...sectors. FIGURE: Sector-wise Gas Consumption / SOURCE: Petrobangla Annual Report, 2016 With depleting gas reserves, it is more feasible to ration the country’s natural gas for industrial use and promote...
...employment is gradually shifting to the services sector. Contribution of service sector employment has been growing, with 36.9% of employment generated in 2015-16, compared to 34.1% in 2013. Source:Bangladesh Bureau...
...momentum as the next big sea food export category, so much so that the Government of Bangladesh has earmarked the crab sub-sector into the special development category in its latest...
...merging with attributes of the hospitality sector [2]. The real estate industry is not only indicative of investments and the wealth of a country, but also the basic standard of...
...solar tubular, electric vehicle, electric rickshaw, and motorcycle batteries. Saif Powertec Saif Power offers a wide variety of batteries for a range of applications such as passenger cars, commercial vehicles,...
...the last 16 years, Bangladesh’s export basket has shifted more towards apparel with shrinking export from other sectors. Bangladesh Banking Sector Stuck in a Quagmire Bangladesh’s banking sector has been...
...power of people enables them to afford passenger cars and avoid low quality public transport. Moreover, the emergence of ride-sharing platforms including Uber, Pathao and others are also contributing to...
...sector in 2008 which maintains that companies in the financial sector may allocate a percentage of post-tax profit for CSR activities. However they cannot spend more than 30 percent of...
...12.8% of the employed youth are in the informal sector in North America, the percentage is 95% when it comes to Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Poverty An Issue Even for...
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the supply chain and demand for the apparel sector. Top exporters like Bangladesh have started feeling the heat due to raw...
Since the rapid advancement in information and communication technology (ICT), digital health service has been a widespread concept with enormous opportunities to revolutionize the healthcare sector. It is even more...
Like the rest of the world, Bangladesh is facing an economic crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lower income groups tend to be more affected by such economic crises...
...zero tail-pipe emission and thus emits less carbon dioxide compared to those powered by ICEs. Figure: BEVs as a cleaner option over a vehicle’s lifetime / Source: BCG analysis Figure:...
...position, which represents the investments in power sector over the past years. The time required for obtaining a new electricity connection has reduced from more than 400 days in 2014...
...the traffic congestion and rising purchasing power in the capital. According to Bangladesh Bicycle Merchant Assembling & Importers Association (BBMAIA), the local market demands nearly 1.5 million bicycles a year...