Labour productivity in Bangladesh was $8.7 per hour in 2025, below Vietnam’s $12.4 and India’s $10.7, General Economics Division of Planning Commission data cited in Bangladesh State of Economy 2025 report showed.
Bangladesh and Pakistan trade increased by nearly 20% in last fiscal year to about $865 million, Pakistan’s high commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Haider said Sunday after meeting chief adviser Muhammad Yunus at State Guest House Jamuna.
Bangladesh has approved construction of a 220 megawatt solar power plant in Sonagazi after the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council cleared the proposal on December 1.
A top energy executive said Bangladesh must deepen regional cooperation to meet its future power needs, arguing that the country lacks the land and resources to rely on domestic renewable energy.
A senior energy executive says Bangladesh’s push to generate 20 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030 is unlikely to succeed because the country lacks the sunlight and land needed for large-scale solar power.
Bangladesh has lost 1.4 million manufacturing jobs over the past decade despite strong output growth, according to a new study by Research and Policy Integration for Development.
Four companies and three industry leaders were recognized on Friday at the 10th BRAC Bank-The Daily Star Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Awards for their contributions to Bangladesh’s expanding technology sector.
Bangladesh has proposed importing an additional 20 megawatts of hydropower from Nepal, expanding on its existing purchase of 40 megawatts during the June to November period, a senior official said Friday. Farzana Mamtaz, secretary of the Power Division of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, said Nepal signaled it could supply the extra […]
United Nations human rights experts said exploitation of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia is “widespread and systematic,” driven by high recruitment fees, deception, and deepening debt bondage.
Global geopolitical shifts and supply chain de-risking present an opportunity for Bangladesh to position itself as a reliable, nonaligned manufacturing hub, according to industry experts. They say the shift is turning the country into an important link in the global “just in case” supply chain.
