Economy

Govt fixes rawhide price for sacrificial animals

Shawdesh Desk: The government on Sunday announced the prices of different types of rawhides from animals sacrificed during Eid-ul-Azha. The decision came from an online meeting on Sunday with Commerce

Sweden unemployment at 22-year high

Shawdesh desk: The unemployment rate in Sweden has risen to its highest level in more than two decades, the country’s statistics agency has said. The seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate among 16

Western brands face pressure over China Uighur ties

Shawdesh desk; Corporate giants including Nike face growing calls to cut ties with suppliers alleged to be using “forced labour” from China’s Uighur people. Activists have launched a campaign accusing

Government preparing new policy guidelines for RMG sector

Shawdesh Desk: In a bid to capture more global share and ease of doing business, the government has taken up timely steps for the readymade garment sector to bring more

Explore new markets protecting RMG export: FM tells envoys

Shawdesh Desk: Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has urged Bangladesh’s envoys in Europe and UK to explore new markets for Bangladeshi products protecting the readymade garment export markets during

RMG sector starts to rebound

Shawdesh desk: Bangladeshi garment manufacturers are seeing a rise in export orders with international buyers renewing the cancelled deals and placing new orders as the consumer markets in Europe and

Low revenue pushes up govt’s bank borrowing

Shawdesh Desk: The government bank borrowing marked a sharp rise in the just-concluded 2019-20 fiscal year to meet the budget deficit in the wake of huge revenue loss due to

US threatens to cut off Chinese banks’ access to dollars

Shawdesh Desk: Chinese banks seen as complicit in Beijing’s clampdown on Hong Kong face being cut off from much of the global financial system under wide-ranging sanctions that are a