Lack of effective coordination among the agencies concerned, poor technical capacity and inadequate skilled manpower still remain the key challenges for ensuring environment-friendly economic growth in the country.As a result, despite significant economic growth, the country has to incur huge loss every year on account of environmental hazards, experts opined...
Read moreThe Ispahani Agro Ltd (IAL) will work together with the USAID-funded Feed the Future Bangladesh Rice and Diversified Crops (RDC) to develop market systems that will provide farmers in south-west region of the country with improved access to inputs, markets and rice production advisory services.In this regard, the IAL signed...
Read moreMUSCAT, Feb 18: The Indian Embassy in Muscat has said that it's not exactly 'illegal to carry currency up to Rs25,000 abroad'.The confusion arose after the Omani consulate in Mumbai, in an advisory issued on its Twitter account on February 14, urged Omanis not to carry any Indian currency when...
Read moreMobile phone users will be able to experience the fastest data service from today (Monday) following the handover of 4G/LTE licence by the telecom regulator in the evening.Private mobile phone operators - Grameenphone, Robi and Banglalink - are set to introduce the service immediately after receiving the license, said officials,...
Read moreInvestments with the Islamic banking accounts have increased by 19.03 per cent in the October-December quarter of 2017, compared to the corresponding period of the previous year."The Islamic banking segment continued to show rapid expansion in terms of growth of assets, deposits, investments and number of account holders," a Bangladesh...
Read moreGulfood 2018, a food and beverage commodity expo, began at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) in the UAE on Sunday, report agencies. PRAN, a leading food processor in Bangladesh, has joined the fair. The group is displaying over 300 products in eight stalls in Gulfood, one of the largest food...
Read moreBangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) will provide 106 million jute sacks worth Tk 4.44 billion to the Bangladesh Cold Storage Association (BCSA) by December 31 this year, reports UNB.BJMC and BCSA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this regard on Sunday at the conference room of the Textiles and...
Read moreRAJSHAHI, Feb 18: Passport and visa offices in the region have earned revenue amounting to Tk 17.5 million during its service week from February 4 to 11, reports BSS.Rajshahi divisional and seven regional passport and visa offices earned the revenue during this period, said Abjaul Alam, Assistant Director of Divisional...
Read moreA bill was placed in parliament on Sunday to repeal the existing 'Sugar Road Development Cess Ordinance', aiming to exempt the sugarcane growers from paying taxes for development of roads in sugar mill catchment areas, reports UNB.Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu placed the 'Sugar (Road Development Cess Ordinance) (Abolish) Bill,...
Read moreThe head of Latvia's central bank, Ilmars Rimsevics, was detained by the country's anti-corruption agency on Sunday, reports BBC.His home and offices at the Bank of Latvia were both raided by officers.The country's Corruption Prevention Bureau gave no details about its investigation, or the nature of the raids.Latvia's Prime Minister,...
Read moreBEIJING, Feb 18 (Xinhua): China has hosted 214 million tourists in the first three days of the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday, up 9.7 per cent from the same period last year, the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) said Saturday. Tourism revenue rose 9.9 per cent to 258.2 billion yuan...
Read moreBritish MPs scrutinising the government's plans for the agriculture industry after Brexit want funding for farmers when EU subsidies end, they said in a report published on Sunday, reports BBC.Without an EU-UK trade deal, farm exports face tariffs from March 2019.UK shoppers would also likely see price rises from EU...
Read moreThe Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Bangladesh organised a Business Leaders' Summit in the capital recently to look at the changing trends and future prospective of businesses nationally, says a statement.The summit comprised three sessions. The themes of the sessions were to look at the disruptions in the business...
Read moreManaging Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NRB Bank Limited Md Mehmood Husain attends a photo session at the training, titled "Prevention of Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing" at the bank's Corporate Head Office in the capital recently as the chief guest.
Read moreChairman of Financial Reporting Council (FRC) Bangladesh CQK Mushtaq and others are seen at the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Bangladesh-organised Business Leaders' Summit in the capital recently.
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