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Railway to connect Ishwardi with N-power plant project site

Bangladesh Railway (BR) is going to establish rail link up to Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) site for smooth and safe transportation of major consignments of the challenging project.A joint venture firm between Indian and Bangladeshi companies will construct 26.5-km rail track from Ishwardi rail station to the project site...

Second unit of N-power plant gets licence

The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) received the design and licence for the construction of second unit of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP).Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority (BAERA) chairman Naiyyum Chowdhury formally handed over the licence for the 1,200-megawatt (MW) unit to BAEC chairman Mahbubul Hoq at a function on...

BIAC holds certificate giving ceremony

The Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre (BIAC) handed over certificates recently to the participants of a five-day training on mediation and negotiation held in India in March, says a press statement. A meet & greet session was also held with the certificate giving ceremony at the BIAC Secretariat office in the...

Govt issues counter-guarantees for BCIC

The government has issued five counter-guarantees worth Tk 48 billion for Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) to facilitate uninterrupted import of fertiliser, officials said.Contacted, a deputy secretary of Finance Division said, "We issued five counter-guarantees in favour of five state-owned banks (SoBs) in the last week of June."The finance ministry...

E-recruitment system ensures hassle-free process: Officials

The use of electronic recruitment system (e-recruitment) by government organisations to process job applications has ensured hassle-free and faster recruitment of manpower, officials said.They said the web-based recruitment system 'E-recruitment.bcc.gov.bd' developed and introduced by Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment and Governance (LICT) Project of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) to process...

S’pore businesses want to invest in economic zones

Entrepreneurs of Singapore have expressed their keen interest to invest in economic zones (EZs) of Bangladesh, reports BSS. They have found power, energy, pharma, health, shipbuilding and service sectors suitable for their investments.During a meeting with Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) on Monday, the businesspeople of Singapore said overall investment...

The documents of an agreement between MTB and Fintech Innovations International DMCC UAE being exchanged

The documents of an agreement between Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) and Fintech Innovations International DMCC, UAE being exchanged after Fintech President & CMO Sumit Kumar Roy and Head of MTB International Trade Services Division (MITS) Md. Bakhteyer Hossain signed it at a ceremony at MTB Centre in the capital...

Crystal Insurance Company holds its 79th board meeting

The 79th meeting of the board of directors of the Crystal Insurance Company Limited was held in the capital on Sunday, says a statement.Chairman of the company Abdullah Al-Mahmud (Mahin) presided over the meeting, held at the Board Room of the company's Corporate Office at DR Tower at Purana Paltan.Chief...

Euro zone investor morale bounces

BERLIN, July 09 (Reuters): Investor morale in the euro zone rose in July to end a five-month run of declines, a survey showed on Monday.But research group Sentix said the spectre of escalating trade tensions with the United States risked depressing sentiment again.Sentix's index for the euro zone rose to...

Half-yearly business review meeting

Sonali Bank Limited's Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Md. Obayed Ullah Al Masud, and General Manager at its Head Office Md. Nurul Islam participating as the chief and the special guests, respectively, at the half-yearly business review meeting of zonal offices and branches under the bank's General Manager's Office,...