At the meeting, the BGMEA also urged the USTR to put pressure on US clothing retailers and brands to increase the per unit price paid for garment items sourced from Bangladesh.
The consumer price index (CPI) came in at 3.2 percent last month
Today’s Red Sea skirmishes raise multifaceted concerns, which range from the war in Gaza widening and awakening old wounds, to geopolitical frontlines being rewritten by shifting chokepoints.
Giammattei has been accused of propping up the attorney general who spearheaded a judicial campaign against the country's new, anti-graft president, Bernardo Arevalo.
The absence of democratic behaviour is no longer hidden under the carpet.
Apple on Tuesday appealed a decision to ban imports of its watches based on a complaint from medical monitoring technology company Masimo, after US President Joe Biden's administration declined to veto a government tribunal.
This alignment between India and China on Bangladesh's elections is quite unique in the context of South Asia
The infrastructure of Gaza lies in ruins, leaving civilians to scramble for safety among the debris of their previous lives.
China, which had been the biggest buyer of Japanese seafood, says its ban is due to food safety fears.
The Palestinian question had been the thorn in the side of Arab states that wished to forge economic, military and political alliances with Israel.
Hardline Republicans in the US House of Representatives on Friday rejected a bill proposed by their leader to temporarily fund the government, making it all but certain that federal agencies will partially shut down beginning on Sunday.
Lavrov made strong statements on US interference and Russia’s commitment to working with its partners to prevent any outside “dictates.”
Bangladesh has strong economic aspirations to become part of a forum like BRICS.
The slump in US manufacturing activity continued for a 10th consecutive month in August amid ongoing softness in new orders, survey data showed Friday, with some signs pointing to an improving situation.
Horror movie lovers gear up to open the gate to a haunting paranormal universe as “Insidious: The Red Door” hits Star Cineplex tomorrow. The film which has already been released in US has become the highest-grossing movie of its franchise.
BNP to some extent and AL to a far greater extent have changed Bangladesh. Can’t we expect them to change themselves, even a bit?
Zayed Khan will be going to the US to attend the Dhallywood awards. Many of his fans there are super excited for a chance to meet him. Fans from New York, California, Florida and New Jersey have been calling him continuously to find out his whereabouts.
The curtailment of free speech and writing is especially distressing for the liberal classes in the US, given the values enshrined in the First Amendment with its guarantee of freedom of expression and the press.
Earlier today, popular Bangla fusion band Chirkutt announced that they will soon be starting a tour in the US. Titled “The Legacy Tour, USA 2023” will mark the band’s third, full-fledged, international tour.