A decision is yet to be reached on whether garment factories would be allowed to be kept running during an upcoming 14-day lockdown beginning July 23.

The Finance Ministry today allocated Tk 212.08 crore for 21,552 workers who were not permanent at jute mills, now closed, under Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC).

The government today fixed the prices of the salt-applied rawhides of cows at Tk 40-45 per square feet in Dhaka and Tk 33-37 across the country.

Finland’s Nokia said on Tuesday it planned to raise its full-year outlook as business picked up pace in the second quarter, sending the telecom equipment maker’s shares up more than 6 per cent.

Jobike has been left crippled by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic as the on-demand bicycle rental service provider had to shutter a majority of its operations in the country.

State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum Monnujan Sufian yesterday urged garment factory owners to clear their workers’ salaries and bonuses by July 19.

A powerful taskforce is needed to overcome the challenges in the potential leather sector, Syed Manzur Elahi, chairman of Apex Footwear Ltd, said today.

Arla Foods of Denmark has risen to fifth place from 14th in a Global Nutrition Index-2021 for consistent improvement. 

Just three or four years ago, Shihari and Dumori villages in Bogura’s Adamdighi upazila were buzzing with activity as some 400 small glass vial factories operated in the area.

Labour leaders yesterday called on the government to form a committee as soon as possible to pay compensation to the victims of the fire incident at Hashem Foods Ltd in Narayanganj.

Competitiveness, skill development and technological advancements are key for Bangladesh to overcome challenges on graduating from the United Nations group of least developed countries (LDC) in 2026, speakers told a webinar yesterday.

Abul Khair Group is now expanding providing oxygen for free to western districts, having given 80 large cylinders to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital last week.

“Most disasters take place in the medium-scale factories,” he said.

Bangladesh is advancing towards taking up the trade of refining gold in a bid to cater to the nearly $230 billion worth global gold jewellery market, meet domestic requirement and curb smuggling.

Various labour rights organisations yesterday demanded exemplary punishment for those responsible for the death of at least 52 workers in a fire at the Hashem Foods factory in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj district.

There is an urgent need for relevant authorities and factory owners in Bangladesh to ensure safe working environments at local production units, said International Labour Organization (ILO) in a statement issued yesterday.

A Tk 58.5 crore project has created interest among farmers to grow foods by using bio-pesticides. And an increased number of growers have switched from using chemical pesticides.

Workers of a garment factory in Narayanganj today blocked Dhaka-Sylhet and Dhaka-Chattogram highways for six hours, demanding salaries and other arrears.

The Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) has recommended the government extend the duty-free raw material import facility to the firms that sell a portion of their goods in overseas markets with a view to diversifying exports.

It may surprise many that a lot of empty containers are lying idle at the private inland container depots (ICDs) in Bangladesh when the ICDs are choked with export cargoes for failing to ship them on time due to an acute shortage of empty boxes.