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  • Experts for promoting job-centric economic growth to face 4IR

    Staff Correspondent: Experts at a workshop yesterday underscored the need for promoting job-centric economic growth to overcome the challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).They made the observation while speaking at the workshop on ‘Needs to be done to meet the challenges of 4IR’ at the conference room of Press…

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  • Border turns safe route for drug peddling

    Hundreds of drug transition routes along the Indian border traced Golam Mostafa Jibon: Bangladesh has identified hundreds of drug peddling routes along the Indian border. These routes have been chosen by the international traders or suppliers. Bangladesh’s Narcotics Control Department has requested for strict surveillance by providing information on the…

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  • Country’s daily gas shortage 600m cubic feet

    Staff Correspondent: Due to growing economic activity, the demand for natural gas has increased.Currently, just about 3,100 million liters of gas are imported in the country. However, the country’s daily demand is 3,700 million cubic feet now. So, the gas shortage is 600 million cubic feet. Earlier, the deficit was…

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  • 285,000 fire incidents in 2 decades

    Lack of fire safety measure Industry Desk: The number of fire incidents in Bangladesh has increased four times over the last two decades as the country’s urban areas are expanding without basic infrastructure like fire stations.According to data provided by the Fire Service and Civil Defence, around 285,000 fires occurred…

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  • Private sector engine of growth: PMO Secy

    Staff Correspondent: Terming the private sector as the engine of growth, Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Secretary Md Tofazzel Hossain Miah yesterda said that the logistics sector needs more investment while the existing policy needs reforms so that more investment could be made.The PMO Secretary said this while addressing virtually the…

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  • Bangladesh to showcase Nakshikantha, Jamdani, jute goods at IITF in New Delhi

    Industry Desk: Different Bangladeshi products, especially the country’s traditional Nakshikantha, Jamdani Saree, Dhakai Moslin Saree, jute and wood carving crafts, would be displayed in the 40th India International Trade Fair (IITF)-2021 beginning tomorrow in New Delhi.The fair is being held from November 14-27 at the revamped exhibition halls at Pragati…

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  • Many textile mills in BD investing in synthetic and blended yarns

    The rise of MMF Industry Desk: As demand for MMF-based apparel items keeps increasing in the global market, more and more textile mills in Bangladesh are investing in synthetic & blended yarns to support garment makers who look to move up the value chain by making MMF-based, value-added products to…

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  • Stoneless railway tracks posing risk

    Train derailment has now become a regular phenomenon Golam Mostafa Jibon: Country’s railway has turned into death trap due to lack of necessary stones on the railway tracks. Somewhere there is not even a speck of stone, somewhere only the railway line is lying on the ground. Train derailment has…

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  • Bangladesh economic recovery on the track

    Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Bank (BB) sees a possible broad-based economic recovery in the near future due to improvement in Covid situation and wider reopening.It, however, warned of lurking downside risks from both internal and external fronts.In its latest quarterly review of the state of national economy and international causatives the…

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  • Hasina invites French to invest in Bangladesh

    Industry Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday invited French investors to come up with their ventures as their investment in Bangladesh is still modest compared to its global footprint.“French investment in Bangladesh is still modest compared to its global footprint. I invite French investors to witness firsthand the investment opportunities…

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