The Luxembourg-based dredging company Jan De Nul Group (JDN) signed a Joint-Venture agreement with the Payra Port Authority (PPA) of Bangladesh on the on 11 December 2017 for the Payra Deep-sea Port dredging project, valued EUR 550 million setting up a Jan De Nul Group’s subsidiary the Payra Dredging Company Limited (PDCL) under the Public-Private […]
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EUR 550 million dredging deal with Luxembourg-based company
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Sourcing from Bangladesh is expected to be 9% higher
Bangladesh is likely to lose about $2.7 billion in export earnings every year once it graduates from the Least Developed Country (LDC) bracket. Upon graduation from the LDC status, exports will be subjected to 6.7 percent additional tariff as duty-free and quota-free benefits from different countries and trading partners will be withdrawn, according to a […]
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Explosives screening mandatory for direct cargo services to the EU
The European Union (EU) authorities include Bangladesh to the high-risk countries in terms of operating direct cargo services to the EU, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB). The EU Ambassador to Bangladesh Pierre Mayaudon informed this decision at a meeting with CAAB Chairman Air Vice-Marshal Ehsanul Gani Chowdhury at the latter’s office yesterday, meeting sources […]
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Bangladesh workplace deaths double in 2016
Bangladesh has been struggling for repairing it’s damaged reputation as unsafe workplace, particularly after the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory building on the 24th April 2013 killing 1,135 innocent people. It has experienced 1,402 casualties in the workplace last year, according to a report published by the Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS). Last year 699 […]
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Sustainability Compact – Achievements and Challenges
In response to the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in April 2013, the Government of Bangladesh (GoB), the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the European Union (EU) and the United States (joined later) engaged in a joint initiative known as “Compact for Continuous Improvements in Labour Rights and Factory Safety in the Ready-Made Garment and […]
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Bangladesh Sustainability Compact Achievements
Sustainability Compact achievements may be categorised in Technical and Legislative achievements. Technical Achievements: Out of more than 7,000 factories, as of March 2017 approximately 1,580 factories have been inspected and 55 terminated by the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh for reasons of workplace safety. The Government of Bangladesh, in collaboration with the ILO […]
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Bangladesh Sustainability Compact – Tasks Ahead
The visiting delegation of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in the last week of March, led by Socialists and Democrats Co-rapporteur Mr. Arne Lietz, called on Bangladesh to address four issues: full alignment of the EPZ draft law Bangladesh Labour Act with the UN core Labour Convention modalities for establishing trade unions and the […]
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Local value addition of RMG reaches ‘optimal’ level
Local value addition of the Bangladesh’s readymade garments (RMG) industry has reached its ‘optimal level’, according to the latest statistics published by the Central Bank of the country Bangladesh Bank. It’s quarterly review on RMG sector shows that local value addition of the industry was 73.12 per cent in fiscal year (FY) 2008-09, which rose to […]
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Bangladesh Govt. Cash Subsidies for Exporters in FY 2015-16
The government of Bangladesh has released cash incentives amounting to BDT 8.75 billion for disbursement among major exporters for fiscal year (FY) 2015-16. This amount of subsidies will be distributed among the business communities, which export goods, meaning they will still make profit if they even export goods at it’s production costs. 35 billion total annual allocation […]
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Japan wins over China beyond South China Sea – for now
Two major powers in Asia, Japan and China have been all but bosom friends for centuries and now more so. Their rivalry range from fishing into each other waters to space research on one hand and dominance from the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean and beyond on the other. In one of the recent business […]
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Fast Reading
- SALAMCRST: S. Alam Cold Rolled Steels
- TRUSTBANK: Trust Bank Limited
- UNIONCAP: Union Capital
- CITYGENINS: City General Insurance Co
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সাপ্তাহিক ২০০০: ১০ বর্ষ, ০৬ সংখ্যা, ১০ মাঘ ১৪১৪, ২৫ জানুয়ারী ২০০৮
- FIRSTSBANK: First Security Islami Bank
- DBH: Delta Brac Housing Finance Corp
- GRAMEENS2: Grameen One : Scheme Two
- ICB2NDNRB: ICB AMCL 2nd NRB Mutual Fund
- MAKSONSPIN: Maksons Spinning Mills
- NHFIL: National Housing Fin. and Inv
- NORTHRNINS: Northern General Insurance Company
- SAPORTL: Summit Alliance Port
- SPCERAMICS: Shinepukur Ceramics Limited
- STANDARINS: Standard Insurance Limited
- TAKAFULINS: Takaful Islami Insurance Limited
- TITASGAS: Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited
- CONTININS: Continental Insurance
- BDFINANCE: Bangladesh Finance and Investment Co
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Uttara Finance & Investments Ltd BDT 5,100cr scam: UTTARAFIN
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Sourcing from Bangladesh is expected to be 9% higher
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Explosives screening mandatory for direct cargo services to the EU
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Bangladesh workplace deaths double in 2016
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Sustainability Compact – Achievements and Challenges
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Bangladesh Sustainability Compact Achievements
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Bangladesh Sustainability Compact – Tasks Ahead
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Default loans rise to 10.53pc in Bangladesh
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Bangladesh Project goes on violating JICA agreement terms
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FDI into Bangladesh declines as methodology revised to IMF standards
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Local value addition of RMG reaches ‘optimal’ level
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বস্তিবাসী ও বঞ্চিত শিশুদের জন্য বিদ্যাসামগ্রী প্রদান
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Japanese companies rate Bangladesh as top investment destination: JETRO Survey
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Japan withdraws US$25m aid from BTCL project for attempted corruption
