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Pharma product export doubles in last six yrs

Bangladesh is a promising pharmaceutical products exporter in the world and the annual export volume of this product has almost doubled in the last six years, said State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr. Md. Enamur Rahman on Tuesday.The state minister said the figure was $136 million i...

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BAPA FoodPro Int’l Expo to begin Thursday

The largest show on Food Processingsector of Bangladesh ‘9th BAPA FoodPro International Expo 2023’ will take place from September 28-30. The three-day long fair will be held at International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB)in Dhaka. It has been announced through a press conference...

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DPS Economics and Business Summit held

DPS Economics and Business Summit 4.0 (also known as DPS Eco-Biz Summit 2023) was held recently, at the DPS STS senior school campus. More than 450 participants from different schools across Dhaka attended the Summit. DPS Eco-Biz Summit allows eager participants to debate and generate entrepren...

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NRBC Bank achieves ‘PCI DSS’ certificate

NRBC Bank PLC. has achieved the most prestigious standard Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) version 3.2.1. On Tuesday  at Bank’s Gulshan meeting room Moshiul Islam, CEO of Enterprise Infosec Consultants (EIC)  handed over the certificate  to Golam Awlia, Man...

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Padma Bank inks deal with BB for CMSME loans

Padma Bank has signed an agreement with Bangladesh Bank for the disbursement of loans under the refinance and pre-finance schemes of Tk 25,000 crore to the Cottage, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Sector (CMSME) of the country.The participation agreement signing ceremony was held at the Banglades...

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SIBL participated remittance fair in New York

Social Islami Bank participated “Bangladeshi Immigrant Day and Trade Fair-2023, & Bangladesh Remittance Fair” held at the New York Hilton Midtownin the USA. Mahmudul Alam, Director of SIBL, and Zafar Alam, Managing Director & CEO of SIBL, inaugurated bank’s stall at th...

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Union Bank opens sub-branch at Nobodoy

Shafiuddin Ahmed, Deputy Managing Director of Union Bank Limited inaugurated the Nobodoy Sub-Branch at Adabor in Dhaka as the chief guest through video conference from Head Office, Gulshan, Dhaka. Chairperson of IST Professor Dr. Shahida Rafiq, SEVP of Union Bank Md. Golam Mostafa, President of...

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AIBL holds business dev meeting

Business Development Meeting with the Corporate Branches, Zonal Heads, CMAID- 1 & 2, Retail Banking, ARDP Head of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited (AIBL) was held on Monday at the Head Office of the Bank. Chairman of the Bank Alhajj Abdus Samad Labu was present as Chief Guest in the meeting.&n...

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Bank Asia holds agent business meet-2023

Bank Asia Limited organized a day long ‘Agent Business Meet-2023’ at Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD), Cumilla on 23 September.Rumee A Hossain, Chairman of Board Executive Committee of the bank, was the Chief Guest and Prof. M. A. Baqui Khalily, Chairman of Board Risk Mana...

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Jamuna Bank holds School Banking Confce at Gazipur

As per the guideline of Bangladesh Bank Financial Inclusion Department, Jamuna Bank Limited organized School Banking Conference-2023 at Gazipur district in participation with 43 other banks.Md. Abul Bashar, Executive Director of Financial Inclusion Department of Bangladesh Bank was present as the ch...

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Chinese company to invest $23.15m in Uttara EPZ

Chinese company M/s. Bangladesh Boyang Textile Co. Ltd. is going to set up a textile and home textile manufacturing industry in Uttara EPZ with an investment of US$ 23.15 million.Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) on Sunday signed an agreement with the company to this effect at BEP...

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Entrepreneurs urged to Invest in climate resilience project

Entrepreneurs can take policy support through investing in climate resilience project in the line with government's target to generate 40 percent of the energy from renewable sources, said experts at a forum  on Sunday.H.E.L.P. Services Foundation organized the forum tiled ‘Preserve P...

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Islami Bank wins award in NY for collecting highest remittance

Muktadhara New York Inc conferred Remittance Award to Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC for collecting highest remittance in Bangladesh. Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen handed over the award to Mohammed Monirul Moula,  Managing Director and CEO and Md. Akiz Uddin, Deputy Managing Director of ...

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UBL appoints Durdana Kabir as Director HR

Unilever Bangladesh Limited (UBL), the country’s leading Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) company, announced the appointment of Syeda Durdana Kabir as their new Human Resources (HR) Director, effective 17 September . With this appointment, Durdana has joined the Management Committee of U...

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Saudia stands 3rd in on-time global performance

Bangladeshi passengers can rely on Saudi Airlines (SAUDIA) to leave on-time as Sudia has taken third position among the top 10 international airlines in terms of on-time performance in July 2023, according to Cirium’s monthly On-time Performance Report. The airline had 83.76% of its fligh...

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FSIBL arranges training course for freshers

First Security Islami Bank Limited inaugurated fresher’s training course’ recently at FSIBL Training Institute with the participation of its officerswith a view to building skilled human resources for providing better banking services.  Syed Waseque Md Ali, Managing Director of the ...

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Union Bank distributes household goods

As a part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Union Bank Limited distributed household goods and relief among the helpless, poor and homeless people of Chattogram Division affected by the devastating floods of the remembrance day. Managing Director & CEO of the Bank ABM Mokammel Hoque ...

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Bproperty partners with Dulux to offer exclusive discounts

Bproperty, a leading real estate solutions provider, has signed a groundbreaking partnership agreement with Dulux, the renowned paint brand, to enhance the experience of its valued clients. Under this exciting collaboration, Bproperty clients will enjoy substantial discounts on Dulux paints, making ...

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Entrepreneurship World Cup to be held in Dhaka

GEN Global and GEN Bangladesh formalized a groundbreaking partnership on the third day of the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) a  Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony held on Saturday.Under the MoU, both the entities committed to jointly host the prestigious Entrepreneurship...

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MetLife launches insurance policy with guaranteed maturity value

MetLife Bangladesh has launched a new 5-year tenure insurance policy titled “MetLife Fixed Deposit Protection Plan – Assurance" which provides customers a guaranteed maturity value and extensive insurance coverage through a one-time premium payment. MetLife Fixed Deposit Protec...