Around 700 private couriers form the country’s logistics backbone from cities to villages
Poor preservation, unfair pricing and failure to meet global standards cripple rawhide trade
Thousands of young Bangladeshis from rural, low-income backgrounds are entering the gig economy to sustain their education
Says Uber official in an interview with The Daily Star
As the fasting month of Ramadan draws to a close, the festive spirit is evident not just in growing contributions to charitable causes and a surge in remittances but also the infectious energy among everyday people on the streets.
With its growing population of students, young professionals, and families, Khilgaon has become a center of commerce, education, and entertainment
From December to February, mustard fields across Bangladesh become buzzing ecosystems as bees, both wild and domesticated, diligently go from flower to flower in search of their most precious commodity: nectar.
Stocks soared yesterday as investors cheered the substantial cut in capital gains tax by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to encourage big local and foreign investors.
Bancassurance will open a new horizon for the insurance industry in Bangladesh as the collaborative arrangement will help insurers expand their coverage at low cost, according to industry people.
Tenants in Dhaka city face house rent hikes in the middle of an inflation fuelled economy
People living in rural Bangladesh have witnessed more erosion in their purchasing power and well-being than the urbanites as the former are paying more for both food and non-food items
The cost-of-living crisis has kept stressing out fixed and lower-middle-income groups in Bangladesh as inflation has persisted at elevated levels while their salaries and incomes have seen little upward adjustments.
The jump in consumption of tea, once a preserve of the elite, brought about by the rise in people’s purchasing power over the past decade has presented tea garden owners with a renewed and compelling business case.
Nippon Paint Bangladesh, a concern of Nippon Paint Holdings of Japan, has drawn up a strategy to be a leader in the growing paints and coatings industry in Bangladesh, said a top official.
While the Department of Livestock Services (DLS) estimates a surplus of meat production in the country, prices of all – be it chicken meat, mutton or beef -- have risen, raising questions about the authenticity of production and demand estimates.
Beef is still selling at the going market rate of Tk 750 to Tk 800 per kilogramme (kg) in Dhaka even though the Bangladesh Dairy Farmers’ Association (BDFA) recently reduced the price by Tk 50.
Beef is still selling at the going market rate of Tk 750 to Tk 800 per kg in Dhaka even though the Bangladesh Dairy Farmers’ Association (BDFA) recently reduced the price by Tk 50
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