Refayet Ullah Mirdha

An expert of Lufthansa yesterday launched an audit of the security measures at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, around three days after the German national carrier stopped carrying goods from Bangladesh on security grounds.

No flights of Turkish Airlines from Bangladesh were suspended following the attacks at Istanbul Ataturk Airport in Turkey, said a senior official of the airline's Dhaka office yesterday.

France and Germany yesterday offered more than $60 million in low-cost loans to Bangladesh, to speed up remediation process in the

A German team of aviation experts is coming to Bangladesh today to audit the security standards at the international airport in Dhaka, two days after German national carrier Lufthansa stopped carrying direct cargoes from Bangladesh on security grounds, sources have said.

After Australia and the UK, Germany has imposed a ban on direct cargo flights from Bangladesh to any airport in Germany due to security reasons, said a notice of the Federal Aviation Authority of Germany yesterday.

Bangladesh's exports to the UK may greatly be affected due to a possible suspension of duty benefits by the British

Bangladesh will soon start lobbying with the UK for the continuation of the zero-duty benefit following its exit from

The International Labour Organisation urged the government to simplify the process of registration of trade unions at the factory level

In the face of spiralling prices of sugar, Bangladesh Tariff Commission will sit with importers, refiners and traders tomorrow to suggest

The exporters of perishable goods are in trouble again as Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going through a shortage of pallets and other cargo-loading equipment on the ground.

On a mundane Monday, the sun shone brightly in the front yard of the home-cum-factory of Iqbal Hossain and his wife but they were arranging batiks in neat folds, not caring about the heat.

Exports are homing in on the target of $33.5 billion for this fiscal year after May's receipts took the tally to a touching distance.

The corporate tax rate for the garment sector has been slashed 15 percentage points to 20 percent in the forthcoming fiscal year, in what is a middle ground between the demand of apparel manufacturers and the government.

Business leaders have welcomed the proposed budget for continuation of the package VAT system, but criticised withdrawal of the supplementary duty on the import of 1,200 products as the move will discourage the thriving local industries and fail to lure new investors.

Business leaders are expecting a budget that would reduce corporate tax, as the cost of doing business is on the

TUV Sud, a German testing and certification company, plans to expand operations in Bangladesh to exploit the rising business

DBL Group, a leading apparel exporter, is investing $100 million to set up a garment factory in Ethiopia, encouraged by duty benefits

Digi Jadoo Broadband Ltd, a unit of Mohammadi Group, launched digital cable connections to deliver more channels and better services to its customers.

Swedish retail giant H&M began a revolutionary practice in February 2013: it started collecting old garment items

Bangladesh will underline the progresses made in workplace safety in the country’s garment sector since the Rana Plaza collapse in the first EU-Bangladesh joint business council scheduled to be held today.