Business

The 11th National Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Fair-2024 will kick off in the capital on Sunday to help small and medium entrepreneurs promote market for their products. With the support of the Ministry of Industries, the Small and Medium Enterprise Foundation (SMEF) is organising the week-long fair, the biggest fair of locally made products, at the Bangabandhu International Conference ...

Buoyant electric car sales are a must if we’re to hit our climate targets. But EV sales in the West are down and if governments want them to recover it may have to be at the expense of their own economies. The numbers Any motorway driver will know the feeling: you’re cruising along, miles of open road seemingly ahead and ...

A trade negotiating team of Japan will visit Dhaka from May 19-23 for the first round of Bangladesh-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations. Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud expressed hope that an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) would be concluded to get Japanese financial concessions by 2026 when Bangladesh will be graduated from LDC status, reports UNB. He thanked Japan for sending ...

Juicy and delicious mango fruit started appearing in the markets of Rajshahi city and its adjacent areas as its harvesting began since this (Wednesday) morning, abiding by the instructions of local administration, reports BSS. Like the previous years, some of the indigenous varieties have appeared in the markets as farmers and traders have started harvesting mangoes since the morning following ...

“For Indians, spices are like paints in a paint box”, says Indian actor-turned-food writer Madhur Jaffrey. “We get different shades from the same spice by doing something to the spice.” In other words, you can roast the spices or grind them into powders. The diversity of their flavours is mind-boggling. Indian spices enhance pickles and season meat. They flavour savouries ...

State Minister for Commerce Ahasanul Islam Titu has said the incumbent government is tirelessly working to ease business for the micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) aiming to enable small and medium entrepreneurs to conduct business and trade without facing any barriers. He said this while speaking as the chief guest at a seminar jointly organised by FBCCI, CPD, and ...

Hundreds of thousands of homeowners have taken out mortgages in the last three years that they will still be paying off into retirement, estimates suggest. A surge in mortgage terms beyond state pension age has been seen, particularly in new home loans made to the under-30s. Figures from the Bank of England show how the share of new mortgages with ...

Price of most rice varieties found declining sharply in the city markets for the last two weeks while lowering of staple food price likely to be continued till further period. The price of medium and coarse variety rice has been declined and the situation would continue for at least next two months due to current Boro harvest which likely to ...

Stefan Liller, Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bangladesh, visited Beximco Industrial Park on Thursday last. The UNDP Chief was highly impressed with the advanced technologies deployed by BEXIMCO in its Vertical Manufacturing Units and extensive measures taken to achieve a global leadership position in Sustainability, says a press release. He was also very pleased to be updated on ...

With three days left to begin of the Bangla month of Jyestha, commonly known as “Modhumash”, the juicy fruit litchi and mango have started appearing in the local markets including Khulna city and its adjacent areas. The fruit shops of Khulna are now brimming with delicious summer fruits. The price of litchis and mangoes are within the grasp of customers ...