The Hazaribagh, or “Thousand Gardens,” neighborhood in Bangladesh’s capital city of Dhaka has no trees or flowers. Instead, the industrial area is saturated with toxic chemicals from more than 200 leather tanneries polluting the air, water, and soil. The stench of animal hides, garbage dumps, and furnace smoke is so foul, some locals wear face masks. “It’s a shameful way to live,” says Gul Dulali, 27, a mother of two living in a one-room shack next to a bubbling gray stream.
Bangladesh’s leather exports are a $1 billion-a-year industry, according to the Bangladesh Export Promotion Bureau. Competitive prices and improved quality have attracted an increasing number of importers from Asia and Europe. Almost all of the country’s leather production, 80 percent, is exported. As with Bangla...
New Food market report by Business Monitor International holds a cautious outlook towards the Bangladesh agriculture sector. The latest finding of high levels of toxic substances in poultry feed bring s much cause for concern as it reflects on the low food safety standards employed by the country, even in its largest agriculture sector.
Indeed, structural problems still plague the industry. In the medium term, for example, the frequent occurrences of strikes, or hartals and road blockages will keep our o...
The government this evening signed a Tk 8,707 crore agreement with a Chinese company for the river training works of the Padma Bridge project.
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he river training works are the second most costly component of the US$ 3 billion project.
Padma Bridge project director Shafiqul Islam and deputy chief engineer of Sonohydra Corporation Ltd inked the agreement on behalf of their respective sides at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka.
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, Bridges Division Secret...
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Bangladesh is welcome to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as a founding member, and the two countries must enhance cooperation in trade, agriculture, infrastructure development and maritime industry.
Xi made the remarks Saturday morning during his meeting with visiting Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid, who is in Beijing for a dialogue on strengthening connectivity partnership.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets wit...
For the first time since 2006, the Republican Party will control both chambers of the U.S. Congress, signaling an uphill battle for the Obama administration to gain support for contentious foreign policy and aid initiatives in the next two years.
Republicans won back the U.S. Senate and expanded their hold over the House of Representatives in Tuesday’s midterm elections. The party needed just six seats to regain control over the Senate and secured seven by late Tuesday evening.
What does this mean for the leadership of committees overseeing U.S. foreign aid and policy?
Once again noting that Bangladesh is becoming an Asian Tiger, US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena on Tuesday said the country’s pharmaceutical industry will play a great role in this regard.
He made the remarks while talking to reporters after visiting Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd factory at Tongi at noon.
Mozena said Bangladesh is currently producing world-class drugs that are earning reputation at home and abroad. “It’s encouraging.”
Earlier, at his arrival at the factory, Beximco Pharma managing director Nazmul Hassan welcomed ...
