Mining: ‘A Question of Life or Death’
STOCKHOLM, Apr 18 2019 (IPS) – The mining industry is one of the world’s most dangerous…
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Industry for review of WIPO involvement in patent database
Geneva, 16 April (TWN): A medicines patent database set up by transnational originator pharmaceutical companies…
The future of manufacturing—is it in Europe?
Europe can remain a manufacturing hub if it ensures early adoption of game-changing technologies, engages…
HC refuses bail to Sohel Rana of Rana Plaza
Dhaka,April 09 – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday discharged a…
HC orders disposal of Rana Plaza case in 6 months
Dhaka, Apr 9 (UNB) – Denying bail to Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana in a…
Gas price hike to hit Major industries, exports: BCI president
Dhaka, April 08 – Major factories will shut down if gas price is increased and…
Rubana Huq to be first female BD garment industry leader
Dhaka, Apr 6 – Mohammadi Group Managing Director Rubana Huq is going to be elected…
Khulna Jute mill workers continue protest for 3rd day
Khulna, Apr 4 (UNB) – For the third consecutive day on Thursday, workers of the…
New UN Climate report another strong wake-up call: Guterres
The increasing number of natural disasters and dangers linked to climate change, highlighted in a…
Beverages from food waste: 10 brewers doing it right
Danielle Nierenberg Greetings from Baltimore! Today, we’re highlighting ways to prevent food waste. Last week,…
Huge blast at Narayanganj chemical warehouse
Narayanganj, Mar 26 – A huge explosion ripped through a chemical warehouse of a dyeing…
Modern day slavery world’s largest single crime industry
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 2019 (IPS) – After an exhaustive study of modern day slavery, the…
Russian citizen electrocuted at Rooppur power plant site
Pabna, Feb 16 (UNB) – A Russian citizen died from electrocution at Rooppur Nuclear Power…
The right investments to address the human capital crisis
By Kristalina Georgieva Washington, DC – For 75 years, the World Bank has been at…
Crescent Leather Chairman on remand in graft case
Dhaka, Feb 11 – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Mon day…
300 graduates, 26 cos at Bd Youth Leaders’ Career Fair 2019
Dhaka, Feb 7 (UNB) – The third Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) Career Fair held…
Apple’s top retail exec to leave amid iPhone sales slowdown
San Francisco, Feb 6 (AP/UNB) — Apple’s top retailing executive is stepping down amid a…
Bd govt mulls E-waste management policy: Minister
Dhaka, Feb 2 – Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Saturday said…
United Nations: Global FDI flows fell by 19% last year
Geneva, 22 Jan (Kanaga Raja) – United Nations, Global FDI flows, fell by 19%. last…
Aziz Khan named ‘Global Asian of the Year’
Dhaka, Jan 28 – Summit Group Chairman Muhammed Aziz Khan has been recognised as the…
Fire burns Nat’l Jute Mills in Sirajganj
Around 400 bales of jute were gutted in the fire that broke out at National…
Garment workers demand withdrawal of false cases
Dhaka, Jan 18 – ‘Bangladesh Garments Sromik Songhoti’ on Friday formed a human chain in…
Chinese cos give Dhaka US$4bn 2000mw coal-based power deal
Dhaka, 18 Jan – GCM Resources plc and POWERCHINA (a People’s Republic of China Central…
Fire breaks out at closed jute mill in Chittagong
A fire broke out at a closed jute mill in the city’s AK Khan area…
Effluent treatment unit at Savar Tannery to work soon
Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun on Tuesday said the work on the Central Effluent…
Social dialogue key to fixing minimum wages: ILO
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) Country Office in Bangladesh has said it is encouraged by…
Govt revises wage structure of RMG workers
Gazette in 2-3 days with retrospective effect from Dec 1 Dhaka, Jan 13 – In…
20 hurt as cops, RMG workers clash in Ashulia
The academic activities at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology resume on Monday after the…
Get back to work or factories to be shut indefinitely: BGMEA
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Sunday threatened to keep all the factories…
Dhaka Police chief warns garment unrest ‘vested interests’
Dhaka, Jan 12 – Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Mia on Saturday warned…