FE ReportChairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Zia Ahmed has called the country's telecom operators for exploring newer areas of infrastructure sharing for better economization of resources to offer low cost service to the customers. "The recent regulatory move...
Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladesh, has come forward to provide financial support to Kidney Foundation. Standard Chartered Chief Financial Officer Imtiaz Ibne Sattar handed over a sponsorship cheque to Kidney Foundation President Professor Harun-Ur-Rashid in the city recently. Through this sponsorship,...
FE ReportPremier Bank Limited inaugurated its Brokerage House at Iqbal Centre in the city Tuesday.Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) president Md. Raqibur Rahman was present on the occasion as Chief Guest and inaugurated the Brokerage House. Vice Chairman of the Board...
The board of directors of Pubali Bank Limited has recently appointed Mahbub Mustafizur Rahman, MA Halim Chowdhury and Safiul Alam Khan Chowdhury as deputy managing directors (DMDs) of the bank, said a press release.Prior to this appointment, Mahbub Mustafizur Rahman...
Jasim Uddin HaroonA high-powered team of Tagaz, a Russia-Korea car manufacturer, is now in Dhaka to finalise a car-manufacturing project in Bangladesh.Earlier in October, the Tagaz Bangladesh unveiled a US$ 2.0 billion plan to manufacture cars in Bangladesh aiming to...
FE ReportProper pricing of energy is the main barrier in ensuring energy efficiency in the country, experts opined Tuesday. Ensuring proper price of fuels and controlling non-technical system loss are two main pillars of promoting energy efficiency. Low energy prices...
Doulot Akter MalaNational Board of Revenue (NBR) has seized a container of import consignment at Mongla port on suspicion that it has been brought under a false declaration to evade duty.A three-member team of Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) arrived at...
Mashiur RahamanIn a desperate attempt to get rid of its name from the ICAO's list of 'Significant Safety Concern (SSC)' the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has suspended issuing Air Operator Certificates (AOCs) to new private investors, source said.Private...
FE ReportBangladesh General Insurance Co Ltd held its annual zonal and branch managers' conference at Dhaka Ladies Club in the city Monday. Managing Director of the company AK Azizul Huq Chaudhuri presided over the conference. Towhid Samad, chairman of the...
FE Report The interest rate on Bangladesh Government Treasury Bonds (BGTB) remained unchanged Tuesday, as commercial banks are not interested in buying the bonds with a lower interest rate, treasury officials said. The yield, generally known as coupon interest rate,...
FE ReportLafarge Surma Cement Ltd, a leading cement manufacturer and exporter of the country, has become the Platinum Sponsor of India Trade Fair 2010, the three-day India-Bangladesh trade exhibition which will be held in the city from February 25 to...
FE ReportEricsson will supply mobile broadband module technology to Netgear, a world-leading brand in the small- to medium-sized businesses and home router segment. Mobile network connections for routers are becoming increasingly popular in many countries as a backup for or...
FE ReportTan Ghazzali Sheikh Abdul Khalid, chairman of Axiata (Bangladesh), the owner company of Aktel postponed his visit to Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Tuesday due to 'unavoidable reasons'.Mr Khalid arrived on a three-day visit in Bangladesh on the day.Aktel, the...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Feb 09: Ambassador of the Netherlands to Bangladesh Hennekens is scheduled to visit the Western Marine Shipyard Limited at Patiya on the south bank of the Karnafuli River to see progress of ongoing projects at the country's largest...
FE ReportPolicymakers need to shrug off their apathy to urbanisation, set proper policies and choose priorities for fostering urban growth across the country thus making Bangladesh a middle-income nation, experts said Tuesday.They made the call at a workshop styled 'The...
President Zillur Rahman Tuesday said that some private universities were lagging behind in providing quality education and asked for ensuring infrastructural facilities for holistic development of higher education. "The universities must have quality teachers and faculties to ensure quality education,"...
The High Court (HC) Tuesday issued a rule upon the government and others concerned to explain within 10 days why they should not be directed to properly maintain the sanctity and dignity of the central Shaheed Minar, a memorial for...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Monday asked the Bangladesh envoys in the Arab countries to work with utmost sincerity and dedication for the welfare of the expatriate Bangladeshis and encouraging foreign investment in Bangladesh, reports UNB."You've to work with dedication...
DU CorrespondentThe Secondary School Certificate (SSC), SSC Vocational and Dakhil examinations-2010 begin tomorrow (Thursday) throughout the country.Some 1,206,019 candidates from 26,192 educational institutions will appear in the examinations in 2,044 centres under the ten education boards this year. Of them,...
KHAGRACHHARI, Feb 9 (UNB): An indefinite blockade on three roads, including a river route in Khagrachhari and Rangamati districts enforced by Parbatya Bangali Chhatra Parishad was withdrawn Tuesday.The parishad leaders said that they called their programme off at 6.00pm Tuesday...
RU CorrespondentRAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Feb 9: A four-day national debate competition- 2010 concluded at the Rajshahi University (RU) recently organised by the Business Studies Debating Forum (BFDF) of the university amid much fanfare and great enthusiasm.A total of 32 public, private...
DU Correspondent A seminar on 'Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) in Food Security: Bangladesh Context' will be held at State University of Bangladesh (SUB) at Satmasjid Road in the city at 10 am today (Wednesday).Microbiology Services Manager of...
The enhanced website of the Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) under the Public Procurement Reform Project-II (PPRP-II) has been launched. Minister for Planning Air Vice-Marshal (retd) AK Khandaker inaugurated the website at the Conference Room of the IME Division in...
The 10th anniversary of death of Mawlana Muhammad Abdul Mazid will be observed today (Wednesday).He was a teacher of Doulatpur Alia Madrasah in Khulna.He was born in Nolbunia of Galua Union under Rajapur Upazila in Jhalokathi district.His family requested all...
Bangladesh completed their campaign of the 11th SA Games that concluded today (Tuesday), with a record haul of 18 gold medals, their highest in the history of the 8-nation meet, reports UNB.The hosts secured four gold medals on the penultimate...
THE annual growth rate of the country's air transport sector is said to be 8.0 per cent but Biman Bangladesh Airlines had become sick. There is no need to repeat the litany of the woes of Biman; its failings are...
Fida Hassan RanaPUBLIC Private Partnerships (PPPs) have emerged as one of the widely applied approaches for delivering infrastructure projects in many countries. PPP, as broadly defined, is a cooperation between public and private sectors by way of sharing resources, risks,...
Anirudha AlamMore participatory learning-teaching method would be useful. Integration of educative lessons on disease prevention, as well as sex and reproductive health could possibly help improve HIV prevention. Of the world's estimated 1.2 billion adolescents, about 87 per cent lives...
A road accident caused the death of a child the other day. He was the only son of his parents. A bus ran him over when he and his mother were crossing the road. Accidents like these have become a...
THERE is a substantial difference between the interest income growth of private- and state-owned banks. The reason may be difference in the interest on deposits, and other term instruments of savings as well as the interest charged on overdrafts, and...
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