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Bangladesh exports 947,873 workers during the Jan-Oct period

In spite of good news in the Malaysian labour market, the  labour export during the period of October slipped 19.47 per cent compared to the previous month of September. Bangladesh exported a total of 73,134 workers during the month of October as against 90,814 workers to different countries du...

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CMAs are in high demand by employers around the globe: Bashir Khan

Cost and Management Accountants (CMA) are in high demand by employers all over the world because CMAs possess a rare combination of financial and accounting skills for businesses of all sizes, said Abul Bashir Khan FCMA, an eminent financial sector expert and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of  S...

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Sustainable solution to Rohingya crisis needs relentless effort by all stakeholders

The spectrum of the Rohingya crisis is spread to geostrategic, economic, security, internal socio-politico-religious and economic dimensions of Myanmar, said Major General Md Nayeem A Chowdhury SBP, OSP, SUP psc, Phd (Retd) in an interview with Bangladesh Post. He mentioned that the sustainable...

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Listing gives independent valuation to issuer company maximising wealth’

Listing generates an independent valuation of the issuer company by the market which maximizes the wealth of the sponsors through transactions in the stock market, said Mezbauddin Md. Jibon Chowdhury, Managing Director and CEO of Ahkam and Associates Business Limited in an interview with Bangladesh ...

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Sri Lanka eyes South Asian tourists

Sri Lanka is eyeing the South Asian tourists, including Bangladeshis, to give a boost to its tourism sector, sources said.Sri Lanka, heavily plagued by the corona virus in 2020 and 2021, has recently announced the year 2022 as ‘Visit Sri Lanka Year,’ and authorities are prioritizing the ...

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Hotel operators should be given tax benefits to recuperate losses sustained during Covid Nishan

Necessary tax benefits should be provided for the hotel operators to ensure that the losses incurred in the last couple of years due to covid-19 could be now recovered slowly, is the opinion of Nishan Moonesinghe, General Manager, Royal Park Residence Hotel, Dhaka in an interview with the Bangladesh...

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Bangladesh-Myanmar trade on the rise

The bilateral trade between the two neighbouring countries Bangladesh and Myanmar has been on rise, according to the sources.The trade between Bangladesh and Myanmar recorded at 164.07 million US dollars with Myanmar enjoying the trade balance during the period of 2021, according to the United Natio...

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Kosovo, Bangladesh hold huge potential to do business together

"Kosovo and Bangladesh have an uptrend trade. Increasing trade means increasing cooperation and revealing the potential to do business together", said Guner Ureya, Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo to Bangladesh.In an exclusive interview with Bangladesh Post, the Ambassador mentioned th...

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Govt targets bank borrowing of Tk 1tn

The government aims to get Tk 1.06 trillion from the banking sector, Tk 350 billion from selling savings certificates, and Tk 50 billion loans from other domestic sources in the upcoming budget.The government has to take loans to meet the deficit when it has more expenditure than income. It takes ou...

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AASTHA works to change life of indigent people

Aastha Trust is a Non-profit organisation, founded by Ms Shoma Zahid with the aim to eliminate poverty and create a sustainable community in the rural parts of Bangladesh. From educating children to empowering families is with skills, creating job, providing health facilities and what not. Over 100,...

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Oman labour market to remain lucrative this year

With corona situation marked an overall improvement with massive vaccination and life becoming normal, the labour market in Oman, a Gulf country, will remain lucrative in 2022 thanks to high oil prices in the international oil market and gradual improvement in overall investment climate, sources sai...

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‘UAE investment in Bangladesh aims to help reduce trade gap’

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent visit to UAE ushers in a new era  that would facilitate further bilateral economic and commercial ties and people-to-people contacts between the countries,’’ said Chargé d' Affaires  of UAE embassy in Dhaka Abdu...

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Bangladesh eyes 10m tourists by 2041

Bangladesh has set a target of attracting 10 million tourists and a revenue of 8.00 billion US dollars by 2041 as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has set a vision of turning this country into developed one.Javed Ahmed, Chief Executive Officer of Bangladesh Tourism Board, said this, adding that Banglade...

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‘Brazil willing to learn from Bangladesh's microcredit programmes’

Brazil wants to learn from Bangladesh’s microcredit programmes and enhance the relationship between the two countries, said Pedro Guimaraes, Chief executive officer (CEO) of Brazilian state-owned bank Caixa Economica Federal (CEF).The CEO was impressed by Bangladesh’s growth after observ...

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Govt working for women empowerment through expanding education

The government is working relentlessly for developing women empowerment through expediting female education. Girls can educate themselves at a free cost. I am working for advancing female education, said Chittagong University Vice Chancellor (CUVC) Prof Dr Shireen Akhter, in an exclusive interview w...

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Sonali Life meets growing demand of customers with highest level of commitment: Mir Rashed

Sonali Life Insurance company meets the demand of diverse customers with highest level of commitment through utilising most modern digital service tools, and thus aims to bring about revolutionary changes in the country's industry, said Mir Rashed Bin Aman, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Sonali ...

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Bangladesh-Thailand trade goes up by 40pc in 2021

Thailand seeks to reach a $2 billion trade target soon as both Bangladesh and the Southeast Asian country continue to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.  The bilateral trade between the two countries stood at $1,280.24 million in 2021 as against $910.05 million in 2020.Talking to Banglad...

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Bank Asia makes outstanding contribution to financial inclusion: Arfan Ali

“Looking back at the 22 year journey of Bank Asia, the Bank’s biggest contribution would be the financial inclusion of deprived people and paving a way with financial leadership”, Md Arfan Ali, President and Managing Director of Bank Asia told Bangladesh Post in a n interview.He sa...

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Ctg Travel Mart-22 linking travel fans, service providers

The ongoing three day Chittagong Travel Mart- 2022, organized with objective to provide a platform for direct communication between travel enthusiasts and travel service providers, has been able successfully to attract a wide range of travel loving visitor. The fair gathered multi-sectoral stak...

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Classified loan ratio to be reduced to single digit by end of 2022: Ataur Rahman Prodhan

Sonali Bank Limited, country’s largest state-owned commercial bank, made a record operating profit of Tk 2,205 crore in year 2021. The bank earned a operating profit of Taka 2,153 crore in year 2020. According to the data of the bank, the classified loan of the bank also came down to 14.1...