bKash Limited in association with Bangladesh Bank recently organised a day long workshop on 'Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML & CFT)' for the senior officials of the company to create awareness on the issue, said a...
UCB signs agreement with SBI United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) recently signed an agreement with State Bank of India (SBI) on to prepay the Indian Visa Fee using UCash, mobile financial services of UCB. Mr. Mirza Mahmud Rafiqur Rahman, Additional...
FE Report | 2015-04-29 00:00:00
The much-awaited elections in the three city corporations in Dhaka and Chittagong Tuesday passed off on a bit sombre note amid allegations of rigging that marred much of the pre-poll festive mood. Alleging ouster of their polling agents, booth capturing...
FE Report | 2015-04-29 00:00:00
The ruling Awami League-backed mayoral candidates were leading in the results of Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation elections until counting of the votes was going on at 10:30 pm on Tuesday. In the early results of Dhaka North City Corporation...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2015-04-29 00:00:00
Japan's largest property insurance firm, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group, is now busy in doing groundwork to open its operations in Bangladesh under joint venture with local entrepreneurs. The Tokyo-based Japanese insurance company, founded way back in 1893, already met with...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2015-04-29 00:00:00
It is a sorry tale of the state-owned life insurer -- the Jiban Bima Corporation (JBC). The Corporation that once enjoyed monopoly in the country's insurance business has reportedly become extravagant, of late, when its revenue earning has shrunk substantially....
FE Report | 2015-04-29 00:00:00
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad has urged all to accept the election results to advance democratic spirit further on. "I did not receive any complaints of vote rigging or irregularities from any candidate or their agents, but there...
The government has discouraged Bangladeshi nationals to undertake any visit to Nepal for the tourism purposes until the situation returns to normalcy there. "Following the recent devastating earthquake in Nepal, the government of Bangladesh would like to discourage Bangladesh nationals...
TOKYO, April 28: A fifth of Japan's electricity supply should come from nuclear power generation, the country's industry ministry said Tuesday, despite widespread opposition in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster. With none of the nation's viable nuclear reactors in...
The US and the UK have called for impartial investigations into allegations of vote rigging, and have asked the political parties to keep their post-poll reactions within the law, reports bdnews24.com. Envoys of both countries in Dhaka, in separate statements,...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-04-29 00:00:00
The government is likely to backtrack from imposing taxes on the income of Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) as Prime Minister's Office (PMO) authorities found the fiscal measure as paradoxical. Prime Minister's Economic Adviser, Dr Mashiur Rahman, in a letter,...
Siddique Islam | 2015-04-29 00:00:00
The volume of classified loans in the agriculture sector has marked a significant rise in nine months up to March because of lower recovery mainly due to political unrest early this year, officials said. The non-performing loans (NPLs) of farmers...
Arafat Ara | 2015-04-29 00:00:00
The size of the payment of profit accrued on savings instruments of the government increased by more than 24 per cent in nine months of the current fiscal year (FY), compared to that of the last fiscal. During the July-March...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2015-04-28 00:00:00
There is almost cut-throat competition among countries to attract foreign investment all over the world. It makes no difference whether a country is developed, developing or least developed in this respect. Every country is ready to embrace foreign investors with...
Syed Ashraf Ali | 2015-04-28 00:00:00
The thumping victory of Bangladesh Tigers in the three ODIs (One Day International) and the T-20 over the much-vaunted Pakistan cricket team has made the nation proud - very proud indeed. It truly mirrors the spectacular achievements made by Bangladesh...
Life's impermanence is realised to its breathtaking limit in the face of Nature's destructive sweeps. Of the many forces that wreak devastation of cataclysmic proportion, earthquake ranks at the top because it strikes unannounced. Science is yet to make any...
Abdul Bayes | 2015-04-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh's rice regime is partly influenced by policies pursued in other countries, especially in next-door neighbour India. In this context, one can possibly recall that the country benefited hugely from imports of rice by the private sector in 1998. But,...
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka | 2015-04-28 00:00:00
Our world is out of balance. It is both wealthier and more unequal today than at any time since the Second World War. We are recovering from a global economic crisis - but that recovery has been jobless. We have...
Rahman Jahangir | 2015-04-28 00:00:00
Newspapers in Bangladesh are never tired of reporting projects to be taken up for people's welfare. Such projects are always 'to be' but none knows when these will really be executed. In fact, the Dhakaites are sandwiched between 'to be'...
The Tigers face Pakistan today in first of their two test matches against the visitors. The entire nation will be looking forward to see them displaying once again the same brilliance with which they trounced Pakistan in one day international...
The proposed Bangladesh-India railway link project is not being materialized which is disappointing. If the project is implemented, it will be mutually beneficial for both countries and their citizens. It will add more comfort to journey by land between India...
The number of kidney patients in our country is increasing alarmingly and we need to ensure food safety and drive out chemical laden food items from our market. The government should strictly enforce laws on food safety. The criminals who...
Mashiur Rahman | 2015-04-28 00:00:00
Those who took the initiative to set up the American Alumni Association had foresight. There is a large number of graduates of US universities in Bangladesh, and the number that want to go to USA for further studies is ever...
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