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FDI for sustainable economic development: ICCB

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has an important role to play in helping to achieve the United Nations (UN) Agenda, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, observed International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh (ICCB) at its current news bulletin (April-June 2019)."FDI has for long been the most viable method of wealth and technological...

Beauty parlour business growing fast sans regulation, monitoring

Beauty parlour services in the country are expanding fast without proper regulations and monitoring by the government agencies, thus risking health hazards, insiders have said.As the services have become popular, many new entrepreneurs are entering the businesses without enough skills. The insiders alleged that the newcomers often use substandard cosmetics...

BAIRA fears possibility of forming 'syndicate' again

Private manpower recruiters have expressed concern over the possibility of forming a syndicate to grab business in the fresh recruitment process of workers for Malaysian market which is expected to open soon.Leaders of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) raised the concern at a view exchange meeting with journalists...

BEZA to launch OSS centre by end of September

The Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) is set to launch its 'One Stop Service (OSS) Centre' by the end of this month (September) to provide all the necessary services to the investors of the economic zones in a single window, reports BSS."We have already started to provide most of the...

Manila shows interest to boost trade with Dhaka

Stakeholders from the Philippines have expressed interest to develop the economic relations with Bangladesh. They said the Philippines is viewing Bangladesh as a promising market, reports UNB.The visiting Philippines trade team expressed the interest at a seminar on 'Promoting Bilateral Trade and Investment between Bangladesh and Philippines' organised by Dhaka...

Rangpur women entrepreneurs fair begins

The week-long Female Entrepreneurs' Fair-2019 kicked off in Rangpur city on Tuesday aiming at flourishing entrepreneurship to create more employments to enhance economic growth on way to build a developed Bangladesh, reports BSS.Deputy Commissioner Md Asib Ahsan inaugurated the fair by releasing balloons and cutting ribbon at a function as...

Huawei denies US allegations of tech theft

PARIS, Sept 03 (AFP): Beleaguered Chinese telecom giant Huawei on Tuesday denied accusations reported in the Wall Street Journal that it stole technology from a Portuguese inventor, accusing him of "taking advantage of the current geopolitical situation."The US Department of Justice is looking into the claim, potentially adding to existing...

Executive’s flight to PSA highlights Renault-Nissan alliance tensions

PARIS, Sept 03 (Reuters): A senior Renault-Nissan executive has quit the troubled carmaking alliance to join Peugeot maker PSA Group, blaming Renault boss Thierry Bollore for forcing his exit.Former alliance director Arnaud Deboeuf will become PSA's industrial strategy director under Chief Executive Carlos Tavares, himself a former Renault second-in-command, the...

Chairman of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder MP (5th from L)

Chairman of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder MP (5th from L) and Managing Director of Pubali Bank Ltd. Md. Abdul Halim Chowdhury (4th from L) seen, among others, on the dais of a training programme on "Finance Management" in the capital recently under the auspices of the Bangladesh...

Vice Chairman of Prime Islami Life Insurance

Vice Chairman of Prime Islami Life Insurance Limited Md. Fazlul Karim (5th from L), Chief Consultant Rahim Uddaulah Chowdhury (6th from L) seen on the dais of the Half-Yearly Business Conference-2019 of the company held in Chattogram recently with the company's CEO (CC) Nizam Uddin Ahmed (4th from L) in...

National Export Trophy (Gold): 2016-2017 to Jasim Uddin

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina giving away the National Export Trophy (Gold): 2016-2017 to Jasim Uddin, vice chairman of Bengal Group of Industries, in the city on Sunday in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the country's export business

Delta Life Insurance Company

Delta Life Insurance Company Limited Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Adeeba Rahman announcing the plan for recruiting new agents at a press conference in Khulna Tuesday. The company will recruit 10,000 new agents across the country

AB Bank's Deputy Managing Director Sajjad Hussain (3rd from R)

AB Bank's Deputy Managing Director Sajjad Hussain (3rd from R) posing with other high officials and participants at the Agent Banking Conference organised by the bank in the city recently. General Manager, Financial Inclusion Department of Bangladesh Bank Md Anwarul Islam inaugurated the event

Paban Chowdhury (4th from R)

Executive Chairman of Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority Paban Chowdhury (4th from R) inaugurating a tree plantation programme recently at Sheikh Hasina Avenue at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpo Nagor of Mirsarai Economic Zone in Chattogram. ONE Bank Ltd arranged the programme under its CSR activities