Bilateral trade between South Korea and Bangladesh reached a new height in 2022, exceeding $3 billion, nearly 40 per cent up from the previous year.
Bangladesh to hold presidential election on February 19
The tenure of President Abdul Hamid will end on April 23. Lawmakers in Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) elect the president for a five-year term in Bangladesh’s parliamentary form of government while one c …
Korea-Bangladesh bilateral trade exceeded $3b in 2022
He expected Bangladesh business sector to take advantage of the preferential trade policy of Korea that provides duty and quota free access to the Korean market for 95 percent of Bangladesh products …
BNP to hold protest rallies in Dhaka, other cities across Bangladesh
The organisers said the program is meant for registering a protest against the introduction of one-party Baksal rule by Awami League on this day in 1975 …
How is the Bangladesh market responding to digital credit?
Given Bangladesh’s social-economic realities, is it rational to run a ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ (BNPL) model in our country?
Surging crime, bleak future push Rohingya in Bangladesh to risk lives at sea
Mohammed Ismail says four of his relatives were killed by gunmen at the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh between April and October last year. He recalls the September night when, he says, he …
Time for Bangladesh to develop skilled human resources for the blue economy industry
The Bangladeshi ocean-based industry is estimated to be worth nearly $6.2 billion and is considered a huge prospect. We need a pool of skilled and dedicated human resources who will be able to work ef …
GIZ coordinator: “Low labour costs alone will not guarantee Bangladesh’s economic development”
FashionUnited spoke with Werner Lange, cluster coordinator at GIZ, German association for international development, in Bangladesh about the country’s future.
Act fast to straighten up the financial sector
Looking back on our achievements after 50 years of Bangladesh’s independence, we can say that the country has reached a satisfactory level in overall development indicators. But the main goal will be …
Isn’t it time we stopped running after the GSP?
I am not ruling out the possibility of Bangladesh being granted a place in the GSP+. I would rather argue that we need to also prepare for a time when we can stand on our own two feet as far as …