Khirsapati mango of Chapainawabganj got the Geographical Indication (GI) tag on Sunday.The fruit is the third to get GI registration, followed by Hilsa fish and Jamdani saree.The certification would help boost both production and export of the mango variety, experts said at the GI certificate handover ceremony.Department of Patents, Designs...
Read moreThe Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has been awarded the 'Certificate of Merit' by the World Customs Organisation (WCO) marking the International Customs Day. FBCCI President Md Shafiul Islam (Mohiuddin) received the award from Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal at a ceremony organised by the National...
Read moreBangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) on Sunday filed cases against five shops in the city on charge of manipulating weight and measurement.The cases were lodged during the drive conducted by the BSTI surveillance team in the city's Dhanmondi and Mohammadpur areas under the "Standards of Weights and Measures Bill,...
Read moreBangladesh will import around 1.42 million tonnes of petroleum from eight state-owned companies of different countries under the government-to-government (G2G) arrangements in the first half of 2019, reports UNB.According to sources at the Energy and Mineral Resources Division under the Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, the government will require...
Read moreThe first Zonal Heads' Conference-2019 of Uttara Bank Limited (UBL) was held at the bank's head office in the capital on Saturday, says a statement.Chairman of the bank Azharul Islam attended the conference as the chief guest. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mohammed Rabiul Hossain presided over the...
Read moreAn annual business conference-2019 organised by Bangladesh Finance and Investment Company Limited (BD Finance) for its executives and branch managers was held at the Ocean Paradise in Cox's Bazar on Saturday, said a press release.Chairman of BD Finance Manwar Hossain inaugurated the conference as the chief guest while Managing Director...
Read moreRIYADH, Jan 27 (Reuters): Saudi Arabia aims to attract private sector investments worth 1.6 trillion riyals ($427 billion) over the next decade through an industrial development programmememe aimed at diversifying the economy, Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Saturday.Investments will be made through the National Industrial Development and Logistics Programmememe...
Read moreISLAMABAD: The government is set to launch a dollar-denominated diaspora bond - Pakistan Banao Certificate (PBC) - on Jan 31 to tap into the international savings of overseas Pakistanis for building foreign exchange reserves, reports the Dawn. Finance Minister Asad Umar told the Dawn that the certificates would be of...
Read moreKUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 (Reuters): Malaysia's securities regulator said on Saturday it was looking into the conduct of auditors of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).1MDB is a state fund of Malaysia which was wound up after losing billions of dollars in a scandal that erupted under the country's previous government."The Securities...
Read moreNewly-elected office-bearers of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI), led by its President Nihad Kabir, presenting a bouquet to Industries Minister Md. Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun while meeting him at his office in the capital on Sunday
Read moreFRANKFURT, Jan 27 (Reuters): Deutsche Bank is in advanced talks on receiving an additional investment from Qatar as the bank seeks to improve its finances, Bloomberg reported on Saturday.Bloomberg, citing unidentified people with knowledge of the matter, said the timing and size of the investment was unclear. The investment would...
Read moreWASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters): The US Interior Department will press forward with a wind power project during the partial government shutdown using money already granted by Congress, its acting head announced on Thursday.The move could assuage Democrats' concerns about the Trump administration pushing for oil drilling in the Arctic during...
Read moreThe 11th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Shahjibazar Power Co. Ltd. was held at KIB Complex Auditorium at Farmgate in Dhaka on Sunday. Among others, Rezakul Haider (Chairman), Feroz Alam (Managing Director), Anis Salahuddin Ahmad (Director), Md. Shamsuzzaman (Director), Mohammad Liaquat Ali (Independent Director) and Golam Nabi FCA (Independent Director)...
Read moreAdditional Managing Director of United Commercial Bank Limited Arif Quadri posing with the bank's senior executives at a certificate giving ceremony of a five-day workshop on 'Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade' at the bank's Learning & Development Centre in the city recently
Read moreBangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) on Sunday gave pre-qualification certificate to Standard Global Economic Zone (EZ) at Gazaria upazila in Munshiganj district.BEZA Executive Chairman Paban Chowdhury handed over the certificate, which leads a step ahead to get final licence, to Standard Global Economic Zone Limited Chairman Engineer Atiqur Rahman at...
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