From leg amputations in Thailand to hijackings in Nigeria, millions of food delivery drivers around the world find themselves torn between the desperation to make a living and the fear that each ride may be their last.

Bangladesh should plan to tackle unemployment, reduce technological gap and ensure transparency in governance to facilitate the country’s smooth graduation from the grouping of least-developed countries, experts said yesterday.

The government is set to undertake a nearly Tk 3,500-crore project to construct an 11-kilometre elevated road over haors in Kishoreganj to connect the northeastern backwater to the mainland.

Japan will provide $2.66 billion to Bangladesh to support construction of two major mega projects, including building of Dhaka’s first underground metro rail project, said a statement from the finance ministry.

Bangladesh has the potential to produce $1.2 billion worth of recycled textile and garment items as the country has a big production base for cotton fibre clothing items, according to a recent study by the Global Fashion Agenda (GFA) and McKinsey & Company.

Synthetic footwear and sports shoe exports from Bangladesh registered an average annual growth rate of about 20 per cent in the past five years thanks to increased demand from global brands.

Standard Chartered has partnered with large global garment buyers and suppliers and disbursed US dollar-denominated pre-shipment loans under a new finance programme, which aims to support more than 20,000 apparel workers in Bangladesh.

The United Nations wants to work with the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) to improve the working environment of the industries in the country.

Bangladesh has the potential to produce $1.2 billion worth of recycled textile and garment items as the country has a big production base of cotton fibre made clothing items, according to a new study by the Global Fashion Agenda (GFA) and the McKinsey & Company.

Standard Chartered has partnered with large global garment buyers and suppliers and disbursed American dollar denominated pre-shipment loans under a new finance programme, which aims to support over 20,000 apparel workers in Bangladesh.

South Korea has approved USD 100 million from the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) to help Bangladesh’s economy recover from the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.

At the end of the trading hour, the stock market index plunged along with the turnover today.

The stock market fell in the first two hours of trading today thanks to the profit-taking tendency of the investors.

Masihul Huq Chowdhury has recently been reappointed as the managing director of Community Bank Bangladesh Ltd for the second consecutive term, which will be effective from December 1.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday inaugurated the national committee secretariat of the International Chamber of Commerce Bangladesh (ICCB) in Gulshan, Dhaka.

I take pride in sharing with my readers that I was taught branding at Kellogg School of Management by a certain Professor Philip Kotler. At the same time, my piece on “Branding Bangladesh” drew the attention of Simon Anholt, known to be a guru of this subject, who subsequently wrote a piece on nation branding in the local newspaper.

A workshop on basic digital and financial literacy was launched yesterday to enable 3,000 female entrepreneurs of a UNDP marketplace to efficiently operate and expand their business online.

The stock market index fell yesterday after continuously rising for four trading days last week.Create a more business-friendly environment

Presenting Bangladesh in a positive light by creating a business enabling environment and simplifying the investment process would help bring in more foreign direct investment (FDI), according to experts.

The wait for an interoperable digital transaction system is soon going to be over as the government is launching it early next year.