Country’s exports fell 5.6 percent in September from the same period a year earlier to $2.24 billion, the Export Promotion Bureau said on Monday, 18 percent below target.
For July-September, the first quarter of the country´s 2016-17 financial year, exports rose 4 percent to $8 billion from a year earlier, the Export Promotion Bureau said.
Shipments of readymade garments, comprising knitwear and woven items, totalled $6.66
billion in July-September, up 3.5 percent on-year.
Garment exporters attributed the September dr...
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s groundbreaking visit to Bangladesh this week is expected to raise bilateral relations to new heights and result in investment to boost Bangladesh’s economic growth.
The visit, ahead of the eighth BRICS summit in Goa starting Saturday, will be a “milestone,” Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Kong Xuanyou said at a press briefing on Monday in Beijing, the Xinhua News Agency reported, adding that deals would be inked, and that bilateral relations would be strengthened.
During his state visit, Xi will meet with President Abdul Hamid, National Assembly Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury, and hold talks with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
“This is the first state visit [to Bangladesh] from a Chinese head of State for the past three decades,” Jiang Jing...
Eight lakh ready-made garment (RMG) workers across the country are set to get benefit from an occupational safety and health training programme.
The occupational safety and health training programme launched in the capital city yesterday. Entitled the Essentials of Occupational Safety and Health (EOSH), is an innovative training package developed by the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) International Training Centre in Turin, reports BSS.
The training programme is being delivered by the Bangladesh Employers Federation (BEF) with the support of the ILO and financed by Canada, the Netherlands and United Kingdom, according to a release.
![]()
Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, the granddaughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has been inducted into the shadow cabinet of UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
She will be joining Shadow Minister of Education Angela Rayner’s team of four as the Shadow Minister of Early Years education, reports BSS.
“Delighted to join the brilliant @AngelaRayner in Shadow Education team - we will battle to hold gov to account on education and early years,” Tulip tweeted.
Her appointment comes after a shadow cabinet shake-up by Jeremy Corbyn following his re-election as Labour leader.
The cabinet today gave the final approval to the draft of “The Accreditation Council Law, 2016” aiming to ensure quality of higher education, particularly the university education, in Bangladesh.
The approval was given at the regular weekly meeting of the cabinet held at Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
After the meeting, Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam briefed reporters.
He said the approval of the draft law was giv...
Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited (AIBL) has donated Tk.1 (One) lac to Abu Sayeed Shakhawat Hossain, of Bangladesh Agriculture University, Mymensingh to carry-on his research works for developing food, milk and other improvements of cattle.
In this connection, Managing Director Md. Habibur Rahman handed over a cheque to PHD student Abu Sayeed Shakhwat on 10 October 2016 under the Banks CSR program.
Among others Deputy Managing Directors Kazi Towhid...
