Bangladesh's exports rose 21.15 percent to $2.37 billion in October from a year earlier, driven by stronger overseas sales of garments, official data showed on Thursday.
Exports from July to October, the first four months of the 2015-16 financial year, rose nearly 5 percent to $10.13 billion from the same period a year earlier, 3 percent short of the target, the Export Promotion Bureau said.
Sales of garments, comprising knitwear and woven items, totalled $8.24 billion in the July-October period, ...
National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) yesterday houored its former directors for their contribution in bringing the cost of heart diseases treatment within the reach of ordinary people.
Recalling their contributions for the expansion of treatment facilities for cardiovascular diseases, on Thursday the
current director of NICVD Prof STM Abu Azam handed over crests and gifts amid an emotional environment at its auditorium in the capital.
Those who were accorded awards were former directors--Prof Abu Zafar, Prof MA Zaman, Prof M Jalal Uddin, Prof M ...
Leading mobile phone operator Robi has recently contributed to the Government’s Labour Welfare Fund (Shramik Kalyan Tahabil) for the profit made by the company in 2014. The contribution was made from Robi’s Workers’ Profit Participation Fund (WPPF).
Robi’s Chief Corporate and People Officer Matiul Islam Nowshad handed over a cheque worth BDT 44,416,635 to
Hon’ble State Minister for Labour and Employment, Mr. Md. Mujibul Haque.
Mr. Md. Faizur Rahman, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment was also present at the cheque handover cerem...
The business leaders of International Business Forum of Bangladesh (IBFB) strongly raised the issue of revival of GSP facilities of Bangladeshi products in the U.S. market in a meeting with the U.S. State Department in USA. Mr. Hafizur Rahman Khan, President of IBFB & Chairman of Runner Group of Companies and Mr. Mahmudul Islam Chowdhury, Founding President of IBFB, Chairman of Khan Bahadur Group & former Mayor of Chittagong, discussed about GSP issue in a meeting with the officials at the U.S. State Department held on Tuesday, 03 Nov 2015 in Washington DC. Apart from IBFB leaders, Mr. Kurt W. Tong, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, Mr. Gilbert Morton, Officer for Bangladesh Affairs in the State Department and other officials were p...
edotco Bangladesh Co. Ltd., a telecom infrastructure company signed an agreement with Systems Solutions & Development Technologies Ltd- (SSD-Tech), country’s renowned software solutions provider at a city hotel today (Thursday, November 5
th ). The agreement will help SSD-Tech to expand their network coverage across the country, in both big cities and rural areas.
Mr. Darryll Sinnappa, Managing Director, edotco Bangladesh, signed the agreement on behalf of edotco, while Mr.
Rayan Rahman, Head of Finance, signed on behalf of ...
India, the world’s biggest cotton producer, is likely to export 6.8 million bales in the 2015/16 season, up 18 percent from a year ago as demand from Asia is expected to improve, a senior government official told reporters on Tuesday.
Higher exports will cap global prices, but raise domestic prices and help bring down government purchases at the support price.
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A farmer harvests cotton in his field at Nani Kadi village in Gujarat, India, October 20, 2015. R...
