Industry insiders also say there is a huge growing demand in Europe as vegetable prices in those countries are very high …
Next banking day in Bangladesh? That’s Monday
The Bangladesh Bank has ordered commercial banks to allow transactions for three and a half hours daily during a strict lockdown over the coronavirus outbreak starting on Thursday.
Challenges ahead for Bangladesh
After satisfactorily achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Bangladesh was included in the LMIC group and its place there was confirmed in 2018. The second confirmation requirement has …
Elephants led to safety after Bangladesh beach ordeal
Two elephants were being led to safety Wednesday after crossing from Myanmar to Bangladesh, getting stranded on a beach and nearly dying at sea. Separated from the rest of their herd, the male and …
Bangladesh draws smartphone assembly as brands eye growing market
International mobile phone brands Nokia, Samsung, Vivo and others are increasingly choosing to set up manufacturing ventures in Bangladesh to avoid the South Asian country’s high import tariffs and …
Turkey bans direct flights from Bangladesh, Brazil, South Africa, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka
Turkey’s Interior Ministry issued a circular stating that the country suspended flights from Bangladesh, Brazil, South Africa, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka as of July 1 and until further notice.
Variant surge at border forces Bangladesh into new lockdown
In a state-run hospital near Bangladesh’s border with India, Shahinul Islam prays his father does not become one of the facility’s more than 300 patients who’ve died this month from the coronavirus.
Factory lockdowns in Bangladesh pose familiar retail threat
A resurgence of COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh may hamper apparel production for H&M and other retailers, a new report suggests. Why it matters: Bangladesh is one of the biggest ready-made garment …
Looming lockdown in Bangladesh threatens apparel retailers H&M, Levi’s, S&P Global says
H&M and Levi’s are at risk of facing heightened supply chain disruptions, as regions of Southern Asia brace for another lockdown, according to a new report.
RPower begins equipment exports from its Samalkot project to Bangladesh project to cut debt
Reliance Power has started the export of power equipment from its Samalkot project in Andhra Pradesh to its Bangladesh project, a move that will help the company pare debt of nearly Rs 1,500 crore.