Jagaran Chakma

Jagaran Chakma is a Staff Reporter of The Daily Star

Tourism awaits a fillip from long weekend

In Bangladesh, the peak season for the tourism and hospitality sector begins in September and continues until March. And the upcoming long weekend is going to provide an initial boost to the sector, with operators in major holiday destinations coming up with various offers.

3d ago

Bangladesh starts exporting printed circuit boards

While already established as a major player in garment and pharmaceutical exports, Bangladesh is now expanding its presence in the global market for high-tech circuitry, namely printed circuit boards (PCBs).

3d ago

Tourism awaits a fillip from long weekend

In Bangladesh, the peak season for the tourism and hospitality sector begins in September and continues until March. And the upcoming long weekend is going to provide an initial boost to the sector, with operators in major holiday destinations coming up with various offers.

4d ago

N Mohammad Group defers expansion plan till 2025

Mohammad Plastic Industry Limited, a concern of Chattogram-based N Mohammad Group, has deferred its Tk 500 crore expansion plans by around two and a half years citing construction materials and the US dollar turning costlier. 

4d ago

Man-made fibre plant to begin operation next month

Modern Syntex Limited, a concern of TK Group, is likely to begin commercial operations of one of the largest man-made fibre plants in Bangladesh next month at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar in Chattogram.

5d ago

Ship-breakers, re-rolling mills at loggerheads over price hike of scrap

A dispute between ship-breakers and steel re-rolling mills over the hike in price of scrap steel has led to an impasse in the production of steel goods for the past seven days.

1w ago

Plastic industry policy aims to expand domestic market

The Plastic Industry Development Policy 2023 has set a target to increase the plastics and packaging industry market from around $4 billion now to $10 billion by 2028.

1w ago

Pharma exports up 15% in Jul-Aug

Pharmaceutical exports from Bangladesh grew nearly 15 percent year-on-year in the first two months of the current fiscal year as drug-makers secured international tenders, according to industry people. 

1w ago
September 26, 2023
September 26, 2023

Tourism awaits a fillip from long weekend

In Bangladesh, the peak season for the tourism and hospitality sector begins in September and continues until March. And the upcoming long weekend is going to provide an initial boost to the sector, with operators in major holiday destinations coming up with various offers.

September 26, 2023
September 26, 2023

Bangladesh starts exporting printed circuit boards

While already established as a major player in garment and pharmaceutical exports, Bangladesh is now expanding its presence in the global market for high-tech circuitry, namely printed circuit boards (PCBs).

September 25, 2023
September 25, 2023

Tourism awaits a fillip from long weekend

In Bangladesh, the peak season for the tourism and hospitality sector begins in September and continues until March. And the upcoming long weekend is going to provide an initial boost to the sector, with operators in major holiday destinations coming up with various offers.

September 25, 2023
September 25, 2023

N Mohammad Group defers expansion plan till 2025

Mohammad Plastic Industry Limited, a concern of Chattogram-based N Mohammad Group, has deferred its Tk 500 crore expansion plans by around two and a half years citing construction materials and the US dollar turning costlier. 

September 24, 2023
September 24, 2023

Man-made fibre plant to begin operation next month

Modern Syntex Limited, a concern of TK Group, is likely to begin commercial operations of one of the largest man-made fibre plants in Bangladesh next month at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar in Chattogram.

September 19, 2023
September 19, 2023

Ship-breakers, re-rolling mills at loggerheads over price hike of scrap

A dispute between ship-breakers and steel re-rolling mills over the hike in price of scrap steel has led to an impasse in the production of steel goods for the past seven days.

September 18, 2023
September 18, 2023

Plastic industry policy aims to expand domestic market

The Plastic Industry Development Policy 2023 has set a target to increase the plastics and packaging industry market from around $4 billion now to $10 billion by 2028.

September 17, 2023
September 17, 2023

Pharma exports up 15% in Jul-Aug

Pharmaceutical exports from Bangladesh grew nearly 15 percent year-on-year in the first two months of the current fiscal year as drug-makers secured international tenders, according to industry people. 

September 13, 2023
September 13, 2023

Japan’s ITOCHU enters Bangladesh with bags

Japanese trading company ITOCHU Corporation is set to enter the Bangladesh market by offering bags of its OUTDOOR PRODUCTS brand through YELLOW, a fashion and lifestyle brand of Beximco Group.

September 12, 2023
September 12, 2023

Local firms equally dissatisfied with business climate

Like Japanese and Chinese companies operating in Bangladesh, domestic firms as well as those from other countries are not happy with the overall business climate in the country, said a number of entrepreneurs, heads of chambers and experts.