বিজিএমইএ, বিকেএমইএ এর যৌথ উদ্যোগে মতবিনিময় সভা

বিজিএমইএ ও বিকেএমইএ এর যৌথ উদ্যোগে আজ ১৩ নভেম্বর ২০১৩ তারিখে বিজিএমইএ কমপ্লেক্স এর নুরুল কাদের অডিটোরিয়ামে “ঊীপযধহমব ড়ভ ারবংি ড়হ ঈড়সঢ়ষরধহপব ওংংঁবং ড়ভ জগএ ংবপঃড়ৎ রহ ইধহমষধফবংয” শীর্ষক একটি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ মতবিনিময় সভার আয়োজন করা হয়। মতবিনিময় সভায় বিজিএমইএ সভাপতি জনাব মোঃ আতিকুল ইসলাম, বাণিজ্যসচিব জনাব মাহবুব আহমেদ, শ্রমসচিব জনাব মিকাইল শিপার, ঢাকাস্থ নেদারল্যান্ড দূতাবাসের […]

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Hundreds of Bangladesh factories closed after labor unrest over wage hike

By Sheuli Akter DHAKA, Nov. 13 (NsNewsWire) — All the garment factories at a mega industrial belt Ashulia on the outskirts of Bangladesh capital Dhaka  remained closed Wednesday following workers’ unrest over wage hike.. Citing security concerns, the apex body of Bangladesh’s woven garment manufacturers Tuesday night decided to shut down all the Ashulia garment factories. […]

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Tourists stay away from Bangladesh during turbulent political times

Bengal Tours, a leading inbound tour operator, had around 100 visitors from Europe and Japan due in between October and the first week of November but all of them abandoned their planned trips, according to Masud Hossain, the company’s executive director. Local tour operators in Bangladesh are passing through a slump with foreign visitors calling […]

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H&M Grabs More Control of Asia Factories Amid Bangladesh Unrest

Three decades after it started doing business with suppliers in Bangladesh, Hennes & Mauritz AB (HMB) is seeking greater control of production in a nation where it is among the largest purchasers of clothing. H&M this year agreed to become the sole client of two factories in Bangladesh and one inCambodia, helping convince building owners to offer satisfactory […]

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Indian CEOs to attend Commonwealth biz forum in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) — Eleven high-profile officials of Indian companies have arrived here for a major Commonwealth business forum, though the Indian prime minister has opted out of the upcoming Commonwealth Summit in Colombo for human rights concerns, said the Indian High Commission here on Tuesday. The 11 chief executive officers (CEOs) belong to […]

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Bangladesh Violence Closes 100 Garment Factories

DHAKA, Bangladesh November 11, 2013 (AP) –Garment workers demanding higher pay have clashed with police and attacked factories in an industrial belt on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s capital. The workers have rejected a proposed 5,300 takas ($66.25) monthly minimum wage, a raise by 77 percent. They demand 8,114 takas ($100) instead. Industrial Police Director Mustafizur […]

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Enhancing Agricultural Productivity in Bangladesh

  DHAKA, Nov. 10 (World Bank Press Release) — The Integrated Agricultural Productivity Project supports the Government’s priority to improve agricultural productivity and ensure food security for the people.  The project aims to enhance the productivity of agriculture in the flash-flood and drought-prone northern districts of Rangpur, Kurigram, Nilfamari, and Lalmonirhat;  and salt-affected tidal surge areas in the southern districts of Barisal, Patuakhali, Barguna and […]

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Malaysia announces 6.5 mln USD fund for promoting social businesses

DHAKA, Nov. 9 (Yunus Center Press Release) — Dato’ Sri Haji Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia, addressed the closing session of the second day of the Global Social Business Summit in KL on Friday. In his address at the Summit, he said that social business, developed by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, was a […]

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Global Social Business Summit 2013 Opened Today in Malaysia

DHAKA, (Yunus Center Press Release) — The Global Social Business Summit 2013 opened today at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in KL, Malaysia. This is  first time that the Summit has been organised in Asia, and is being attended by 600 delegates from all over the world. The program began with an electrifying performance  by […]

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