Mushir AhmedA local company has struck a joint venture deal with an expatriate Bangladeshi to set up the country's first solar panel plant to provide a backbone for the fast-growing renewable energy sector. Star Group, a power plant engineering company,...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 25: Revenue earnings from vessel repair at Chittagong Dry Dock Ltd (CDDL) has fallen around 10 to 12 per cent in the last few months due to the prevailing global recession. In view of this, CDDL has...
Jashim UddinBrahmanbaria, Apr 25: Kokil Textile Mills Ltd will be auctioned on May 12 as the company owners failed to pay loan worth Tk 75.42 million to the local branch of Agrani Bank.The owners of Kokil Textile, once a state-owned...
NCC Bank installed 100 more Point of Sale (PoS) terminals at TMSS branches for distributing remittances fast and easily under its Foreign Remittance Payment Project (FRPP). PoS deployment ceremony and a training workshop also were held in this connection at...
Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) organised a get-together for the women entrepreneur clients of the bank in the city recently on the occasion of the Bangla New Year 1416.Arranged by the Women Entrepreneur Cell under SME Banking of EBL, the gathering...
The Management and Staff of Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd mourned the sad demise of Mr. D H Khan, a legend of Bangladesh's Pharma industry and a former Managing Director of Beximco Pharmaceuticals, on April 22.While in Beximco Pharma, Mr. Khan worked...
The much waited Citi Financial Quiz Competition grand finale will be held on May 10, 2009 at 5:00pm at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the city.The "Citi Financial Quiz Competition" funded by Citi Foundation and jointly organized by Citibank, N.A....
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Apr 25: With an aim to build a 'Digital Chittagong' Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) has finalised its midterm plan of undertaking research and maximum utilisation of information technology (IT) projects at an estimated cost of Tk 190...
Sarwar Zahan The US dollar was mostly steady against Bangladesh taka (BDT) in the inter-bank foreign exchange market last week despite higher demand for the greenback, fund managers said. The market experienced sufficient flow that helped the dollar maintain its...
SAO PAULO, Apr 25 (AFP): Big Chinese automaker Chery is considering open a US$700-million factor in Brazil to tap into the country's growing market, and to learn more about building biofuel-capable engines, Brazil's Gazeta Mercantil daily reported Friday."Our development center...
Managing Director (MD) of Delta Life Insurance Company Limited Das Deba Prashad left Dhaka for New York to attend the 14th Global Meeting and Seventh Capital Markets Conference.The meeting will be held on 30th anniversary of Women's World Banking (WWB)...
Emirates Holidays, the tour-operating arm of Emirates airline, has unveiled its 'A World of Choice 2009-2010' brochure, says a press release. For the first time its extensive range of exciting holidays to over 120 destinations across the world has been...
FE ReportA workshop titled 'money laundering prevention and core risk management', arranged by Pubali Bank CDA Corporate branch of Chittagong was held Saturday.Bangladesh Bank deputy general manager Md Nurul Alam was present as chief guest on the occasion.Pubali Bank DGM...
Mr Shawkat Hossain has joined the Prime Bank Limited as senior executive vice president (SEVP) and head of small and medium enterprise (SME) division.Prior to joining the Prime Bank, he was the head of finance of Bank Al Falah Limited,...
FE Report Chevron Bangladesh built a 160-foot steel footbridge by its employees at Bibiyana in Sylhet recently, said a press release. Chevron President Steve Wilson officially inaugurated the bridge for public use. Also present in the inaugural ceremony were Bibiyana...
CHITTAGONG, Apr 25 (bdnews24.com): National opener Tamim Iqbal has been surprisingly sold for Tk 0.77 million (Tk 7.7 lakh) per match in the new Port City League (PCL) auction to Chittagong Abahani Limited Saturday. Like the Indian Premier Cricket League...
The Kingsmead crowd was witness to a hard-fought contest between two evenly-matched teams and, after several twists and turns, Deccan Chargers, winners of last year's wooden spoon clinched a tense battle against Mumbai Indians. Deccan overcame several setbacks - a...
Abahani Limited made a flying start in the eight-team Women's Club Cup Cricket Tournament beating BKSP by five wickets in the inaugural match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur Saturday, reports UNB.Earlier, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Lt Gen...
The four-team Group A matches of the AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers begin in Dhaka today (Sunday) at Bangabandhu National Stadium with hosts Bangladesh eyeing the top slot, reports UNB.Two matches will be held on the opening day with Myanmar taking...
BARCELONA, Apr 25 (AP): Third-seeded Nikolay Davydenko rallied for a 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-2 victory over Radek Stepanek Friday to reach a Barcelona Open semifinal against Rafael Nadal.Fourth-seeded David Ferrer and Fernando Gonzalez of Chile will meet in the other...
DUBAI, Apr 25 (Reuters) : Pakistan has been reassured the International Cricket Council (ICC) will not abandon the country after it was stripped of its right to host matches at the 2011 World Cup because of security concerns. Pakistan was...
ROME, Apr 25(AFP): Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic launch their latest attempts to derail Rafael Nadal's non-stop, claycourt express at the Rome Masters which gets under way at the Foro Italico Sunday. Nadal won three successive titles here until last...
The rate of human trafficking, estimated at 400 per month, across the border is alarming, experts viewed at a workshop attributing the reason as lack of coordinated efforts of the law enforcing agencies, reports UNB.The workshop on 'Anti-Trafficking Interventions in...
The World Intellectual Property Day will be observed today (Sunday) in the country as elsewhere in the globe in a befitting manner, reports BSS.The theme of this year's World Intellectual Property Day is "Green innovation as the key to a...
The South Asian University (SAU), an initiative of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), is set to start its first academic session in 2010 with its main campus in New Delhi, reports UNB. "Now negotiations are on to...
Our CorrespondentGOPALGANJ, Apr 25: A seminar on 'strengthening of arsenic mitigation preparedness project- 2009' was held at Boiltali here recently organised by the Karitas, a non-government organisation.At least 40 arsenic patients attended the seminar.Earlier, a rally was brought out to...
RAJSHAHI, Apr 25 (UNB): Rajshahi Protection Action Council (RPAC) Saturday threatened to wage a tougher movement if the government fails to resolve the city's power and water crises within a week.The threat came from a meeting of RPAC held with...
Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad said Saturday the government planned to restore the Newspaper Employees (Condition of Services) Act 1974 introduced by the Bangabandhu government subject to discussion in the next parliament session, reports UNB."This Act was scraped by the...
FE Report Indo-Bangladesh defence ties are on the upswing under the Sheikh Hasina government in Dhaka, according to defensenews.com. A high-level Bangladesh Air Force delegation led by the country's air chief, Air Marshal SM Zia-ur-Rehman, is in New Delhi to...
Leaders of the BNP-led four-party alliance for the first time after the December 29 election debacle appeared together at a commemorative discussion Saturday, possibly to break a standoff in the line-up, reports UNB.After the last parliament elections the partners of...
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