First of all I would like to stress with all the strength that I can command here is the fact that BOI doesn’t do anything alone. You know we have a very collegial decision making process and except for giving...
GGrameen phone requires no introduction in Bangladesh in particular. It is the largest listed company in Bangladesh and making news everyday in many ways. We would like to hear about that from the Deputy CEO Mr. Raihan Shamsi. We also...
From Grameen Phone we are honored and privileged to share the success story. I am really going to share a success story, and the story begins by saying that Grameen Phone is the biggest corporate house registered through BOI and...
Thank you Mr. Shamsi for the excellent presentation. It is particularly noteworthy that Grameen Phone is reinvesting 80% of its income into new investment. The strategy for foreign investors should aim at creating the environment so that they don't take...
Thank you for giving me this opportunity to speak here. The way I perceived this problem is not so much of ACI, but in terms of how a large local investor looks at opportunities in Bangladesh and how they take...
VIPB is just two years old and so it is very early to say whether we are a success or not but we have taken the initiative and it focuses at the right element of the enterprise segment in Bangladesh,...
Thank you for inviting me to this important seminar organised by the Board of Investment (BoI) in collaboration with the Policy Research Institute (PRI) of Bangladesh.Foreign investment is critical to the development of a country, particularly for developing nations. Foreign...
Since the title of the afternoon is "The Way Forward", I just thought I would make a few points starting from Prof Papanek's very informative and detailed presentation. I am thankful that he started off saying something which is a...
What should matter most for Bangladesh is accelerated growth at this stage and synergizing actions that will facilitate increased private investment, both foreign and local. An investment does undeniably hold the key to sustain growth at an accelerated pace, higher...
First thing I'd say based on the branding issue, I find a lot of confused signals, confused views within Bangladesh about do we have a branding problem or not. 0n one hand, I hear that everybody knows that we're Bangladesh...
They've done it in other countries and I would be very happy to collaborate with the Government of Bangladesh if they would like to. And the important thing is to know is which dimensions are important for foreign investors because...
I may have left the impression with some of you that I am pessimistic. I am extremely optimistic about what can be done and what can be achieved quite readily here. I want to tell you one story which will...
FHM Humayan KabirA government agency has detected massive rip-off in a Tk210 million fisheries department project designed to help millions of poor in northern Bangladesh, officials said SaturdayThe fund was allocated to develop fisheries in the Chalan Beel - one...
WHAT the Prime Minister's energy adviser told newsmen late last week at a press briefing would, perhaps, make the power subscribers happy and, at the same time, angry. Power subscribers should be happy because the adviser sounded pretty serious about...
Shahiduzzaman KhanTHE government is planning to increase the prices of electricity to offset possible losses for purchasing 'high-cost electricity' from unsolicited fuel oil-based rental power plants. A proposal for increasing the power prices is expected to be sent to the...
Shamsher Chowdhury MORE people have landed in trouble by talking than being silent. Remember the famous saying in Bengali that in essence says, a fellow who is dumb has no enemies, how very true. Bengalis are super talkers and often...
Disputes over land involve the greatest number of civil and criminal cases in the country. Litigation over land claims, ownerships and related incidents keep the greater part of the capacities of the country's legal system engaged. The amounts drained by...
BANGLADESH entered a new era on 13.05.2010 as the country shifted from hand-written travel documents to more secure machine-readable passports (MRP). It was a long cherished desire of the people to have hassle free passports. Previously almost everyone had to...
LONDON, May 15 (BSS): Gold prices smashed their way to fresh record highs close to 1,250 dollars this week, with demand driven by investors seeking shelter from the eurozone debt crisis, analysts said. Oil prices tumbled however as a strengthening...
SYDNEY, May 15 (BSS): Australia Friday launched a new national brand, "Australia Unlimited", hoping to convince business investors that the country is more than a laid-back holiday destination. The slogan is the brainchild of British advertising agency M&C Saatchi, which...
Our correspondentGOPALGANJ, May 15: Agriculture Extension Department (AED) organised a five-day-long agriculture equipment fair, 2010 at Shilpakala Academy premises in Gopalganj recently.Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Gopalganj Sheikh Yousuf Harun was present as the chief guest on the occasion while AL...
NEW DELHI, May 15 (BSS): Indian Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Thursday said the worst on food inflation front is over and the prices have started coming down, and would ease further in the coming weeks. "By and large,...
LONDON, May 15 (Commodity Online): Following a court verdict, the diamond fields in Zimbabwe's Chiadzwa region have become a source of smuggling for unscrupulous elements.According to human rights groups, around 2,000 carats of Zimbabwean diamonds are being smuggled out of...
HANOI, May 15 (Commodity Online): Vietnam's rice exports is likely to dip in the first quarter of this year compared with same period last year. According to Vietnam Food Association (VFA) the country would export extra 1.3-1.4 million tonnes of...
STUTTGART, May 15 (Commodity Online): Development of innovative automotive technologies and sales of electric, hybrid vehicles is set to get a boost with close to US $ 44 billion in economic stimulus funds and other incentives flowing for this purpose,...
PowderOn SONY SET Sunday at 9-30 pm.The power of terrorism and the power of underworld no longer mean gunshots and hoaxes. 'Powder' is the story of the new scenario in substance abuse - a generation embracing drugs as part of...
MUMBAI, May 14: Musician AR Rahman, lyricist Gulzar and sound designer Resul Pookutty are the trinity -- the Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh -- of Indian Cinema, said Maharashtra Governor K Sankaran-arayanan.The governor was speaking at the launch of the Malayalam...
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TOKYO, May 15 (Bloomberg): Asian stocks posted the biggest weekly advance in more than a month on signs corporate earnings were improving and as concern eased that European nation's mounting debt will wreck the global economic recovery. Tencent Holdings Ltd,...
KOLKATA, May 15 (PTI): Country's largest lender State Bank of India's net profit for the January-March quarter has fallen by 32 per cent at Rs 18.67 billion due to a host of reasons, including higher provisioning for non-performing assets. Unveiling...
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