100 economic zones offer huge incentives for foreign investors: Fahim

FBCCI President Sheikh F Fahim urged the investors of the Commonwealth countries to invest more in Bangladesh and take the advantage of a number of incentives offered by the government. Fahim, who is visiting London to attend a global trade meeting, said the FBCCI was keen to stand by the investors being the country’s apex business body, which is eager to develop a stronger trade and investment relation with Commonwealth countries.He made the statement on Wednesday evening (London time) in a meeting of the Global Advisory Council of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC). The council was established in 2014 with the support of the Commonwealth Secretariat and member governments to be the Commonwealth’s apex business organization.The FBCCI was included as a Strategic Partner of the CWEIC as the first organization from Bangladesh.Sheikh Fahim said the investors of the Commonwealth countries should explore their business options in Bangladesh, whi...

IBBL North Zone holds get-together of RDS clients

Dhaka North Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organized RDS clients’ Get-together & Fair at the premises of its Savar Branch recently. Md. Abdul Jabbar, Deputy Managing Director of the Bank attended the program as chief guest while Md. Aminur Rahman, Executive Vice President and Head of Dhaka North Zone presided over the meeting. Dr. Md. Elias Mollah, Professor of Jahangirnagar University and Mohd. Shahidullah Kaiser, Deputy Assistant Livestock Officer were present on the occ...

NOVOAIR ties with Firefly for operational support

NOVOAIR, leading private airline in the country and Firefly of Malayasia have signed a memorandum of understanding. On behalf of NOVOAIR, Mofizur Rahman, Managing Director and Philip See Yew Jin, Chief Executive off...

Speaker for ensuring transparency, accountability in public expenditures

As transparency is a pre-requisite to witness a nation’s expected forward march, Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Sunday pleaded for ensuring transparency and accountability in public expenditures to strengthen democracy and keep up economic stability of the country, reports BSS. “Misuse of public money can be checked by strengthening more the PA (Public Accounts) committee, CAG (Comptroller of Auditor General) office and Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in this connection,” the speaker said, addressing a roundtable on “Promoting Accountability and Integrity in Government Spending” organized by World Bank, Bangladesh, at a city hotel.She also put emphasis on amending necessary laws regarding this, imparting training for capacity build...

PM receives treatment at NIOH

Reason behind devastating defeat in Test match

The devastating defeat Bangladesh suffered against India in the first Test in Indore on Saturday once again exposed the yawning gap between the standards of the two sides in all departments in the longest format of the game that constitutes the supreme test of the players’ skill and temperament. The disparity would only widen they go to the second and final test of the series in Kolkata on November 22.  India are the no one ranked side in ICC’s test team ranking and Bangladesh languishing at number nine just above Afghanistan.The Indore match did not produce a competitive game and looked like a one-sided exhibition match reflecting India’s overwhelming superiority and Bangladesh’s mediocrity in tests.Savour some examples of the chasm between the two teams. The combined aggregate of Bangladesh’s first-innings score and runs scored by their top order in the second — 150 and—does not even match Indian opener Mayank Agarwal’s 243.On the bowling front, Bangladesh could manage just six Indian wickets. Four of Bangladesh bowlers sent down 89 overs between them for just two Indian wickets. In their first innings, pacemen Ebadat Hossain and Abu Jayed and spinners Taijul Islam and Mehidy Hasan Miraz conceded more than 100 runs each. For India, the three fast bowlers Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Mohammad Shami gave away only 94 runs between them.But the full measure of abject capitulation by Bangladesh cannot be gauzed by mere statistics. Their openers Shadman Islam and Imrul Kayes lacked the technical skill to play the opening swing...

Timely execution of mega projects a must

Any plan is only as good as the time frame within which it is executed. In case of the mega projects around the country, there has been a constant battle against time to keep the projects on schedule....

Hanging electric wires

If we take a look at the road right below our residence or office through window, we might find a bundle of wires and cables connected from one pole to another to supply us electricity, internet and telephone and cable connection. Service providers, ...

Culinary delight at Tehari Avenue

Hot apple pie punch

Slow cooker hot chocolate