Thulin, Morrison quit White House panel
Two more executives have resigned from a White House business council, amid controversy over President…
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Safe accommodation for working women far too little
Dhaka, Aug 13 – Women’s participation in outdoor jobs in the country is increasing at…
Cam girls: Inside Romania’s sexscam industry
Interactive webcamming is the fastest-growing sector of the global pornography business. In Romania, thousands of…
BD minister sees external conspiracy against RMG industry
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Wednesday said despite a global conspiracy against Bangladesh’s readymade…
Shkreli convicted of fraud
Former pharmaceutical chief executive Martin Shkreli has been found guilty of three counts of securities…
The Stuttgart Indian Film Festival
From Monowara Begum Moni The 14th Indian Film Festival, organised by Filmbuero Baden Wuerttemberg was…
Decades of collusion over hazardous pesticides, chemicals
Watchdog Groups Digitize and Release 20,000 Documents for Public Review The Bioscience Resource Project and…
SC orders restoration of Citycell mobile frequency
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the government telecommunication…
Electric vehicles form future of auto industry
Electric cars constitute less than 0.1 percent of the vehicle market today, but the market…
Lankan multinational co to set up cylinder plant in BD
July 17 (LBO) – LAUGFS Gas Bangladesh, part of the diversified Sri Lankan multinational LAUGFS…
Intensive aquaculture for sustainable shrimp industry
by Leon Kaye Once a rare delicacy, aquaculture has allowed shrimp to become a popular…
10 Gazipur RMG factories to remain closed Tuesday
Gazipur, July 4 – The authorities of 10 ready-made garment (RMG) factory in the city’s…
Hyperloop Hotel, the high-tech lodging and transport of the future?
What if your flight, your car and your hotel were all combined into one luxury,…
The answer is wages, not capital
by Jordi Angusto As in any other religion, faith lies behind capitalism. Faith that capital…
Bangladesh should do more for its textile workers: ME
Textile workers in Bangladesh, many of whom are young women, suffer long working hours, low…
35pc Tannery factories have relocated from Capital Dhaka
About 35 percent of tanneries in Hazaribagh have relocated to the leather industrial estate in…
Foreign investors chamber for changes budget
Dhaka, Jun 2 – The Foreign Investors’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on Friday…
Sustainability of leather industry seminar held
Waalwijk, Netherlands May 30 – Stahl resumed its commitment to putting transparency into action with…
Rana indicted in Rana Plaza collapse case
Charges were framed against 10 accused, including Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana, on Sunday for…
BD to procure 6 new ships from China
Dhaka – Bangladesh will procure six new ships from a Chinese company to add those…
New tech-future festival launched in Oslo
Oslo (Norway), 11 May – Katapult Future Fest is a new tech festival focusing on…
Turkish entrepreneurs keen to expand investment ties with BD
Dhaka – Turkish businesspeople, investors and industrialists have expressed keen interest in expanding their business…
Another Dinajpur boiler blast victim dies
Dhaka – Another worker, who suffered burn injuries in a boiler explosion at a rice…
Trump seeks to expand drilling in Arctic, Atlantic oceans
Washington, Apr 28 (AP/UNB)- Working to dismantle his predecessor’s environmental legacy, President Donald Trump plans…
Sony marks recovery on healthy chip, game, battery sales
Tokyo, Apr 28 (AP/UNB)- Sony Corp. reported Friday a January-March profit of 27.7 billion yen…
Challenge against Gilead’s hepatitis C drug sofosbuvir in China
Ramesh Shankar, Mumbai Close on the heels of filing four patent challenges in India, two…
Call to global brands from Rana Plaza survivor
“Sometimes I just can’t sleep without pills. I keep remembering how many people died that…
4 years after Rana Plaza: Many victims’ families yet to get compensation
Even after the fours years, the families of many of the Rana Plaza victims who…
Celebrating 1 million robotic lawn mowers
In 1995, Husqvarna Group created the robotic lawn mower market by introducing the Solar Mower,…
Dinajpur boiler blast death toll rises to 4
Dhaka, Apr 21 (UNB) – Another worker who sustained burn injuries in a boiler explosion…