Jagaran Chakma

1 month ago | thedailystar.net | Mahmudul Hasan |Jagaran Chakma

The business world often thrives on boldness, but in Syed Manzur Elahi, Bangladesh found something more: a quiet fortitude, a moral compass, and an entrepreneurial mind that always seeks to build. And he built the country's leading shoe brand -- Apex. He was, after all, a man who preferred crafting legacies over anything else. Yesterday, he passed away at Gleneagles Hospital in Singapore at 7:31am Dhaka time, leaving behind an industrial and financial landscape forever shaped by his vision.

1 month ago | thedailystar.net | Rejaul Karim Byron |Jagaran Chakma

The government's borrowing from domestic sources surged in the first half of FY25, primarily driven by a substantial increase in the issuance of special bonds, particularly those issued to clear arrears to electricity and fertiliser producers, as well as treasury bills (T-bills) and bonds targeting institutional and individual investors.

Sep 18, 2024 | thedailystar.net | Jagaran Chakma |Nazrul Islam

Global hikes in tyre and tube-making raw materials rates and a factory rampage at local key manufacturer Gazi Tyres have caused a shortage and price hikes for the auto item used in lightweight two- and three-wheelers like motorbikes and auto-rickshaws. According to market insiders, this could lead to drivers increasing their transport fares.

Sep 2, 2024 | thedailystar.net | Jagaran Chakma |Aklakur Rahman Akash

Workers from different industrial sectors continued their demonstrations in Ashulia and Gazipur yesterday demanding equal rights in jobs, increase in salaries, and regularisation of casual workers. The protests spread to the ago-processing and shoe industries yesterday, a day after workers from pharmaceuticals and readymade garment factories took to the streets.

Sep 1, 2024 | thedailystar.net | Jagaran Chakma |Aklakur Rahman Akash

Amid workers' demonstration for better pay, regularisation, and two-day weekend, production at 10 garment and 20 pharmaceuticals factories stopped on the outskirts of the capital on Saturday and yesterday. Even though the factories are located in Savar, Ashulia, Dhamrai and Gazipur, the workers' demands are similar.      If the workers continue the strike, there will be a long-term impact on the industry, said M Mohibuz Zaman, managing director at ACI Healthcare.