Jagaran Chakma

One factory will go into operation at the Mirsarai Economic Zone (MEZ) next month and another five by June next year as the country’s largest industrial enclave is all set to open its doors to both local and foreign entrepreneurs.

With much pomp and circumstances, Xi Jinping in October 2016 arrived in Bangladesh, the first visit by a Chinese president in 30 years.

The domestic market of electrical products and wiring solutions is growing fast thanks to the rapid urbanisation, increased availability of electricity and rising purchasing power of the general mass.

In 1905, construction began of a palatial house in Dhaka. That resplendent Mughal architecture-style building today is known as Bangabhaban, the official residence and principal workplace of the president of Bangladesh.

Just two years ago, Bangladesh was dependent on imports to meet 95 percent of its demand for motorbikes. But the situation has completely reversed: Today, around 96 percent of the two-wheelers plying on the roads are either locally manufactured or assembled, industry people said.

India wants its Exim Bank to monitor the projects it is financing in Bangladesh.

Just a decade ago Bangladesh was almost fully dependent on import to meet its demand for refrigerators. But the situation has reversed, with about 80 percent of the demand now met by locally-manufactured ones.

A form of pavement capable of instantly allowing huge amounts of water to seep inside is now being offered in Bangladesh by German

In a surprise development, prices of mild-steel rod fell in Bangladesh owing to lower demand, the fall of raw material prices in global market, and the slow start of development projects in the first quarter of the current fiscal year.

Daily sales of truck—a major goods carrier—fell 26 percent year-on-year in 2019 owing to bank’s liquidity crisis and a slowdown in

Bangladesh has become self-sufficient in production of meat and egg, the two best sources of good-quality protein and micronutrients.

Out of the seven cement manufacturers listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), earnings per share of three companies rose in recent quarters while the rest witnessed a decline.

The Mirsarai economic zone is all set to provide gas connections to industrial units which are taking shape inside it.

Furniture businesses along Begum Rokeya Sarani in the capital’s Mirpur have been hit hard by severe gridlocks stemming from the

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Bangladesh’s economic growth to be 7.6 percent this fiscal year, which is 0.6

India has asked Bangladesh to complete all official procedures of the projects under its second and third lines of credit with the view to speeding up implementation.

Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT), one of the largest terminal operators in Saudi Arabia, is keen on making investments under public-private partnership to develop Bangladesh’s port infrastructure and maritime sector.

Air conditioner sellers have posted strong sales amid persistent hot weather throughout the entire period of April-July and rising disposable income of people.

Japanese Sojitz Corporation and local Energypac want the Bangladesh government to get involved in their $2-billion plan to build a seaport and energy industrial park in Chattogram under a public-private partnership (PPP).

Refrigerator sales has failed to see a usual pre-Eid surge this year, which retailers and manufacturers reason for the dengue outbreak across the country and floods in the north and hilly regions.