A discussion seminar on “Intl Year of Natural Fiber 2009 & World Environment Day” was held at Southeast University,Dhaka.As Year-2009 is declared as “Intl Year of Natural Fibre” and Textile processing has an impact on global environment hence Dept. of Textile Engineering arranged this seminar on 5th July,World ...

Numerous proposals on duties, taxes, VAT put forward in pre-budget consultations Like every year, the government held pre-budget consultations this year with trade bodies, NGOs and think-tanks before preparing the national budget for 2009-10 fiscal year that is being announced today. In course of those pre-budget parleys that staggered for nearly two ...

A parliamentary panel has recommended scrapping of deals the previous BNP-led coalition government struck to privatise three state-run cotton mills at throwaway prices. The parliamentary standing committee on jute and textile ministry at a meeting on Tuesday also suggested the ministry go for a re-tender to privatise those mills. Chairman Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury ...

Trade analysts advise govt on recession risks Trade experts yesterday advised the government to aggressively negotiate with the Obama administration to obtain duty-free and quota-free access for Bangladeshi goods to the US. “This is the time to chalk out details with the Obama administration,” Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, a distinguished fellow ...

Bangladesh fetched $1.217 billion from exports in February against the $1.264 billion target, registering a 3.75 percent shortfall in expected earnings. The state-run promotional agency for exports says international buyers placed fewer orders in the month because of the global economic crisis. In January, exports went 4.38 percent higher than the target, ...

An Indian company named Geebee Garments Industries Limited will set up a garments manufacturing industry by investing 9.5 million US dollar in the Karnaphuli Export Processing Zone. The fully foreign owned company will produce shirt, t- shirt, blouse, jackets, trousers and shorts and create employment opportunity for 2,278 Bangladeshi and 22 ...

A local spinner will set up the country's first ever petrochemical plant to produce polyester chips by investing Tk 5.5 billion mainly to give a fresh boost to the apparel sector, the yarn manufacturer said Wednesday. Polyester chips, which are intermediate goods, are utilised for manufacturing synthetic fibre, fabrics and pet ...

The 27-member high-powered taskforce to fight recession sits today, the first since it was formed on March 18, to take stock of the emerging situation of the country's economy as the fallout of the global recession and suggest measures to face the challenges. Finance Minister AMA Muhith, the taskforce convener, will ...

KDS Logistics Limited, the country’s biggest inland container handling facility in private sector with an outlay of Tk 300 crore, was formally inaugurated in Chittagong on Saturday. The inland container depot has been developed with state-of-the-art technologies on a sprawling around 15 lakh square feet of land at Sonaichari under Sitakunda ...

A technical seminar titled “Latest development on weaving machineries” was held on 15th march,2009 at Seminar hall of Southeast University.The seminar is arranged by the dept. of textile engineering of this university. The participants and guest details are as below: Keynote Speaker:...