Agribusiness
Tk 2,000 Crore Fund for Frozen Food Exports
Bangladesh Bank has set up a Tk 2,000 crore special pre-finance fund to help frozen food exporters, lending at a maximum of 7 per cent interest.
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Deal Signed to Reopen Three Closed State Jute Mills, 11,600 Jobs Expected
The government has leased three long-closed state-owned jute mills to Pran-RFL Group and Hamko Group to restart them under private management.
Crops
Three More Closed Jute Mills Going to the Private Sector
Three closed state-owned jute mills are to be leased to PRAN-RFL Group and Hamko Group on 11 August, bringing the number of leased BJMC mills to 17.
Fruits
'Processing Zone Needed to Tap Satkhira's Mango and Shrimp Potential'
Satkhira Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Nasim Faruk Khan Mithu says the district needs processing zones for mango and shrimp, plus better ports, transport and power.
Crops
Dried Mango Now Made in Chapainawabganj
Entrepreneur Ismail Khan Shamim is turning Ashwina mangoes into dried mango in Shibganj, Chapainawabganj, adding value to fruit that often goes to waste.
Crops
Reopening of Pabna Sugar Mill Stuck at Announcement Stage
Seven months after the interim government announced the reopening of Pabna Sugar Mills, no work has started while machinery rusts and cane growers switch crops.
Crops
82 Per Cent of Rice Mills Shut in Naogaon, Workers Struggle to Survive
Unable to compete with automatic rice mills, at least 82 per cent of Naogaon's husking mills have closed, leaving about 35,000 drying-yard workers jobless and a few traders in control of the rice market.