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Leaving Bangladesh? Not an easy choice for brands

May 16, 2013
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Leaving Bangladesh? Not an easy choice for brands

Bangladesh offers the global garment industry something unique: Millions of workers who quickly churn out huge amounts of well-made underwear, jeans and T-shirts for the lowest wages in the world. Bangladesh offers the global garment industry something unique: Millions of workers who quickly churn out huge amounts of well-made underwear, jeans and T-shirts for the…

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Tullow sells off Bangladesh stakes for $42m

April 10, 2013
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Tullow sells off Bangladesh stakes for $42m

sources : Tullow Oil, the British oil and gas exploring company, has sold its Bangladeshi operations to KrisEnergy Asia Holdings BV. The final price agreed for the transaction was $42.35 million, Tullow said in a statement yesterday. Tullow has a 30 percent interest in and operates Block 9 on behalf of partners Niko Resources (60…

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Google opens Bangladesh operations

November 6, 2012
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Google opens Bangladesh operations

Search engine giant Google Inc. on Monday appointed first-ever Country Consultant for Bangladesh. One of the global leaders in internet-related products and services, Google has assigned Kazi Monirul Kabir, a seasoned professional in trade and brand marketing, to kick-start its operations in Bangladesh. Kabir was the Chief Communications Officer at Grameenphone and sat on the…

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Bangladesh all set to form a strict MLM law !!

July 10, 2012
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Bangladesh all set to form a strict MLM law !!

Bangladesh all set to form a strict MLM law Millions of Bangladeshis lost their hard-earned money to fraud MLM companies. After massive allegations of cheating people by MLM companies, the Ministry of Commerce, Bangladesh, is all set to form a strict all in coming months. In future all MLM companies will come under tough monitoring.…

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BD set to be a rawhide importing country soon

June 27, 2012
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BD set to be a rawhide importing country soon

Bangladesh is expected to be a rawhide importing country soon because of the increasing demand of its leather goods in the international market, industry insiders said. …………………………………………………………………………. FOR BANGLADESHI LEATHER GOODS : www.quizzi.biz …………………………………………………………………………. The leather goods sector, in the July-May period of the current fiscal year (FY 2011-12), achieved over 60 per cent export…

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The first ever of Local Industry Exports Solar Panel to Malaysia

June 24, 2012
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The first ever of Local Industry Exports Solar Panel to Malaysia

Bangladesh has entered in the era of exporting solar panel as against huge quantity of import of the product from China in the recent years. Customs export sources said that Greenfinity Energy Ltd, a local private manufacturer, has exported the non-traditional high-tech solar panel to Malaysia in a limited scale. Greenfinity said it has exported…

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Political instability worries FBCCI

June 24, 2012
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Political instability worries FBCCI

FBCCI President AK Azad on Saturday voiced concern over the ‘political instability and volatile economic condition’, and said the country is unlikely to be able to achieve the export target fixed for the outgoing fiscal year. Identifying political instability and current volatile economic conditions as two major barriers to progress, he said they could not…

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Bangladesh needs vibrant pvt sector

June 23, 2012
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Bangladesh needs vibrant pvt sector

Bangladesh’s goal of becoming a middle-income country will only be achieved with the contribution of a healthy and vibrant private sector, German Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, who arrives here today, said. It also depends on a favourable business climate based on the rule of law, good infrastructure and reliable energy supply, Westerwelle said in…

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Unipay2u – latest 2012

June 1, 2012
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Unipay2u – latest 2012

Unipay2u MD, GM on remand :Sunday, May 6, 2012 The managing director and general manager of Unipay2u Bangladesh, a so-called multilevel marketing company, were remanded on Sunday for six days each in two separate cheating and embezzlement cases hours after their arrests. The courts of two metropolitan magistrates in Dhaka placed MD Muntasir Hossain Emon,…

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Sahara Group set to become Bangladesh cricket sponsor

May 31, 2012
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Sahara Group set to become Bangladesh cricket sponsor

India’s business giant Sahara Group is set to become the new sponsor of the Bangladesh cricket team after offering $9.4 million over four years in a tender process that ended on Wednesday, officials said. “We are delighted to announce that Sahara has appeared the highest bidder to become new sponsor of our national team,” Bangladesh…

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‘Ace’ up Tata’s sleeve; sweeps small pick up segment in Bangladesh

May 10, 2012
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‘Ace’ up Tata’s sleeve; sweeps small pick up segment in Bangladesh

The Ace mini-truck, launched in 2005, became an overnight success, prompting competitors to come up with their own versions. To defend its turf Tata Motors has introduced variants of the Ace, such as the Magic (pictured). Now Chairman Rata Tata is working on his dream project, the $2,200 car, which will hit the road sometime…

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Should we encourage foreign banks in Bangladesh?

May 9, 2012
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Should we encourage foreign banks in Bangladesh?

The other day, I was attending a television talk-show on new banks, along with an esteemed legislator and a business leader. Though the legislator and the business leader did differ on many issues, they seemed to be of the same view about not encouraging any more foreign banks to operate in Bangladesh. They thought our…

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“Develop network with peers in Bangladesh”-Ambassador Akramul Qader urges expatriate doctors.

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and State Minister Mr. Akramul Qader attended the annual conference of Bangladesh Medical Association of North America, Louisiana chapter in Orleans, Louisiana and addressed a…

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Bangladesh opposes proposed dams in Meghalaya: Minister

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Meghalaya has made it clear that the dams which are to be built across the Myntdu and Umiew rivers would not have any negative impact…

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