Economy

RMG factories to remain open amid ‘all-out’ lockdown: BGMEA president

Shawdesh Desk: Apparel factories would remain out of the purview of the “all-out lockdown” that will begin on July 1. The decision was made at a high-level meeting on Saturday,

Bangabandhu Shilpa Nagar to shape future of Bangladesh: BEZA consultant

Shawdesh Desk: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpanagar (BSMSN), an upcoming smart industrial city, is shaping the future of Bangladesh by attracting huge amount of local and foreign investments, observed an expert

US Supreme Court blocks child slavery lawsuit against chocolate firms

Shawdesh desk: The US Supreme Court has ruled food giants Nestlé USA and Cargill can’t be sued for child slavery on African farms from where they buy their cocoa. Six

Australia trade deal won’t hit UK farmers – Truss

Shawdesh Desk: A new trade deal between the UK and Australia will not harm British farmers’ livelihoods, said UK trade secretary. Liz Truss denied that imports of Australian beef would

Billionaire Mackenzie Scott gives away £2bn more

Shawdesh Desk: Billionaire MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has donated another $2.7bn (£1.9bn) to a range of charities. Ms Scott said in a blog post that she

Toshiba apologises to shareholders after vote probe

Shawdesh Desk: Toshiba apologised to shareholders Monday and said it would remove two directors after a probe found the Japanese conglomerate had sought government help to try and influence a

Bashundhara to supply LPG to Jamuna Oil

Shawdesh Desk: Bashundhara LP Gas Ltd will supply liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to the autogas stations of state-owned Jamuna Oil Company Ltd apart from setting up pumps at the establishments.

Govt earns Tk 12,000cr from MRPs, MRVs

Shawdesh desk: The government has earned Taka 12,000 crore as revenue from machine readable passports (MRPs) and machine readable visas (MRVs) till 2020. “The Department of Immigration and Passports (DIP)