A day-long Embassy Open House programme of Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC drew a large number of visitors from all over the United States (US) and tourists from other countries, reports UNB. The programme was organised in coordination with Cultural...
FE Report The country's leading export oriented garment sector is facing acute shortage of power and gas that is hampering production, the leaders of Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) stated on Sunday. They said that many factories have...
FE ReportJute and Textile Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui Sunday urged garment manufacturers to form a cell to negotiate with global buyers on the price of high quality apparel products. The minister's call came at the launching ceremony of 'Better Work...
Syful IslamBangladesh and Bhutan will sign air services agreement this week to boost trade and tourism between the two South Asian nations, officials said Sunday. "The civil aviation authorities of the two countries will ink the accord on Wednesday," secretary...
FE Report Telecom regulatory body has extended the deadline for submission of proposals for licence of submarine cable system and services. The revised deadline for submission of the proposal is 13 June, 2011. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) issued a...
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has expressed its interest to provide all types of support for the labour-intensive and environment-friendly industries of Bangladesh. Country Director of the UNDP Stefan Priesner disclosed the interest while delivering his speech at a presentation...
Sonali Bank Ltd., the largest commercial bank of the country, received best brand award from Bangladesh Brand Forum, a wing of international survey organization NIELSEN. Mustaque Ahmed, Managing Director and CEO (additional charge), received the award on 7th may on...
Talukdar Noman Anwar is joining HSBC, Bangladesh as Head of Marketing and Communications with effect from today (Monday). A marketing graduate from the University of Dhaka, he has over 15 years of professional experience including 10 years of marketing and...
FE ReportA 17-member executive committee (EC) of Bangladesh Agricultural Reporters' Forum (BARF) has recently been formed for 2011-13, according to a press statement. Staff correspondent of Daily Samakal Altab Hossain, senior reporter of Daily Kaler Kahtha Shafiqul Islam Jewel and...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, May 14: The ship breakers of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan have floated a tri-nation forum to fight against negative propaganda and 'conspiracy' hatched against the shipbreaking and recycling sector in the region by vested quarters. The new forum...
FE ReportThe country's electric goods export grew by more than 74 per cent in ten months of the current financial year, Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data revealed. Bangladesh exported electric products such as fans, bulbs, cables and refrigerators worth US$...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, May 14: The newly elected office-bearers of Chittagong Port Truck Owners' Association (CPTOA) Saturday were sworn in at its office at Nimtala near Bandar Bhaban in the port city. CPTOA President SM Habibul Huq and General Secretary Zahur...
CHITTAGONG, May 14 (UNB): A BNP activist was Saturday slaughtered by identified terrorists in broad daylight at Dantmara in Fatikchhari Upazila. Abdul Gani (50), the victim, was local BNP leader and president of Hoako Bazar Committee. His wounded associate Siraj...
Leaders of Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance (BATA) today suggested that the government take immediate steps to revise the Tobacco Control Act by imposing high tax on cigarettes and bidis to check smoking and its use, reports BSS. Speaking at a roundtable...
Khalilur RahmanShipping Minister Shajahan Khan has, at last, admitted that the ongoing cleaning of garbage from the rivers around Dhaka city will not be fruitful if people continue to throw all sorts of wastes from plastic bottles to polythene bags...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Saturday left the city on a two-week long visit to UK and USA to strengthen her party's relations with these powerful countries, reports UNB. She flew to London en route to America from Hazrat Shahjalal International...
NEW YORK, May 14: The top two positions at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will fall vacant shortly. Managing Director Dominique Strauss-kahn had earlier announced that he would not seek an extension and is nursing the hope of contesting the...
NARSIGNDI, May 14 (BSS): Minister for Post and Telecommunications Raziuddin Ahmed Razu said the government would increase bandwidth capacity to 145 gigabytes (GB) from the existing 44 by December next. "Increase of bandwidth will help strengthen digitalisation process of the...
Mahmudur RahmanRecords are misleading at times. When one considers all the sharpened pencils that have a go at governments for their perennial failure to implement its ADP projects only to come up with more ambitious targets for the next year...
ISLAMABAD (agencies): Pakistan's parliament threatened Saturday to cut off access to a facility used by NATO forces to ferry troops into Afghanistan, signalling a growing rift that began when US commandos killed Osama bin Laden during a raid on a...
CHITTAGONG, May 14 (UNB): Jubo League and Bangladesh Chhatra (BCL) activists clashed over 'jhut' business and extortion, leaving eight injured in Alangkar Cinema Hall area in the city today (Saturday). Police said Awami League-backed businessman Morshedul Hasan bought cut-piece clothes...
FE ReportEnergy ministry and Petrobangla are at loggerheads over appointment of a consultant to help build the country's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal at Moheshkhali island, officials said Thursday. The energy ministry is interested to select a US...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, May 14: The newly elected office-bearers of Chittagong Port Truck Owners' Association (CPTOA) Saturday were sworn in at its office at Nimtala near Bandar Bhaban in the port city. CPTOA President SM Habibul Huq and General Secretary Zahur...
CHITTAGONG, May 14 (UNB): A BNP activist was Saturday slaughtered by identified terrorists in broad daylight at Dantmara in Fatikchhari Upazila. Abdul Gani (50), the victim, was local BNP leader and president of Hoako Bazar Committee. His wounded associate Siraj...
Leaders of Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance (BATA) today suggested that the government take immediate steps to revise the Tobacco Control Act by imposing high tax on cigarettes and bidis to check smoking and its use, reports BSS. Speaking at a roundtable...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The country's largest conglomerate, Abul Khair Group, has made a forceful entry into Bangladesh's fast-booming ceramics sector after it bought leading manufacturers Fahim Ceramics for about Tk500 million. The steel-cement-milk-tobacco group has completed the purchase last month,...
FE ReportBangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Atiur Rahman Saturday called upon the banks and other financial institutions to come forward to financing human resource development areas so that a skilled manpower can help Bangladesh become a middle-income country within the next...
Badrul AhsanPrivate jute millers have urged the government to raise cash incentive from existing 10 per cent to 20 per cent, enabling them to stave off the present crisis. The appeal from Bangladesh Jute Mills Association (BJA) came in a...
FE ReportBangladesh International Arbitration Centre (BIAC) arranged an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) workshop on "Investing Across Borders" at the MCCI Conference Hall in the city Saturday. The presenter was Ms. Antonia Presciosa Menezes, who is a Private Sector Development Specialist...
Richard Jones, Head of Regions, Compliance for Standard Chartered Bank will arrive in Dhaka today (15 May, Sunday) for a three-day official visit. He will be accompanied by Ravi Duvvuru, Regional Head, Regulatory Compliance, India & South Asia, Standard Chartered...
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