1. Background $The Ambassador of Bangladesh in Korea‚ Mr. Shahidul Islam‚ visited ASERC (Advanced Ship Engineering Research Centre) in Pusan National University (PNU) and requested me to find a way of establishing a long-term and mutually beneficial collaboration in shipbuilding sector between Korea and Bangladesh. At his request‚ I paid a short visit to Bangladesh from October 12-13‚ 2009. In order to understand the shipbuilding related academic and industrial environment‚ I visited two leading
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Prospects of Garment Industry in Bangladesh: 1. Financial Prospect: Over the last fifteen years or so the garments industries have emerged as the largest source of earning foreign currency. Industry Sector: 2.5 In the industry sector‚ which contributed 29.7 percent of GDP‚ growth rate slowed down from 6.8 percent of FY08 to 5.9 percent in FY09. Within this sub-sector knitwear‚ rice milling‚ dairy products‚ leather products‚ footwear‚ embroidery‚ wooden furniture‚ paper and paper products‚ nonmetallic
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1) PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY ANALYSIS 1.1 Industry Background: The total industry can broadly be classified into two categories. Theses are a) Patent Medicines b) Generic Medicines Patent medicines are the products that are invented by the company‚ who have their own research team working on their own laboratories. These products are patented for many years to enjoy the monopoly market. After years of business the formulation is sold in the market so that others can go into mass production
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Since‚ garments manufacturing companies contributing largely in Bangladesh economy. This sector producing various kinds of garments products & exporting to many countries in the world. That means not only garments sector contributing largely in Bangladesh’s economy but also it contributing in the world trade market. It has a great opportunity to more enhance its business. There are some reasons for growing more this segment: 1. Cheap labor cost. 2. Free from hardly government regulation
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The ready-made garment (RMG) industry of Bangladesh started in the late 1970s and became a prominent player in the economy within a short period of time. The industry has contributed to export earnings‚ foreign exchange earnings‚ employment creation‚ poverty alleviation and the empowerment of women. The export-quota system and the availability of cheap labor are the two main reasons behind the success of the industry. In the 1980s‚ the RMG industry of Bangladesh was concentrated mainly in manufacturing
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telecom industry of Bangladesh has entered a phase of growing competition. Even though Bangladesh is regarded as one of the poorest‚ and a heavily populated country‚ it has found a way to grow its telecommunications sector. A flourishing mobile telephony business has brought out many positive changes in the country’s socio-economy. Foreign operators have been admiring Bangladesh as a budding high-growth mobile market‚ and have been in discussions with Bangladesh’s regulator‚ the Bangladesh Telecom
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Journal of Business Research‚ vol. 4‚ 2002 This article is brought to you by www.bdresearch.org A Comparison of Capital Structures Among MNCs and Local Companies in Bangladesh Javed Siddiqui* M. Zillur Rahman** Abstract: Prior studies in capital structure have attempted at establishing relationships between profitability and level of gearing. This study attempts at presenting a comparison of capital structures between MNCs and local blue chip companies enlisted with the DSE. The study concludes
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Building Industry of Bangladesh The history of indigenous shipbuilding in Bangladesh goes back a long way. It is one of the early industries developed in Bengal based on its old business of building boats and sea vessels. Bangladesh has a strong background in building ships since ancient times. Many countries of Asia and Europe regularly bought ships built in Chittagong. Bangladesh has a strong background in building ships since ancient times. It is quite natural in that Bangladesh has more than
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Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Industry By Sarker Imran‚ RRU‚ BC‚ Canada | | There are several sectors on which Bangladesh can be proud of and undoubtedly the pharmaceutical sector is one of these sectors‚ rather it is the sector‚ which is the second-largest contributor to the government exchequer. There are about 231 companies in this sector and the approximate total market size is about Taka 76‚500 million per year of which about 97% of the total requirement of medicines is created by the
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an ingredient in the production of mortar in masonry‚ and of concrete‚ a combination of cement and an aggregate to form a strong building material.. Bangladesh cement industry is the 40th largest market in the world. Currently capacity of the industry is about 20 mn tones (MT). Top 13 players are alone controlling over 78% of the total industry capacity. However‚ the balance capacity still remains quite fragmented. Per capita consumption remains poor when compared with the world average; only 65
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