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BGMEA voices optimism over Accord's timely handover

BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology (BUFT) and Edusoft Consultants Ltd. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Thursday in Dhaka for a partnership to initiate a comprehensive IT solution to the university campus management system (UCAM). Founder chairman of BUFT trustee board Muzaffar U Siddique and director of Edusoft...

Biman adding planes to expand routes

State-run carrier, Biman, has decided to add two more aircraft to its fleet for 72 months on lease before October next year, aiming to spread its wings on more routes.The Biman Bangladesh Airlines has invited proposal/offer for 'dry lease' (only aircraft) of two 737-800 aircraft with winglets for a period...

Big push for bringing all public agencies under e-procurement

The government has taken an initiative to ensure 100 percent electronic government procurement (e-GP) at all public sector procuring agencies through the Digitising Implementation Monitoring and Public Procurement Project (DIMAPPP). "All the procurement and tender processes, including international bidding and over Tk 100 crore (1.0 billion) procurement, will be brought...

Exports to US market inch up in Q1

Export income from the United States slightly grew to 3.95 per cent in the first quarter of the current fiscal year due in large part to the moderate performance of apparels.Bangladesh's shipment to its largest export market in the first quarter totalled $1,453.61 million in July-September of the fiscal 2017-18,...

News Briefs- (21-10-2017)

RPGCL holds annual general meeting The 30th Annual General Meeting of Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Limited, a company of Petrobangla, was held recently at Platinum Suites, Banani in Dhaka. The meeting was presided over by Abul Mansur Md. Faizullah, Chairman of Petrobangla and Chairman of Board of Directors of RPGCL....

AGM of the RPGCL held

Abul Mansur Md. Faizullah, Chairman of Petrobangla and RPGCL, presiding over the AGM of the RPGCL held in Dhaka recently

EU leaders approve Brexit trade talks preparations

BRUSSELS, Oct 20 (AFP): The European Union (EU) leaders agreed Friday to start preparatory talks on the bloc's relationship with Britain after Brexit, giving some progress for embattled Prime Minister Theresa May to take back home.EU President Donald Tusk said in a tweet the bloc's other 27 leaders meeting in...

Kobe Steel losing clients as it slips deeper into crisis

TOKYO, Oct 20 (Reuters): Kobe Steel Ltd sank deeper into crisis on Friday as the embattled company said it had lost some customers to competitors because of widespread data falsification that had extended to its mainstream steel sheet business.Japan's third-largest steelmaker, which supplies the world's top airline and automobile manufacturers,...

China establishes world's largest medical insurance network

BEIJING, Oct 20: China will improve the national health policy, and ensure the delivery of comprehensive lifecycle health services for its people, President Xi Jinping vowed when delivering a report to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Wednesday. His remarks came as the country...