh
Bangladesh Taka (BDT) is likely to lose its value against major currencies as the relevant authorities are mulling appropriate measures to prop …
Consolidation in the Bangladesh textile industry unavoidable
Bangladeshi ready-made garment (RMG) manufacturers are increasingly sourcing fabrics from abroad due to high price and quality concerns of the local fabrics. …
Flats sale, land transfer hit rock bottom
Bangladesh’s real-estate market has been going through a sluggish trend at least for the last eighteen months with the sales of both flats and …
Korean Export Processing Zone at serious risk
Instead of handing over the Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) to the investor, the government of Bangladesh plans to take back part of …
Is Bangladesh losing it’s pot of gold – the garment business – to Africa?
Bangladesh’s ready-made garments (RMG) exporters fear losing market share following a dip in sales in Western countries including the USA over the …
Board of Investment (BoI) will be replaced
A new authority will replace the Board of Investment (BoI) and Privatisation Commission (PC) under a merger scheme, now underway at the …
Dhaka needs to remove its rocky anti-FDI atmosphere
Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Mr. Lee Yun-young has said Bangladesh should come out from protectionism and open up its market for foreign …
‘Welfare Associations’ to negotiate for rights at Bangladesh EPZ
The Government of Bangladesh today approved, in principle, draft of a labour law for Export Processing Zones (EPZ) with the provision to allow …