Economy

Workers criticize Amazon on climate despite risk to jobs

Shawdesh Desk: Hundreds of employees are openly criticizing Amazon’s record on climate change despite what they say is a company policy that puts their jobs at risk for speaking out.

Bashundhara Housing allocates plots by lottery

Shawdesh DEsk: Bashundhara Housing on Saturday allocated plots of the newly developed Block Q under its Baridhara project by lottery transparently. Owners picked the position of their plots by the

Govt to set up 16 power plants having 19,100MW capacity

Shawdesh Desk: In a major boost to power sector, the government has undertaken a scheme for setting up 16 power plants having 19,100 megawatt (MW) electricity generation capacity in the

Bangladesh gets $ 153.13 billion remittance in decade: Imran

Shawdesh Desk: A total of 66 lakh 33 thousand 254 trained workers got employments abroad in the last one decade from 2009 to 2019 and they sent around $ 153.13

DSE registers biggest gain since 2013

Shawdesh Desk: Country’s premier bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Sunday registered a gain of 5.6 percent, which also a highest jump in seven years since the introduction of key

China’s economic growth hits three-decade low

Shawdesh Desk: China’s economy grew last year at the slowest pace in almost three decades. Official figures show that the world’s second largest economy expanded by 6.1% in 2019 from

US, China set to sign vital trade truce

Shawdesh Desk: The world’s two dominant economic powers, the United States and China, are poised to sign a trade truce Wednesday that will allow businesses around the globe to breathe

Bashundhara Group donates land to Ansar-VDP

Shawdesh Desk: Bashundhara Group, country’s largest business conglomerate, has donated land to Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defense Party (Ansar-VDP) to be used for constructing office complex for the force. Top