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Markets in Bangladesh: Business Report 2014  

http://www.researchandmarkets.com has announced the addition of the “Plant Oil Market in Bangladesh: Business Report 2014” report to their offering. The organization also published reports on Animal Husbandry Equipment Market, Dried Vegetables and Mushrooms Market, Research and Markets: Mineral Fertilizer Market in Bangladesh. These reports are comprehensive research of markets in Bangladesh. vegetable-marketThe reports start with giving brief country profile for Bangladesh,...

EU urges higher pay for garments in Bangladesh

Global brands should raise the price they pay to Bangladeshi garment makers so that they can provide a living wage to workers, a European Union politician said yesterday. “There are many of us who feel that this is important and the EU parliament also feels that this is important,” Jean Lambert, chair of the EU delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia, said at a media briefing at the EU headquarters in Dhaka. EU ParliamnetLambert called in Bangladesh to participate in the inaugural Dhaka Apparel Summit, organised b...

Dhaka-Colombo stepping forward to sign FTA

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are stepping forward to close Free Trade Agreement (FTA) deal between the two countries, mentioned Industry and Commerce Minister of Sri Lanka when ICC Bangladesh President Mahbubur Rahman called on him at his office in Colombo recently. Photo-ColomboICCB President Mahbubur Rahman assured the Minister all possible cooperation of the private sector. "I will brief our Commerce Minister and request him to expedite the FTA process for expanding trade between the two countries ,"   said Mahbubur Rahman. Respon...

Ecnec okays 2 projects for 4 lac new power connections  

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) yesterday approved the expansion of two rural electrification projects aimed at providing power connections for some four lakh new clients. The electrification projects will cover 11 districts in Barisal and Khulna Divisions, which would require a total cost of Taka 1,834 crore. The districts are Jhalkati, Patuakhali, Pirojpur, Bagerhat, Jessore, Jhenidah, Khulna, Kushtia, Magura, Meherpur and Satkhira. ecnecThe approval came from an ECNEC meeting held at the NEC conference room...

Exports bounce back in Nov after two months of falls

Bangladesh exports rose 9.27 per cent in November from a year earlier to $2.4 billion, driven by an increase in garment exports and ending two straight months of declines, government data showed on Monday. export-importExports from July to November, the first five months of the financial year, inched up 0.92 per cent to $12 billion from a year earlier, the Export Promotion Bureau said. Readymade garments, comprising knitwear and woven items, fetched $9.69 billion in July-November, compared with $9.65 billion in the same period a y...

2 deals inked with Bhutan

Bangladesh and Bhutan today signed two agreements, including one on trade which will allow the two neighbouring countries to enjoy duty-free export of 90 items to each other. Another agreement is on allocation of a land at Dhaka city’s Baridhara diplomatic enclave to Bhutan for the construction of its embassy. bd-bhutanCommerce Minister Tofail Ahmed and Bhutan’s Economic Affairs Minister Norbu Wangchuk inked the agreement on trade for their respective counties, while Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and his Bhutanese counterpart Rinzin Do...
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