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Bangladesh has eased entry rules for spot liquefied natural gas tenders, dropping vessel ownership mandates and cutting financial thresholds to widen supplier pools.
The Savar tannery estate operates at under 18,000 cubic metres of daily liquid waste capacity despite a 25,000-cubic-metre design, choking factory output.
Industrial gas pressure drops by two thirds across manufacturing hubs, leaving packaged food exporters and apparel makers absorbing costly generator runs.
Indonesian minimart operator Sumber Alfaria Trijaya is deploying dark stores and expanding into South Asia to counter domestic store saturation.
Apparel manufacturers drove Indian imports up 13.9 percent in fiscal 2026 even after border restrictions diverted raw material cargo to maritime routes.
Bangladesh’s newly merged Islamic lender prepares to allow depositor withdrawals from September 1 as central bank restructuring targets 780 branches.
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit shuttered more than 20,000 mobile financial service accounts linked to unauthorized online lenders, illegal betting networks, and crypto trading.
A prolonged drop in natural gas pressure has halted operations across hundreds of fabric mills, damaging up to 15 million yards of chemically treated material.
Bangladesh is finalizing deals with Vietnam and India to import a total of 330,000 tonnes of rice as it races to replenish reserves and cool domestic prices, two officials with direct knowledge of the matter said on Monday. Soaring prices of the staple grain…
The U.S. based cross-border and remittance payments processor is extending its remittance services to more customers in the Asia Pacific under a partnership with Tranglo. UniTeller has announced a partnership with Tranglo to further expand its services in 13…
Food and grocery delivery service Foodpanda has launched a Covid-19 vaccination awareness campaign across Asia in the lead-up to WHO’s World Immunisation Week. The campaign, which aims to reach more than 10 million people across Asia, will include a series of…
DHL Express, the world’s leading international express service provider, has been named the Best Workplace in Asia for 2019 by Great Place to Work (GPTW), the global people analytics and consulting firm are known for its annual Best Workplaces list. “We are…
Bangladesh garment factories must continue to invest in making their operations more sustainable if they hope to win business over other major competing sourcing countries such as Vietnam, Cambodia and Indonesia, says data and analytics company GlobalData. In…
US coffee roaster Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea has opened its fourth international coffee shop in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The new Rangs Fortune Square venue joins Crimson Cup Coffee Houses in the Banani and Dhanmondi neighborhoods. “Dhanmondi is a huge residential…
Schenker (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd, subsidiary of DB Schenker, the transport and logistics division of the Deutsche Bahn Group, has expanded its presence in the Indian subcontinent with the launch of a new entity in Bangladesh. With effect from 26th June 2019,…
The new Puma Bangladesh flagship just opened in Dhaka marks the sportswear brand’s largest yet in the country. The 2220sqft location showcasing the firm’s latest performance and sportstyle products is the brand’s first flagship in Dhaka, the largest…
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