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Regulatory writing for people who have to act on it
No summaries of press releases. These are the positions we take when a client asks what a rule actually means for their site.
Industrial safety · 7 min read
The 2025 Boiler Rules: what changes on the factory floor
How the refreshed boiler framework reshapes registration, lifespan limits, operator certification and inspection cycles for Bangladeshi manufacturers.
Updated August 2026
Business entry · 6 min read
BIDA's One-Stop Service: what digitalisation actually changed
The One-Stop Service portal has moved registrations, recommendations and clearances online. Here is what genuinely runs digitally and where a physical file still decides your timeline.
Updated August 2026
Land & title · 8 min read
Land mutation (namjari): the document chain that decides your project
Mutation is where industrial projects quietly fail. A practical guide to the deed chain, khatian records, tax receipts and the due diligence that protects a land purchase.
Updated August 2026
Utilities · 6 min read
Industrial gas connections and the move to prepaid metering
What an industrial gas application actually requires, why availability rather than paperwork sets the timeline, and how smart prepaid metering changes cost control.
Updated August 2026
Utilities · 5 min read
Industrial electricity: navigating PBS, DPDC and DESCO connections
Feasibility studies, construction cost deposits, wiring inspections and the realistic sequence for energising a factory outside the metropolitan grid.
Updated August 2026
Compliance · 6 min read
The DIFE factory licence and the LIMA portal
Establishment classes, prerequisite approvals, the LIMA filing route and what inspectors actually look for during a first factory licence visit.
Updated August 2026
Compliance · 6 min read
Environmental clearance: reading your category correctly
Green, Orange and Red categorisation determines whether you file a short application, an IEE or a full EIA — and therefore whether clearance takes weeks or most of a year.
Updated August 2026
Specialised licensing · 5 min read
Explosive and petroleum storage licensing, step by step
Diesel, LPG, CNG and chemical storage sit under the Department of Explosives. Site selection, verification, inspection and the annual renewal cycle explained.
Updated August 2026
Energy · 6 min read
Captive power and BERC licensing for energy-intensive plants
Why large manufacturers self-generate, what a captive power plant licence file contains, and how the approval interacts with gas, fire and environmental clearances.
Updated August 2026
Reviewed August 2026.