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Karmasangsthan Bank organises Foundation Training Course

Karmasangsthan Bank organises Foundation Training Course Karmasangsthan Bank inaugurated a 'Foundation Training' course for Officers, Assistant Officers, and Data Entry Operators at the bank's Head Office on Saturday. Dr. A.F.M. Matiur Rahman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the bank, attended the event as the chief guest and officially...

BTRC reinstates ban on single-band router import, production

FE REPORTThe Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has revoked its earlier decision to suspend the ban on importing, producing, and marketing single-band Wi-Fi routers, effectively reinstating the restriction.A single-band router is a Wi-Fi router that operates only on one frequency band, usually the 2.4 gigahertz (GHz) band.In a circular issued...

Asia Pacific General Ins re-elects chair, vice-chair--

The Board of Directors of the Asia Pacific General Insurance Company Limited, at its meeting held on Thursday, unanimously re-elected Aftab ul Islam, FCA, as the chairman and Wahidul Haque Siddiqui as the vice-chairman of the company for the next term, says a press statement.

BPPA hosts consultation on PPR revision

As part of the process of a series of consultations with the stakeholders on the revision of Public Procurement Rules, 2008, the Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA) has started field-level consultations in districts and upazilas.Two such consultation workshops were held in Rangpur district sadar and Saidpur upazila on Thursday. Md...

China’s July consumer prices stable

BEIJING, Aug 9 (AFP): Consumer prices in China remained stable in July, official data showed Saturday, providing a respite for the world's second-largest economy, which is facing strong deflationary pressure and fragile domestic demand.The consumer price index-a key measure of inflation-was unchanged year-on-year in July, according to data released by...

Average US tariffs now highest since 1910s

PARIS, Aug 09 (AFP): The US tariff rate now averages 20.1 per cent, the highest level since the early 1910s-except for a brief spike earlier this year-after new duties took effect Thursday, WTO and IMF data showed Friday.The figure, calculated by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Monetary...