Tag: growth

Limits to Growth: Inconvenient Truth of Our Times

- Hezri A Adnan & Jomo Kwame Sundaram, IPS -

Ahead of the first United Nations environmental summit in Stockholm in 1972, a group of scientists prepared The Limits to Growth report for the Club of Rome. It showed planet Earth’s finite natural resources cannot support ever-growing human consumption. Limits used integrated computer modelling to investigate twelve planetary scenarios of economic

BEPZA registers record growth in export, investment, employment

- Times Report -

Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA), the leading investment promotional agency of the country, has hit all-time high growth in its journey of 40 years. In the recently ended fiscal year 2021-22, the authority witnessed a significant rise in all indicators - export, investment and employment, said a press release Wednesday. Exports

‘Tree plantation key to stimulating economic growth’

- Times Report -

 Social and environmental activists at a programme on Tuesday termed tree plantation as the key to foster economic growth for the countries that suffer from erosion, desertification and food shortages. They also said that trees create their own added value by increasing the value of the land thus can be used

Safe space to express, share and grow

- Fairuz Ahmed, IPS -

Manjo Sheik, a 25-year-old entrepreneur from India, says women have multiple obstacles to overcome. “From early childhood, a girl born into a middle-class family or even a higher middle class are always reminded that we have to work harder to prove our worth and we are born with a disadvantage that

LafargeHolcim Bangladesh continues growth momentum in Q2

- Times Report -

LafargeHolcim Bangladesh remained steadfast in its journey of being innovative and sustainable as it continues its growth momentum in Q2, a press release said. Net sales during the Q2, 2021 has gone up to 4,737m BDT from 2,641m BDT while operating EBIT increased to 1,187m BDT from 268m BDT from Q2