Social enterprise impact across Bangladesh
The British Council launched two new survey reports titled ‘The State of Social Enterprise in Bangladesh’ and ‘Social Enterprise Policy Landscape in Bangladesh’ today at Hotel Ascott Palace Ltd. in the Baridhara region of the Capital. Produced by the British Council, the study on Bangladesh was led by Overseas Development Institute (www.odi.org) with support from BetterStories, UnLtd and Social Enterprises UK.
The first report, ‘The State of Social Enterprise in Bangladesh’, attempts for the first time to understand the scale of social enterprise activity in Bangladesh as well as the sectors in which social enterprises are focused and the beneficiaries that they support.
It helps to fill our knowledge gap by providing quantitative information about the operations,
BD elected chairman of Asia Pacific Superhighway
Bangladesh has been elected chairman of Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway Working Group for next one year.
United Nations (UN) Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) countries at a high-level forum meeting in Bangkok yesterday supported Bangladesh to lead the Information Highway, a press release said here today.
State Minister for ICT Affairs Zunaid Ahmed Palak joined the forum titled “Interment of 
Opportunity in the Asia Pacific” organised by UN-ESCAP and Internet Society at the Thai c...
Opportunity in the Asia Pacific” organised by UN-ESCAP and Internet Society at the Thai c...
BD seeks Thai support to promote fisheries
Bangladesh today sought Thai expert supports to promote Bangladesh's fisheries sector as its ambassador in Dhaka Panpimon Suwannapongse called on Fisheries and Livestock Minister Muhammed Sayedul Hoque, reports BSS.
"They discussed issues of bilateral issues relating to particularly to fisheries sector when our minister sought the Thai expert supports," a spokesman of the ministry told BSS.
In response, he said, the envoy invited the minister to visit Thai livestock and fisheries installations to get an idea for the proposed mutual ...
"They discussed issues of bilateral issues relating to particularly to fisheries sector when our minister sought the Thai expert supports," a spokesman of the ministry told BSS.
In response, he said, the envoy invited the minister to visit Thai livestock and fisheries installations to get an idea for the proposed mutual ...
‘BB, stumbling block to recovery of stolen funds’
The $81-million cyber heist will not come to a significant conclusion unless Bangladesh Bank resumes its internal investigation, says a Filipino newspaper.
The February 2016 incident of online theft of the BB money deposited with the New York Federal Reserve, rocked Bangladesh and the Philippines banking system.
The Standard reported on Wednesday that recent developments suggested an inferior internal system led to a breakdown in the security of the funds held and managed by the Bangladesh Bank.
“The central bank of Bangladesh, in a way, is the biggest stumbling block to the recovery of the 
Fatal factory fire in Bangladesh is déjà vu
The horror of worker deaths is overshadowing Eid celebrations in Bangladesh. Last weekend, a fierce fire ripped through a three-storey packaging factory and eventually caused the building to collapse. The death toll so far at Tampaco Foils Ltd is 33 workers, with dozens more injured. Before it was reduced to ruins, Tampaco counted Nestle in Bangladesh and British American Tobacco among its multinational clients.
The Bangladesh government has announced compensation for the victims and ordered an investigation. Criminal complaints have reportedly been filed, including against the factory owner, who is a former member of parliament.
But this latest disaster begs the question: how many more people need to die before Bangladesh finally tackles its unsafe factories?
Good days for golden fibre
Jute production has increased and so has new investment in the sector. However, the potential of the product in the international market has not been exploited to the full. If the bottlenecks in this sector can be removed, it would be possible to increase export of jute and jute products to the international market.
Stakeholders highlighted various aspects of the jute sector at a roundtable on "Jute Production and Expanding the Market for Jute Goods: Problems and Potential" on Tuesday. It was organised by Prothom Alo with support from CARE and SWITCH Asia Jute Value Chain Development Project, at the Prothom Alo office in Dhaka's Kawran Bazar.
State minister for textiles and jute Mirza Azam said, the present government has taken several
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