BGMEA, Oerlikon discuss collaboration on capacity building in manmade fibre, recycling

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and Oerlikon have discussed collaboration in supporting garment factories to build up their capacity in manufacturing high-end products made of manmade fibre. Oerlikon is a leading high-tech industrial group specialising in textile and recycling machinery and technologies, and a supplier of manmade

BAT Bangladesh scoops up ACES Awards 2022 as ‘top sustainability advocate’

British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BAT Bangladesh) has won the Asia Corporate Excellence and Sustainability (ACES) Awards 2022 as a "top sustainability advocate." The company has been honoured for its contributions to environment, social and governance (ESG) practices. Since its investiture in 2014, the ACES Awards, initiated by the MORS Group,

BNP demands neutral probe into Nayapaltan vandalism

BNP has claimed that valuables worth over Tk 50.5 lakh were damaged in police attack at its Nayapaltan central office on December 7 and demanded neutral investigation into it.BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain said this at a press briefing on Sunday at party chairperson's Gulshan office in the

Over 280m people left home for a better life: UN

More than 280 million people have left their countries to pursue opportunity, dignity, freedom, and a better life, the UN said on International Migrants Day Sunday.Secretary-General Antonio Guterres credited more than 80 percent of those who cross borders in a safe and orderly fashion as powerful drivers of economic growth,

PM alerts against lawlessness situation in country

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked all to keep vigil so that the country does not get trapped into 'lawless situation' again."Bangladesh must not plunge into that (lawlessness) condition again," she said while addressing a programme marking the Golden Jubilee anniversary of Bangladesh Supreme Court.Bangladesh Supreme Court organised the

Nokia brings devices to detect conditions in Chemical, Oil, gas industries

Nokia recently announced it is enhancing its market-leading range of robust user equipment for use in hazardous, flammable, explosive, and dusty conditions. The company is introducing enhanced versions of Nokia Industrial 5G field router and Nokia XR20 smartphone created by HMD Global, for 4.9G and 5G networks, to allow oil,

LHBL wins ICSB silver award

LafargeHolcim Bangladesh has been awarded for ‘Corporate Governance Excellence’ by the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB), a press release said Sunday. Mohammad Iqbal Chowdhury, Chief Operating Officerof LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Limited received the award from Salman F Rahman MP, Private Industry & Investment Adviser to the Prime Minister and M.