EPZs to reserve plots for Japanese investors
Bangladesh offered 40 industrial plots in export processing zones exclusively to Japanese entrepreneurs as they have been showing interest for a long time now.
Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (Bepza) and Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) signed an agreement to this effect in Tokyo yesterday in presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Under the deal, Bepza will reserve industrial plots at the Ishwardi, Mongla and Uttara EPZs for the Japanese investors, reports the Daily Star.
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Malaysia to recruit 3 lakh Bangladeshi workers
Malaysia wants to recruit over 3 lakh workers from Bangladesh soon, visiting Malaysian Home Minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said here on Monday.
He conveyed the Malaysian government’s willingness during a meeting with Planning Minister AHM Mostafa Kamal at his office, according to a PID handout. Malaysian High Commissioner in Dhaka Norlin Othman was also present.
Earlier, the Planning Minister requested the Malaysian government to recruit Bangladeshi workers for Mala...
Earlier, the Planning Minister requested the Malaysian government to recruit Bangladeshi workers for Mala...
$30 billion garment exports hinge on tech upgrade
Bangladesh will not be able to raise its garment exports to $30 billion by 2015 and $50 billion by 2021 without improving workers' productivity and upgrading technology, analysts said yesterday.
"The garment sector is going through a transition. Its restructure has become very essential," said Debapriya Bhattacharya, distinguished fellow of the Center for Policy Dialogue.
"Developing the capacity of workers would play a key role in t...
"The garment sector is going through a transition. Its restructure has become very essential," said Debapriya Bhattacharya, distinguished fellow of the Center for Policy Dialogue.
"Developing the capacity of workers would play a key role in t...
Bangladesh becoming Asia’s next major startup hub
Poverty, natural disasters, and cheap labor may be what you would normally associate with Bangladesh, but the country could be Asia’s next major startup hub. “Bangladesh is becoming a land of opportunity,” says Samad Miraly, a Canadian-Bangladeshi angel investor based in Dhaka. “It’s a place where extraordinary people are doing extraordinary things, and no one really knows about it.”
And that’s precisely what a group of Bangladeshi millennials are changing by pla...
And that’s precisely what a group of Bangladeshi millennials are changing by pla...
