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Breathing room for exporters, but concerns persist
Daily Star
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August 1, 2025
The 20 percent US tariff on Bangladesh's exports offers an opportunity for the country to diversify its export markets, said industry insiders yesterday. They believe that the revised rate would enable them to compete with countries like Vietnam,...
How precision agriculture can transform Bangladesh
Daily Star
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July 28, 2025
Agriculture plays a pivotal role in Bangladesh's economy, employing approximately 35.27 percent of the workforce and contributing about 11.55 percent to the national GDP. Traditional farming methods, however, are becoming less sustainable due to...
The First and Largest Water Reuse Project Unveiled to Transform the RMG Industry in Bangladesh
Textile Focus
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July 30, 2025
In a milestone moment for the Bangladesh RMG industry and its pursuit of industrial sustainability in South Asia, the largest and first of its kind Water Reuse and Improved Wastewater Management Demonstration Site was launched today, at an event...
Bangladesh-born NYPD officer dies a hero in Midtown Manhattan shooting
News9 Live
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July 29, 2025
World News NYPD Officer Didarul Islam, a Bangladeshi immigrant, died protecting others in a Midtown Manhattan shooting. Hailed as a devoted family man and a true New Yorker by officials and peers, Islam is survived by his 8-month-pregnant wife and...
Bangladesh’s coastal waters more polluted with microplastics than China’s: Study
The Business Standard
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July 29, 2025
A recent doctoral study has found that coastal and estuarine areas in Bangladesh are more polluted with microplastics than those in China, posing a threat to marine life, human health, and pollution control efforts. The study, led by Md Mazharul...
The US Textile Market: Consumer Trends, Trade Barriers, and Growth Potential for India
Textile Value Chain
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August 2, 2025
Vivek Mehta, CEO and Managing Director, TextilesBazaar.com Introduction The United States remains a pivotal market for global textile trade, characterised by shifting consumer preferences—luxury, fast fashion, athleisure and sustainable...
Hong Kong-based Handa to invest 250 million USD in Bangladesh, create 25,000 jobs
Textile Focus
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July 30, 2025
Handa Industries Co, a Hong Kong-based textile and apparel chain, has announced it will invest 250 million USD in Bangladesh. Handa Industries Ltd. Chairman Han Chun announced the plan while meeting Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the...
Big investors regain interest in Bangladesh’s capital market, BO accounts on the rise
United News of Bangladesh
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Bangladesh’s capital market is regaining momentum, attracting major investors amid rising trading activity and a sharp increase in Beneficiary Owner (BO) accounts over the past year, according to the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission...
TMC shielding infiltrators out of fear of losing power: BJP
The Shillong Times
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August 1, 2025
KOLKATA, Aug 1: West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Friday lambasted the TMC government, accusing it of orchestrating a “dangerous conspiracy” to include illegal immigrants, including Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas, in the state’s...
Mirpur pitch is not satisfactory - BCB
cricbuzz
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PITCH PLEASE! Bangladesh recently beat Pakistan 2-1 at SBNS, but the win drew criticism © Getty Bangladesh Cricket Board officials said on Friday that they never requested the grounds committee to prepare a low and slow wicket at the Sher-e-Bangla...
Khasru stresses on building transparent administrative structure for sustainable dev
Bangladesh Sangsbad Sangstha
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Khasru stresses on building transparent administrative structure for sustainable dev Today, BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury addressed a seminar in the Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury Auditorium of Dhaka University (DU). Photo:...
Air Pollution in Cities Like Delhi Is Equivalent to Smoking Hundreds of Cigarettes Each Year
Psychreg
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July 28, 2025
7 Reading Time: 3 minutesAir pollution, which surpasses tobacco, car accidents and diabetes in lethality, remains one of the most serious global health threats. To illustrate its impact, HouseFresh, an air quality research group, conducted a study...
Why Bangladesh urgently needs an Electronic Trade Facilitation Act
Daily Star
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July 29, 2025
Bangladesh's trade has doubled in a decade, yet border trade formalities remain manual, redundant, and outdated. While peers digitise, Bangladesh risks falling behind without urgent reform. An Electronic Trade Facilitation Act (ETFA) would legally...
Trump’s latest Liberation Day means another dark day for America
The Independent (U.S.)
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August 1, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Bangladesh: Ministry moves to enforce Hong Kong Convention in ship recycling
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 28, 2025
The Ministry of Industries has asked Bangladesh Ship Recycling Board (BSRB) to take necessary measures to issue DASR in favour of compliant yards for operating their ship recycling activities in line with the Hong Kong Convention. To this effect,...
The silent crisis of tort law in Bangladesh
Daily Star
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July 29, 2025
Although tort law has great potential to ensure accountability and remedy for quotidian civil wrongs, it is largely disregarded and neglected in Bangladesh. The result of such neglect has slowly yet surely become a crisis, siphoning the rule of...
Bangladesh plane crash: 33 individuals, including 27 children, still hospitalised
The Hans India
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July 28, 2025
As many as 33 people, including 27 children, still remain hospitalised following last week's tragic plane crash into Dhaka’s Milestone School and college, local media reported on Monday. Professor Nasir Uddin, the acting Director of the Sheikh...
The Coal Conundrum: Balancing Growth and Climate Goals
Oil Price
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July 29, 2025
Despite years of climate summits and net-zero targets, global coal consumption and production both hit record highs in 2024. According to the newly released 2025 Statistical Review of World Energy, global coal demand reached an all-time high of...
‘My Body is Burning’: How Climate Change is Worsening Bangladesh’s Labor Exploitation
Sourcing Journal - New York
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July 29, 2025
“My body is burning. But still there is no break at all. I have to complete [my] work… I am suffering [in the heat], but I have to do my job.” That’s Raina, a garment worker in Bangladesh’s capital of Dhaka, speaking of the extreme heat and...
The ICJ ruling on climate action can boost Global South's voice
Daily Star
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July 29, 2025
On July 23, 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered one of the most important judicial opinions in the history of international environmental law. In a landmark advisory opinion, the World Court clarified the legal obligation of...