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Plan big to diversify exports Experts say Garment is a success model for Bangladesh’s exports but now is the time to focus on other potential sectors like leather, pharmaceuticals and light engineering, an expert says. Photo: Star/File Star Business Desk Star Business Desk Bangladesh needs to formulate long-term plans on how to enhance its export basket after graduating from the UNs group of Least Developed Countries (LDCs), experts say at a webinar held yesterday. Related measures could in...

Food Adulteration Man lives on food for survival. Clean and fresh foods are good for health but

The government has made the quality testing of imported bitumen mandatory to ensure product standards. The commerce ministry issued a circular on Tuesday to this effect. The testing has to be carried out at the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution, the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, or Eastern Refinery. Till date, quality testing was not a

The government has made quality testing mandatory for all imported bitumen before releasing the item from ports. The government has issued a gazette notification in this regard on Tuesday, amending the Imports Policy Order 2015-18 under the sub-section (1) of the Imports and Exports (Control)

Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) in a drive on Tuesday seized a huge quantity of counterfeit fruit drinks and carbonated beverages from Ashulia in Dhaka. The BSTI conducted a mobile court at Group 50 Agro Foods and Beverage for manufacturing and marketing different items

No quality test for imported bitumen! Staff Correspondent 17th May, 2021 10:42:29 In absence of proper testing of imported bitumen, low-quality bitumen is entering the country and consequently being used in road construction.  It has been learnt that imported bitumen is entering the country without any certification and approval from Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI), Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Bangladesh ...

Double whammy for city dwellers 28th April, 2021 12:54:15 City dwellers are now beset with two problems -- they are enduring a mosquito menace on the one hand and facing health risk from substandard mosquito coils on the other hand. The market is now flooded with low-quality mosquito coils for lack of proper monitoring by the authorities concerned. Mosquito coils are being manufactured illegally in many unauthorised factories that were set up in different parts of the country, including the cap...

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) raided three factories in Dhaka's Keraniganj area and destroyed fake and substandard cosmetics worth Tk 10 lakh. The court also fined the factories Tk 13.75 lakh, a press release of Rab-2, signed by Md Abdullah Al Mamun, assistant superintendent of police and Rab's assistant director (media), said. The elite force seized some

Don’t advertise carbonated beverage as energy drink: BSTI BSS, Dhaka BSS, Dhaka The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has called on all electronic and print media and manufacturers to refrain from misleading advertisement on carbonated beverages. They recently issued a letter about this, said a press release today. According to the letter, carbonated beverages are authorised products of BSTI but products such as Energy Drinks are...

She also mentioned that a central food testing laboratory is being set up. The issue of food safety has received significant attention in recent times -- the High Court Division, in the recent years, has issued orders to relevant stakeholders directing them to take stringent actions against food adulteration. Mobile courts have been particularly active in this regard and have been seen to conduct inspections of restaurants and stores. The government also has in place the Food Safety Act of 2013...