The textile industry employs some 4 million people out of a total industrial workforce of about 14 million and produces around 80% of Bangladesh’s exports and about 13% of its GDP
On the Line: Bangladesh’s Energy Woes Complicate Production
Also in this edition: LPP suspends new orders and product-development work in Bangladesh, risking a potential blacklist, while workers at a Myanmar factory have been protesting for higher wages for a …
Bangladesh needs stronger intellectual property rules
As Bangladesh prepares to graduate from least developed country (LDC) status, the country needs to modernise its intellectual property (IP) laws to attract more foreign investment, especially from the …
‘Black’ property law still haunts Bangladesh minorities
In Faridpur district in central Bangladesh, Sanjay Kumar Mitra’s is a well-known face. Mitra, 45, a Hindu and descendant of a once-famous zamindar (aristocratic landlord) family of Pundipur, still …
Bangladesh seeks to unlock global climate finance through literacy, investment-ready projects
Dhaka, Aug. 7 — Bangladesh is intensifying efforts to unlock global climate finance by improving climate literacy, developing investment-ready projects and strengthening partnerships with …
Why Bangladesh’s Startups and SMEs Are Turning to Freelance Talent
There is a quiet but significant shift underway in how Bangladesh’s newer and smaller businesses are being built. A growing number of founders are no …
Sheikh Hasina vows to return, but will Bangladesh accept fugitive ex-PM?
Awami League leader plans to return from India exile despite facing death sentence over 2024 protest crackdown.
ERD hosts high-level dialogue to boost climate finance for trillion-dollar Bangladesh
The dialogue brings together policymakers, development partners and private-sector leaders to identify ways to strengthen Bangladesh’s access to international climate funds and attract greater private …
Bangladesh ex-PM Hasina says ban on her party should be lifted
NEW DELHI/DHAKA, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday that a ban on her Awami League party should be lifted and reiterated that she would return to her …
Bangladesh’s ousted leader Hasina vows return, defying death penalty
Exiled former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return home in December, despite facing a death sentence handed down by a Dhaka court for her role in the suppression …