5:35 am, Thursday, 22 October 2026

Weak demand, high costs force factories to scale back

Factories across Bangladesh are operating below capacity, and some have shut, as weak demand, sluggish export orders, rising costs, financing

Businesses call for stability in law and order

Business leaders on Saturday called on the government to take immediate actions to ensure a stable law-and-order situation in industrial

Business leaders call for measures to improve law and order

Business leaders have called on the government to take immediate action to improve law and order and ensure a stable

Formalise textile waste business to prevent unrest: experts

Experts on Tuesday emphasised the need for a textile waste (jhut) management policy in Bangladesh, highlighting that the informal nature

Businesses urge law and order restoration, lower interest rates

Business leaders on Saturday said that Bangladesh was facing significant economic challenges—such as slow GDP growth, currency devaluation, rising inflation,