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ILO, IFC launch scheme to increase women supervisors in RMG sector

A joint innovative training scheme has been launched aiming to create more women supervisors in the country's readymade garment (RMG) sector.The pilot progrmame of the Gender Equality and Returns (GEAR) showed female supervisors, who received the training, saw average 39 per cent increase in their salary and also contributed in...

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IndustriALL, Unions seek PM's intervention

IndustriALL and UNI Global Unions have sought Bangladesh Prime Minister's direct intervention to resolve the impasse over the Accord's extension.The impasse was created due to the failed negotiation among the Accord, government and employers' organization - Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), they said. "Closing the Accord office prematurely...

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All TV stations will use Bangabandhu Satellite-1 by May 12: Minister

All television stations of Bangladesh will start broadcasting through Bangabandhu Satellite-1 within May 12, Information Minister Hasan Mahmud has said, reports bdnews24.com.He made the announcement after a meeting with the Association of Television Channel Owners (ATCO) at the Secretariat in Dhaka on Monday.May 12 will mark the first anniversary of...

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Stage set for auto carnival in city on Thursday

The Dhaka Motor Show-2019 along with three other exhibitions will kick off in the capital on Thursday.Conference and Exhibition Management Services Ltd. (CEMS) Bangladesh in association with CEMS Global is organising the 14th edition of the Dhaka motor show at the International Convention City Bashundhara, Kuril, from March 14-16.The other...

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Beijing Daxing Int'l Airport to begin operation in Sept

The Beijing Daxing International Airport is expected to be completed on June 30 and put into use before September 30, said Feng Zhenglin, Director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), according to People's Daily.Feng Zhenglin made the statement during an interview after the opening meeting of the second...

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Huge market for BD leather goods in Australia: ABCCI

There is a huge scope for export of Bangladeshi leather goods in the Australian market if the exporters of the country can follow their fixed compliance, said Australia Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ABCCI), reports BSS.Leaders of ABCCI on Monday came up with the observation while holding a meeting...

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‘Ctg to be centre of digital trade’

Post, Telecommunication and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Monday said that Port City Chittagong will be the center of the country's digital trade and commerce in the future.He came up with the remarks while attending a programme where Chattogram City Corporation and High tech Park authority signed a Memorandum...

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AMTOB gets new secy gen

The Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB) has appointed Brigadier General (Retd) S M Farhad as its new secretary general, reports UNB.AMTOB President Michael Patrick Foley praised Brig Gen Farhad describing him as an excellent leader. Farhad played a vital role in ensuring registration of pre-activated SIM cards...

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BoF cuts French growth forecast

PARIS, Mar 11 (Reuters): The Bank of France (BoF) on Monday trimmed its forecast for French first-quarter economic growth, estimating growth of 0.3 per cent compared to 0.4 per cent before.

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News Briefs-(12-3-2019)

JS body for ensuring use of ocean resourcesThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology on Monday recommended the ministry to take necessary measures to ensure effective use of the ocean resources through making plans by the Bangladesh Oceanographic Research Institute. The recommendation was made at the 1st meeting of...

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Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni

Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni, Governor of Bangladesh Bank Fazle Kabir and President & Managing Director of AB Bank Tarique Afzal handing over a cheque to proprietor of M/s. R.B Trading Farjana Akter at the inaugural session of the 'Banker-SME Woman Entrepreneur Gathering & Product Fair-2019' organised by Bangladesh Bank...

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Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka President Nihad Kabir

Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka President Nihad Kabir and female officers of Shimanto Bank Ltd cutting a cake at a programme in the city recently, organized by the bank on the occasion of International Women's Day, with the bank's Managing Director & CEO Muklesur Rahman and senior officials...

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Two winners of 'edYOUfest' posing with crests

Two winners of 'edYOUfest' posing with crests as Frobel Training Academy in association with Sunderji's Global Academia conducted the first ever teachers' training festival in Chattogram recently. Directors of Frobel Academy and Frobel Play School Huwra Tehseen Zohair and Sabeen Aameir graced the event and presented the awards to the...

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Midland Bank Ltd

Managing Director & CEO of Midland Bank Ltd. Md Ahsan-uz Zaman and Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank & Project Director of the Investment, Promotion and Financing Facility II (IPFF II) Ahmed Jamal exchanging documents after signing an agreement on behalf of their respective sides in the city recently

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Syria facing economic siege, says Assad

DAMASCUS, Mar 11 (AFP): President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday Syria was suffering an "economic siege" as his regime faces a raft of international sanctions over the eight-year civil war."The war on Syria has taken on a new form that is basically siege and economic war," he said, according to...

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