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Green chilli price heats up further

Prices of green chilli increased further at the city retail markets as it soared to Tk 250-300 a kilogram (kg) on Wednesday, augmenting woes of the consumers who had already been hit hard by rising costs of other essentials, including rice, vegetables and key spices.Traders said that green chilli prices...

AB Bank moves into Category A

The 38th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of AB Bank Limited was held on Wednesday on a digital platform, says a statement. The meeting unanimously approved 5% Stock Dividend for the year 2019.The listing category of the Bank has been placed in category "A" with effect from September 02, 2020 as...

University students to get internet bandwidth of Teletalk at nominal cost

The state-owned telecom operator-Teletalk Bangladesh Limited will provide internet bandwidth to the students of the country's public and private universities at nominal prices to keep the online education activities ongoing, says a statement.The learners of thirty 42 public and 68 private universities which are using the Bangladesh Research and Education...

Migrant workers missing out on new skills sans certification

Almost one-third of men and women who had returned home because of the pandemic fallout, said they had learned new skills or greatly improved existing skills. But without credible Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) certification to prove they possessed these newly-formed skills, they could not capitalise on them, says the...

Karnaphuli Insurance AGM approves 10pc cash dividend

The 33rd Annual General Meeting of Karnaphuli Insurance Company Limited was held on Wednesday using a digital platform, says a statement.Nizam Uddin Ahmed, Chairman of the Board of Directors, presided over the meeting. Vice-Chairman Nasir Uddin Ahmed, Directors Sabita Ferdoushi, Reaz Uddin Ahmed, Lt. Col. M Shamsuddin Ahmed (Retd.), N....

$1,963.94m remitted home in August

Expatriate Bangladeshis sent around US$1,963.94 million in remittance during the month of August in the fiscal 2020-21 which is the second highest in the country's history, according to the latest data of Bangladesh Bank (BB), reports BSS.Earlier, the monthly inflow of remittance hit an all-time high in July this year,...

BD girls win seed money for green project in int'l contest

A group of five Bangladeshi girls beat out competition from around the world with their idea for a project aimed at green urbanisation, bringing home the prize of HK$20,000 as seed money from global charity foundation 24 Hour Race, reports UNB.Over a period of 3 months, teams from around the...

Power Division Secretary Dr. Sultan Ahmed handing over 600 N-95 3M 8210 masks

Power Division Secretary Dr. Sultan Ahmed handing over 600 N-95 3M 8210 masks on behalf of Dhaka Electric Supply Company (DESCO) Limited under DESCO's corporate social responsibility to Public Administration Ministry Secretary Sheikh Yusuf Harun on Tuesday for supply to the Government Employees Hospital. DESCO Chairman Mosammat Maksuda Khatun and...

Amazon pulls ad for job tracking union 'threat'

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 02 (AFP): Amazon on Tuesday pulled a job ad seeking an analyst to monitor the "threat" of labor organizing at the e- commerce behemoth, which has resisted unionisation since its founding.Images of the posting shared by nonprofit pro-labor group Athena described a search for an analyst on...