manufacturing

An employee works on the production line at a factory of Chinese automaker JAC Motors in Weifang, Shandong province, China February 28, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
China

China manufacturing activity grows for third straight month

The country has struggled to climb out of a slump fuelled by a property market crisis, weak consumption and soaring government debt

Mir Shafi. Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Beyond FDI: Transforming Bangladesh into a global manufacturing powerhouse

Dr Yun K Tam and his Bangladeshi-Canadian wife Dr Nuzhat Tam-Zaman, co-founders of Sinoveda Canada Inc. Photo: Courtesy
Stocks

Canadian medicine researchers looking for manufacturing partner in Bangladesh 

A rice threshing machine. Photo: Collected
Agriculture

Naogaon emerges as thrasher manufacturing hub  

Ultrasonic Joining uses high-frequency, low-vibration sound waves to generate heat due to friction, eventually bonding wood with metal polymers. Photo: Collected
Tech

Glue-free bonding: Can sound waves and 3D printing replace industrial adhesives?

What does the EU’s new due diligence directive mean for Bangladesh?
Thoughts

What does the EU’s new due diligence directive mean for Bangladesh?

Foundry owners claim that no one in the country can match the work of Kaliganj or Boroitola’s work in making propellers. Photo caption: Rajib Dhar
Panorama

Low demand, high woes: A shrinking propeller business

Photo: TBS
Economy

Bangladesh needs to prepare for deeper tech use in manufacturing: Experts

A worker arranges eggs on a conveyer belt at Ruichang City Yixiang Agricultural Products factory in Ruichang, Jiangxi province, China May 30, 2023. REUTERS/David Kirton
World+Biz

Their parents made China the world's factory. Can the kids save the family business?

The good and the bad from the factory floor
Bloomberg Special

The good and the bad from the factory floor

Photo: Salahuddin Ahemd/TBS
Industry

Bangladesh to allow making motorcycles up to 500 cc but ban local use above 165 cc ones 

People wait in line as SF-Marin Food Bank hands out food bags at Bayview Opera House in San Francisco, US, April 20. Due to the pandemic and absence of fiscal stimulus, long-term unemployment has been rising in America. Photo: Collected
USA

US labor market remains tight; manufacturing slumps further

A member of the Cargo Truckers Solidarity union stands next to a LPG lorry in Ulsan, South Korea, June 10, 2022. REUTERS/Byungwook Kim
Global Economy

South Korea truckers strike again, manufacturing supply chain at risk