The British High Commissioner in Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson on Tuesday had a courtesy visit to Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) and met its President Rizwan Rahman to discuss various bilateral issues relating to trade and commerce.
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The Washington-based multilateral lender, which has been helping the government to improve public procurement since 2002, approved $40 million to help increase the coverage of e-GP with new features
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Despite challenges, women entrepreneurs continue to contribute to the national economy through their patience, creativity and hard work.
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Receipts down 5 per cent from a year earlier
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Turkish companies could invest or collaborate jointly in some potential areas of Bangladesh like agro-industry, light engineering, pharmaceuticals, ICT, ship building, energy and household appliances.Ambassador of Turkey to Bangladesh Mustafa Osman Turan expressed such interest when he met Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) President Rizwab Rahman at the …
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Bangladesh’s export earnings and the flow of concessional foreign financing and grants will decline once it becomes a developing country, according to a government study.
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According to the Jeebon Jibika Bachao Committee around 650 trucks travel between Bangladesh and India every day for import-export
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Britain said it is to apply to join a massive 11-nation free-trade bloc of Asia-Pacific countries this week, not long after quitting the European Union’s single market.
Read More »India forecasts 11% growth for 2021-22
India on Friday forecast its pandemic-stricken economy would grow by 11 percent in the 2021-22 financial year, after contracting by 7.7 percent this year.
Read More »EU adopts Covid-19 vaccine export control scheme
The European Commission on Friday launched a scheme to monitor and in some cases bar exports of vaccines produced in EU plants, amid a row with British-Swedish drugs giant AstraZeneca.
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