There are emerging opportunities for the cement industry as a result of increasing infrastructure growth. The government has undertaken many megaprojects (Rooppur power plant, Padma bridge, metro rails, etc.). The budget for Rooppur power plant is the highest ever for a single project. Concrete growth this year alone was at 20 percent.

It is generally perceived that the real estate industry drives growth in the construction sector. But Amirul Haque holds a different opinion. “Our construction industry is no longer limited to the real estate sector.

Steel is considered to be the backbone of national development. In Bangladesh, the steel industry has witnessed an impressive growth over the last few years.

In Bangla-desh unplanned urbanisation is growing; people are building homes, small and large scale industries and other infrastructure. To that effect the alarming matter is the extreme loss of agricultural land.

Bangladesh is experienc-xing an unprecedented growth in infrastructure. Big infrastructure projects are going on across the country, and the momentum is also animated in the rural areas.

The paint industry has continued its sound growth in recent years thanks to a rise of consumption in semi-urban and rural areas boosted by consumers' increasing purchasing power and move towards diverse and premium products.

Sustainable changes occur when an extreme poor person or household reaches a level of economic well-being

2016 marks the 41st anniversary of the establishment of formal diplomatic ties between Bangladesh and China. Although the trade

Relation between Awami league and China has warmed up significantly in the last eight years after BNP's astounding faux pas in 2004.

He was sent to a poor village in the countryside at a tender age of 15 to work there for seven years. He did the same work as locals

Bangladesh can significantly increase its exports to China's if only it would relax its rules of origin.

Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) 2015-2030 is the sacred document for the global community

In today's world, there is no disagreement among the different international development agencies, civil society, and

Under the backdrop of being one of the most vulnerable countries in the world, Bangladesh has been practicing

Mahfuz Anam, Editor and Publisher, The Daily Star

The biggest challenge with Fahim was to introduce new people to him, for he knew most of them. Fahim thrived among friends and he was seldom without them, and they in turn loved him, evidence of which was aplenty, as hundreds wept like children at the news of his passing away. He joined when we were weak and vulnerable and left us a winner on all counts.

Celebrating Brilliance

Perfecting her swimming strokes in a pond for hours in her village home, did the thought ever cross Mahfuza Khatun

They achieved the highest number of A grades in the O-A levels exams last year. But they are not going to let that

Chevron's subsidiary in Bangladesh is not only the country's largest natural gas producer - supplying around 50% of Bangladesh's natural gas consumption from its three gas fields in the northeast – but also the country's largest foreign investor.In Bangladesh, thousands of people in and around Chevron's areas of operation in the country's northeast are being benefitted through partnerships the company has forged with the community and NGOs in a collective bid to address a range of socioeconomic issues.