Online event organized by SBBC on 9th June was great, providing excellent information about Bangladesh as a market for Swedish businesses and industries focused on green-tech and Sustainable Development Goals. Please find recorded video from the event : a short version > Click here>> or a full version > Click here>> and for the whole article Click here>>>
The Business Standard has shortlisted five products from the IKEA products Bangladesh group, which are useful, reasonably priced, and would also enhance the beauty of your home. IKEA has 445 stores worldwide. Although it does not have any official store in Bangladesh, you can still buy its products from here. Read more click here>>
Govt finally steps in to regulate e-commerce cos; E-commerce companies, including Evaly, will no longer get payments before customers get their products, the government said on Thursday. The e-commerce outlets have continued with their dubious business policies because the sector has been left unregulated. The commerce ministry has been sitting on draft guidelines for about a year. Read more click here>>
Bangladesh’s stock market a hidden gem: HSBC; Thanks to the potential of the country’s listed companies, HSBC has termed Bangladesh’s stock market as a “hidden gem” for fund managers. Although Bangladesh has higher earnings growth, the sell-side remains limited, the British multinational investment bank said in a report on the Asia frontier styled, “Bangladesh at 50: ready to close the gap with Vietnam”. Read more click here>>
Bloomberg Opinion; South Asia Should Pay Attention to Its Standout StarIndia and Pakistan have much to learn from their once-poorer neighbor Bangladesh. India and Pakistan have much to learn from their once-poorer neighbor Bangladesh. Read more click here>>
Telemedicine; As hospitals see an upsurge of patients amid the Covid-19 crisis alongside other medical complications, telemedicine services appear as a great relief for healthcare providers and patients. Almost all government hospitals, including Dhaka Medical College Hospital as well as almost all renowned private hospitals of the country, have begun this service, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Read more click here>>
The Global Peace Index, prepared by the Institute of Economics and Peace, cumulatively measures safety and security, militarisation, and frequency of ongoing conflicts to fix ranks from most peaceful to least peaceful countries. Bangladesh has climbed up 7 notches from last year and secured 91st position — among 163 countries — in Global Peace Index for 2021. Read more click here>>
Sustainable Development Report 2021; In the report, Bangladesh has been ranked 109th with the overall score 63.5 in the 2021 SDG index. In the South Asia, Bhutan (70) is in 75th position, Maldives (69.3) in 79th, Sri Lanka (68.1) in 87th position, Nepal (66.5) in 96th, India (60.1) in 120th, Pakistan (57.7) in 129th, and Afghanistan (53.9) in 137th position. Read more click here>>
Visionary leadership! Today, at the 50th of our independence, we have many achievements and reasons to be proud of as a nation. It is the right time to envision our next 50 years of the journey, and we need a visionary act once again. That visionary act was made by our prime minister a few years back. When she coined the word “Digital Bangladesh” and talked about a developed nation by 2041, many laughed, and trolls were made about digital this digital that, exactly what is expected of a visionary leadership dream by the masses, who fail to get what the leader is saying. Read more click here>>
NEW DELHI: India has technically slipped below Bangladesh in terms of per capita income as the neighbouring country reported its per capita income at $2,227 in the financial year 2020-21— over 9 per cent jump from $2,064 in 2019-20. Latest official data show that India’s per capita income reached $1,947.417. When the World Economic Outlook data was released by the International Monetary Fund in October last year, it had also projected Bangladesh to surpass India in terms of per capita GDP . Read more click here>>
Need for strategy to ease business, May 19, 2021; Bangladesh’s standing as a place of doing business with ease came to be underlined at a webinar, co-hosted by the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) and the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) on Monday. The Financial Express carried the news Tuesday presenting a mixed picture compared to the rest of South Asia, let alone the countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Read more click here>>
RMG industry faces a paradigm shift; Bangladesh’s RMG industry has experienced over the last decade in terms of sustainability, workers empowerment, wellbeing, and areas of excellence in business. The McKinsey & Company has been monitoring the textile and clothing trade around the world, while particularly featuring the progress and prospects of Bangladesh’s apparel industry over the past decade. Read more click here>>
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