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Motalib Plaza alone has around 1,500 technicians — 50 in the ‘A’ category, 300 in the ‘B’ category, and the rest in the ‘C’ category. Photo: TBS

Inside Bangladesh’s struggle for skilled mobile phone technicians

Despite having nearly 65 million smartphone users, skilled mobile phone technicians are scarce in Bangladesh. Their stories indicate a profession struggling with low pay, weak training, and fierce...

In Bangladesh, over 84% of workers and 86% of private businesses operate informally, resulting in poor worker protections and reduced enterprise competitiveness. Photo: TBS

To formalise the informal economy, Bangladesh must simplify business processes

Smokes pluming over the Dhaka airport runway this evening (18 October). Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

Dhaka airport fire: Businesses fear over $1b impact on imports, exports

Nafis Ud Doula and Fazlee Shamim Ehsan. Sketch: TBS

How global economic turmoil is shaking up Bangladeshi trade

At a programme held at the NBR headquarters in Agargaon, Dhaka, on Wednesday. Photo: TBS

NBR chairman urges businessmen to act as whistleblowers against irregularities

People gather outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, US, June 29, 2024. Reuters

US Supreme Court expands its 'emergency' docket - and Trump's power too

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BB offers easy loan rescheduling for pre-5 Aug troubled businesses

IDRA logo. Photo:collected

IDRA moves to reduce management expenses in non-life insurance

At a roundtable at the Lakeshore Heights hotel in Gulshan on 17 Aug. Photo: Courtesy

Businesses, govt officials push for foreign operators to boost port efficiency

Seminar titled "LDC Graduation: Some Options for Bangladesh" held at a Dhaka hotel on 14 August 2025. Photo: TBS

Celebration over US tariff premature: Business leaders warn against complacency

BTMA President at an event in Gulshan Club on 10 August. Photo: TBS

Now is the high time to invest in the textile sector: BTMA president

Task force needed to negotiate trade terms with US: ICCB

Task force needed to negotiate trade terms with US: ICCB

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Grameen Jibon: A business born from soil, memory, and the scent of home