Intexpo begins in city
A two-day Indian textile exhibition titled ‘Intexpo Bangladesh 2016’ began in Dhaka today to tap the growing business potential especially that of man-made fibers (MMF) textiles.
The Synthetic and Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council (SRTEPC) of India in association with the Indian High Commission in Dhaka is organizing the expo.
The expo is also backed by the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IBCCI) are supporting the expo.
“India exported MMF textiles worth $ 134.05 million in 2010-11 fiscal which now stood at $
Fishermen to turn dolphin saviours in Bangladesh
Akkas Ali is a fisherman from Dublar char, a remote island located off the coast in Bangladesh’s Bagerhat district. He has been fishing in the Bay of Bengal for almost 20 years and has been a witness to the slaughter of dolphins. Most of these deaths were accidental – the dolphins became entangled in the nets of fishermen, and died. In the last two years three dolphins were killed after being trapped in Akkas Ali’s own fishing nets.
At least five species of dolphins and several species of whales can be found between the coast of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, and the Bay of Bengal. The rivers of the mangrove forest are the habitat of Gangetic river dolphins and Irrawady dolphins.
According a 2010 joint survey conducted by the US-based Wildlife Conservation So...
Benham Pharma unveils its new logo
Benham Pharma has unveiled its new logo with the commitment to conduct their business with responsibility in the growing pharmaceuticals market.
On Sunday night, Major General Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman, Director General of Drug Administration Department, unveiled the logo in the Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka.
At the time of this event, he said “drug is not just an ordinary commodity. The way drug can play an important role in case of saving lives, the same way it can also cause unavoidable 
Evaluate students’ co-curricular activities: Nahid
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid today called for evaluating extracurricular activities in educational institution alongside the national curriculum ones of the students in getting government grants.
"The government has also taken steps to evaluate the extracurricular activities including sports 
and cultural issues of students before sanctioning the government's grants for the particular educational institutions," he told an annual sports and cultural competition of IPH School and College at Mohakhali here, reports BSS....
and cultural issues of students before sanctioning the government's grants for the particular educational institutions," he told an annual sports and cultural competition of IPH School and College at Mohakhali here, reports BSS....
Workshop on expansion of banana fiber in Narsingdi
Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) and BURO Bangladesh jointly organized a workshop for commercial expansion of banana fiber-based products on 29 May 2016 at Regional Cooperative Institute at Doghoria in Narsingdi district under the project ‘Socio-economic empowerment of women through promotion of natural fiber-based products from agricultural wastages’. BWCCI in partnership with BURO Bangladesh has been implementing the project to build capacity of 2000 women entrepreneurs for producing handicrafts from banana and pineapple fiber, thus to reduce poverty and empower women with the funding support from European Union and Ministry of Industries, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh under its Bangladesh INSPIRED programme.
Ms. Gulshan Nasrin Chowdhury...
Huawei sues Samsung for infringing patents
On May 25, 2016, Huawei filed lawsuits for patent infringement against Samsung in the United States and China, including District Court for the Northern District of California and Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court. In these lawsuits, Huawei seeks compensation for Samsung’s infringement of Huawei’s intellectual property, including valuable patents relating to cellular communications technology and software used by Samsung's mobile phones.
As a major holder of standard essential patents relating to cellular networks, Huawei is committed to licensing these patents on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms, but it believes that it is entitled to reasonable compensation from firms that use its technology without such a license. Ding Jianxing, President of Huawei's Intellectual ...
