A workshop on “Promotion of Regional Value Chain of Textiles within SAARC Countries” was organised by FISME in Dhaka recently. The workshop was conducted by FISME jointly with the SME Foundation of Bangladesh, an autonomous organisation of the Government of Bangladesh, engaged in development of MSME sector.
The workshop was presided by Syed Md Ihsanul Karim, Managing Director, SME Foundation. International experts on Textiles value chains made presentations at the 
Malaysia, Bangladesh to discuss migrant crisis
Foreign ministers from Malaysia and Bangladesh are to hold talks over a migrant crisis facing the two countries ahead of a summit on the issue.
Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman is to meet his Bangladeshi counterpart Abul Hassan Mahmud Ali on Sunday in Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Malaysia’s Sabah State in northwestern Borneo (Kalimantan).
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Indonesian immigration personnel document a group of rescued migrants from Bangladesh at the confinement area at the Port ...
Indonesian immigration personnel document a group of rescued migrants from Bangladesh at the confinement area at the Port ...
Bangladesh working towards credit upgrade: Governor
Bangladesh’s central bank governor said on Saturday the economy remained stable despite months of political unrest that has killed 120 people and slashed domestic output, and it was working towards a credit upgrade from Standard & Poor’s.
Talking to Reuters on the sidelines of an international conference on the economy, Atiur Rahman said the bank’s proactive approach to promote economic stability 
during three months of turmoil helped Bangladesh to keep its stable credit outlook.
“Despite more than three months long political u...
during three months of turmoil helped Bangladesh to keep its stable credit outlook.
“Despite more than three months long political u...
Workshop on urban climate resilience held in city
Habitat for Humanity Bangladesh organized a National Level Round Table Discussion and Workshop on Urban Climate Resilience on Sunday 17 May 2015 at 10.30 am at Azimur Rahman Conference Hall, the Daily Star Bhaban, Farmgate, Mr. Engineer Khondker Fowze Muhammed Bin Farid, Director, Urban Development Directorate (UDD), Ministry of Housing and Public Works, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh attend the event as special guest. The event was presided over by the National Director of the Habitat for Humanity Bangladesh, John Armstrong.
Egypt’s Morsi sentenced to death
An Egyptian court has pronounced death sentences on ousted president Mohammed Morsi and more than 100 other people over a mass prison break in 2011.
Morsi is already serving a 20-year prison term for ordering the arrest and torture of protesters while in power.
Egypt’s religious authorities will now have to give their opinion before the sentence can be carried out.
Morsi’s supporters from his Muslim Brotherhood movement have described the charges against him as “farcical”.
He was deposed by the military in July 2013 following mass str...
Egypt’s religious authorities will now have to give their opinion before the sentence can be carried out.
Morsi’s supporters from his Muslim Brotherhood movement have described the charges against him as “farcical”.
He was deposed by the military in July 2013 following mass str...
North Korean women arrested in Dhaka for selling Viagra
A North Korean restaurant manager in Bangladesh was arrested in connection with illegal sales of Viagra and alcohol on Friday.
The supervisor of Pyongyang Restaurant in Dhaka, identified as a North Korean woman, had been secretly selling the impotence drug alongside other pharmaceuticals, reported South Korean news agency Yonhap.
Bangladesh’s Customs Intelligence Investigation Department was tipped off about the illegal sale of alcohol – and a raid on Friday uncovered 210 pills of Viagra, other medications, 94...
Bangladesh’s Customs Intelligence Investigation Department was tipped off about the illegal sale of alcohol – and a raid on Friday uncovered 210 pills of Viagra, other medications, 94...
