BKMEA chief says, decries rising production costs

HSBC Bangladesh CEO says next stage depends on domestic demand, infrastructure and positioning

Says a leader of ceramic manufacturers’ association

Says DCCI President Taskeen Ahmed

Chairman Hossain Khaled says in an interview with The Daily Star

Stakeholder involvement is the key to the success of an interoperable instant payment system, yet this was missing when Bangladesh introduced its first digital platform “Binimoy” a few years ago, according to Snigdha Ali, country lead of Inclusive Financial Systems (IFS), an initiative of the Gates Foundation.

a flexible, market-determined exchange rate to contain volatility in the foreign exchange market and restore stability to the economy

Hatem said they were working with the EU regarding labour rights, amending the labour law and rules

MCCI president outlines peace as vital for business activities.

The Jica director is hopeful about the economic impact of Matarbari deep-sea port.

Bus operators have become helpless after repeated blockades not only dented their businesses but also created worries of losses owing to vandalism and arson attacks on their vehicles, said a top inter-district bus operator.

Says Sri Lankan economist on Bangladesh

The government’s measures to reign in potato prices may be beneficial in the short-run, but it will not leave any lasting impact on the market, according to Mostafa Azad Chowdhury Babu, president of the Bangladesh Cold Storage Association.

Beneficiaries of wage earner remitters receive a 2.50 percent cash incentive on top of the market-determined exchange rate for any amount of remittance inflow.

Bangladesh has made impressive strides in empowering women in recent decades. Today, women are better educated and holding top positions at government and corporate offices. But Mubina Asaf, head of legal and external affairs at BAT Bangladesh, thinks more needs to be done so that we can create an inclusive and sustainable future.

“If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.”

South Korea wants to help foster a more business-friendly environment in Bangladesh in order to realise the full potential of bilateral trade ties, according to Lee Jang-keun, South Korean ambassador to Bangladesh.

When the coronavirus pandemic hit the world early last year, the airline industry was among the first sectors that felt the crisis’s impacts as almost every country closed doors to protect itself from the raging pathogen.

Naoki: Bangladesh at present and Japan in 1971 share almost the same level of GDP per capita (About $2,000). Japan achieved rapid economic growth after the Second World War, particularly in the 1960s and the 1970s.

Every leader has his time in the sun, and it is all about reinventing the sunlight when it is gloomy. Eclipse comes from complacency, and people suffer from inertia if there is no challenge in life.