Bank & Insurance

Mercantile Bank holds workshop on cyber security awareness

Mercantile Bank recently organised a workshop titled “Cyber Security Awareness for Senior Management along with the divisional, departmental and unit heads of Head Office” at its training institute in Dhaka. Md. Quamrul Islam Chowdhury, Managing Director & CEO of the Bank, inaugurate...

Bank & Insurance

IBBL holds RDS clients meet at Pabna

Rajshahi Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organized a View Exchange & Discussion meeting of Rural Development Scheme (RDS) new clients at Pabna Branch premises on Saturday. Mohammad Ali, Deputy Managing Director of the bank addressed the program as chief guest. Presided over by Md. Kawsar ...

Business

Good governance for disciplined financial market stressed

Speakers at seminar stressed on good governance for ensuring disciplined in financial market. The sector is growing reapidly accompanied by the growing number of financial institutions. Despite remarkable improvement in the financial sector, some banks and financial institutions are facing cris...

Business

SJIBL organise business review meeting

Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) recently organized a Business Review Meeting with all Officials of Corporate Head Office of the Bank at a City Hotel. The Managing Director and CEO of the Bank M Shahidul Islam presided over the program while the Chairman of the Board of Directors Akkas Uddin Mo...

Business

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 ...

Business

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 officer of Firefly, signed the agreement on Tuesday in a ceremony held in NOVOAIR h...

Business

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 ...

Special Supplement

Life and tragic end of Sheikh Russel

Sheikh Russel was the youngest son of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Not only was he the youngest but also the most adored one by the Father of the Nation. The life of this patriot was cut short by the murderers of Bangabandhu on August 15. He too wanted to live and see a Sonar Bangla. Today is ...

Business

Professional skill stressed to boost foreign remittance

Speakers at a workshop expressed hope that professional training of the bank officials on handling remittance would augment foreign remittance through banking channel. NCC Bank and MoneyGram jointly arranged the day long workshop on "MoneyGram Operational Procedures, AML & CFT Compliance&qu...

Business

bKash to receive digital health care from Telenor

Telenor Health, a digital health subsidiary of Telenor Group has recently signed an MoU with bKash, the largest mobile financial service provider of the country recently at bKash’s corporate office in the capital. Andrew Smith, Chief Commercial Officer, Telenor Health and Mizanur Rashid, Chief...

Business

IBBL opens banking booth at Feni Sadar hospital area

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has inaugurated its Banking Booth at Feni Sadar Hospital area in a ceremony recently. Presided over by Abu Reza Md. Yeahia, Deputy Managing Director of the Bank, the program was attended by Aziz Ahmad Choudhury, Chairman of Feni Zila Parishad as chief guest.Md. Mahboob...

Business

NRB business delegation from Qatar meet FBCCI Leaders

A Non Resident Bangladeshi (NRB) business delegation from Qatar met with the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI) leaders at FBCCI office in the capital on Tuesday. They discussed about the upcoming ‘Made in Bangladesh 2019’ Trade and Investment Exhib...

Business

AIBL opens 175th branch at Laksam

Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited has opened it's 175th branch at Laksam of Cumilla on Sunday.Director of the Bank Alhajj Badiur Rahman attended the inaugural ceremony as chief guest while A. K. Azad Director of Central Hospital was present as special guest with Managing Director and CEO of the bank...

Business

‘Higher NPLs may hamper growth momentum’

Managing higher non-performing loans (NPLs) and tight liquidity condition on the domestic front alongside external challenges are likely to pose downside risk to growth momentum, according to central bank. The external challenges include sluggish global growth, disrupting supply chain by the escalat...

Business

Youths speak on tackling stress

What are frustrations and stresses the young adults of today face and how do they tackle with these adversities? How should their families and dear ones come forward at the time of their need? To reflect on these situations BRAC Institute of Educational Development conducted an event where students ...

Business

Nagad brings financial inclusion to 60 lakh people in one day

The Bangladesh Post Office tirelessly working to bring citizens of the country under the financial inclusion net. Digital financial service Nagad is a product of these ongoing efforts of the Bangladesh Post Office. With the aim of bringing regular citizens into the financial inclusion net, Nagad and...

Business

MCCHS brings honor for the country

“The best housing societies bring honor for the country,” the President of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki bestowed while addressing as a guest of honor in celebration of the 40th Anniversary (Ruby Jubilee) of The Metr...

Business

First ever Microsoft Envision Forum this month

Microsoft Envision Forum will take place in Bangladesh for the first time on October 16 The daylong conference will take place at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka, as part of a global event series encouraging business leaders in many regions and countries to gain actionable plans to realize business ...

Business

PRAN bags $5.2m export orders from Germany fair

PRAN, a leading food processor in Bangladesh, bagged $5.2million worth of export orders at Anuga-2019, one of the largest food and beverage exhibitions in the world. Some 7590 companies from 100 countries participated in the fair held at Koelnmesse Exhibition Center in Cologne, Germany. The five-day...

Business

BD, Armenia to work jointly on ICT

A bilateral meeting between state minister for Information and Communication Technology ministry (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak and the Minister of High-Technological Industry of Armenia, Hakob Arshakyan held at Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia on Monday. Palak was leading a delegation from the c...