Business

US-Bangla to fly on Dhaka-Male route

US-Bangla Airlines is going to start operating flights to Male, the capital of Maldives, one of the popular destinations in South Asia. In the third week of November, US-Bangla is going to operate flights on Dhaka-Male-Dhaka route four days a week as part of the previous plan.US-Bangla Airlines have...

Bank & Insurance

NRBC Bank best bank in primary dealer category

Bangladesh Bank has awarded NRBC Bank as the best `Primary Dealer’ bank for the best performance. The Central Bank issued a letter on Thursday where NRBC Bank was named as the best Primary Dealer (PD) of Bangladesh for its outstanding performance during the last quarter(October-December) and t...

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The way PM stood by distressed people during corona is unprecedented

Agriculture Minister Dr M Abdur Razzque on Saturday said the way Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stood by the poor, helpless and distressed people during the corona pandemic and provided food aid was unprecedented in the world. Razzque, also an Awami League presidium member, said this while speaki...

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BGMEA president seeks investment from Canada

BGMEA President Faruque Hassan has invited Canadian businessmen to make investment in Bangladesh, taking the advantage of attractive and investment-friendly environment in the country.Bangladesh is no longer a country of poverty and natural calamities. Rather the country has been able to secure a pr...

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Infinix kicks off exciting new corporate partnership

Global smartphone company, Infinix, held its long awaited Infinix Presents: See Beyond online webinar event at the Royal Observatory Greenwich in London as part of the company’s strategic commercial partnership and commitment towards the world of exploration and discovery.At the event, Infinix...

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Skills 21 project to start campaign for expansion of TVET

The Department of Technical Education (DTE), through the Skills 21 project, will start a year-round campaign to increase the popularity of TVET. The campaign strategy has been developed with theassistance of the International Labour Organization (ILO), the implementor of the Skills 21 project funded...

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IBTRA holds training on leadership

Islami Bank Training and Research Academy (IBTRA) organized a 5-day training program on ‘Managerial Functions and Leadership'. Mohammed Monirul Moula, Managing Director & CEO of the Bank addressed the concluding session of the training on Thursday as chief guest. Md. Omar Far...

Business

BGMEA president calls on ex-US envoy Bernicat

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) President Faruque Hassan and Vice-President Miran Ali have called on Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat, Senior Official for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment and Acting Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environ...

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vivo launches Y21 with Tk 10 lac amazing offer

Vivo, the leading global smartphone brand, has planned to launch the vivo millionaire activity in Bangladesh that gives users a chance to win exciting cash prizes worth Tk 10 lac for the first time in the history of smartphone industry at Bangladesh. Also there will be available Tk 2100 cash back or...

Business

Nepal keen to use Bangladeshi ports in international trade

Nepal is keen to use Bangladeshi ports in international trade in a bid to reduce its dependence on Kolkata port.This was expressed in a view exchange meeting between leaders of FBCCI and Nepal's Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr. Banshidhar Mishra as latter paid a courtesy call on FBCCI Senior Vice Pr...

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Grameenphone launches GP Accelerator 3.0

Grameenphone has launched GPA 3.0 to co-create a startup ecosystem and accelerate the digitalization journey in Bangladesh. The “GP Accelerator” journey started back in 2015, intending to work closely with the startups, developers, and innovators, enabling them with the resources th...

Business

Padma Bank holds 79th board meeting

The 79th board of directors' meeting of Padma Bank Limited was held on 15 September, 2021 Wednesday through a virtual platform.The meeting was chaired by Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat, Chairman of the bank from its Gulshan head office.Vice-Chairman Dr Hasan Taher Imam, Director Managing Director and ...

Business

Shippers demand cut in ocean freight charges

"Exports were being hampered due to shortage of containers at the ports in the current situation and traders were facing losses due to sudden increase in ocean freight charges of export goods by ship owners, observed the leaders of the Shippers’ Council of Bangladesh (SCB) on Wednesday. &...

Business

Subhash Chandra new GM of Sonali Bank

Subhash Chandra Das has joined the largest state owned Sonali Bank Limited as General Manager on 09 September.  Prior to his joining, he had been serving as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the bank since 14 October 2021 . Subhas Chandra Das began his banking career as Assistant Direct...

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AAB joins hands with MTB for girls’ education

ActionAid Bangladesh (AAB) signed an MoU with Mutual Trust Bank Ltd. (MTB) under their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Programme to fund the educational expenses of 86 female students residing in ‘Happy Home’, a centre, established by AAB in Mohammadpur, Dhaka to help underprivileg...

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Better targeting of SPP can significantly cut poverty: WB

Social Protection Programs remain central to Bangladesh’s sustainable development policy and are progressively benefitting the poorer households. By improving targeting of the social protection programs, the country can further reduce poverty. Reallocating existing transfers to the poorest cou...

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Marico provides support to underprivileged school kids

Marico Bangladesh has donated 40,000 pieces of their Mediker SafeLife hand sanitizers to UCEP Bangladesh, an NGO which provides second chance education to more than 15,000 out-of-school children from poor and underprivileged families. After more than a year’s closure, schools are cautious...

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Huawei organises virtual tour of its exhibition centre

The leading global provider of ICT infrastructure Huawei has organized a virtual tour of its exhibition center, Darwin Hall, located in Shenzhen of China, on September 15, 2021.   The tour was arranged for 25 university professors teaching at leading Bangladeshi universities. Prof. Dr. Md....

Business

Infobip adds Viber, Email & SMS to LankaBangla Finance's customer communication channel

Cloud communications platform provider, Infobip has inked a deal with Bangladesh's leading integrated financial service provider, LankaBangla Finance Limited on Thursday.Khurshed Alam, Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Retail Business of LankaBangla Finance Limited and Rahad Hossain, C...

Bank & Insurance

Premier Bank wins award from NBR

The Premier Bank Limited has been honored by National Board of Revenue (NBR) as one of the highest taxpayers in banking sector for 2020-21 fiscal year. M. Reazul Karim, FCMA, Managing Director & CEO the Premier Bank Limited received the letter of recognition from Fazle Kabir, Governor of Ba...