Dhaka – Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organized a business review meeting for its Dhaka region at Islami Bank Tower on July 02, 2017, Sunday. Md. Abdul Hamid Miah, Managing Director and CEO of the Bank presided over the meeting.
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A journey along the Teesta river in Sikkim
Guest Blog by Gauri Noolkar-Oak A day later, I set out on the last leg of my journey – through Sikkim, to the source. The journey from Kalimpong to Singtam and further to Mangan was breathtaking. The mountains grew taller…
Pope sacks Vatican cardinal handling abuse cases
Gerhard Mueller relieved of duties just days after pope aide Pell was charged with child sex abuse. During Mueller’s term, his office amassed a 2,000-case backlog [Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters] Pope Francis has dismissed the church’s chief of doctrine, Cardinal Gerhard Mueller…
Congress is taking back power from Trump?
In ways big and small, Congress is taking back power from President Donald Trump on national security matters, US leading news network CNN has reported. From Russia to the Pentagon budget, Republicans in Congress are proposing new checks to curb…
Trader robbed, hacked to death in Jessore
Dhaka, Jul 2 – Some unidentified miscreants hacked a trader to death and escaped with his bag full of money on Saturday night at Dolakhola intersection of Monirampur upazila in the district of Jessore.
Drive at Kushtia ‘militant den’ ends
Dhaka, Jul 1 – Law enforcers concluded their operation, ‘Trepid Punch’, at a militant den in Banonpara area of Bheramara upazila headquarters under Kushtia district on Saturday night, nearly 22 hours after they cordoned it off. Additional deputy commissioner of…
ACC arrests Citycell CEO over bank loan embezzlement
Dhaka, July 1 – A team of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Saturday arrested Mehboob Chowdhury,the chief executive officer (CEO) of mobile phone operator Citycell, from Shahjalal International Airport in a case filed for embezzlement of bank loan.
Swiss banks no longer have Swiss confidentiality?
Dhaka – The Swiss National Bank launched a series of annual reports titled ‘Banks in Switzerland 2016’ on Thursday revealing that deposits by Bangladeshis in Switzerland’s different banks rose rose by about 20 percent year-on-year in 2016.
DU Day marking 96th anniversary being observed
Dhaka, Jul 1 – The Dhaka University Day is being observed on the campus here on Saturday with much enthusiasm and festivity, marking the 96th founding anniversary of the country’s highest seat of learning. The theme of this year’s day…
3 suspected female militants held in Kushtia
Dhaka, Jul 1 – Police arrested three alleged female militants along with suicide vests from a suspected militant den in Banonpara area of Bheramara upazila headquarters under Kushtia early Saturday.
Markel against: German Parliament nods same-sex marriage
By ALISON SMALE and DAVID SHIMER Berlin — When Sarah Kermer proposed to her girlfriend in March, she knew she was in love, but she did not know when, if ever, Germany would allow them to marry. The answer came…
A Journey along the Teesta in Bangladesh
Guest Blog by Gauri Noolkar-Oak Few journeys take us through a string of experiences that nourish the senses and the soul. A thoroughbred urban, city-lover, I nevertheless knew deep down that my journey of such nourishment would be with a…
No Is Not Enough
by Naomi Klein Donald Trump’s takeover of the White House is a dangerous escalation in a world of cascading crises, Klein asserts. She argues that Trump’s vision—a radical deregulation of the U.S. economy in the interest of corporations, an all-out…
BNP is party of money launders, not AL: Quader
Dhaka – Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday harshly criticized BNP for blaming his party’s role in depositing money to Swiss Bank and said it is not AL, it is BNP that is a platform of money launderers.
Holey Artisan Bakery militant attack: One year on
Dhaka – Today is the 1st of July exactly one year since the militant attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery in the capital in the evening when guests many of them foreigners were having thei dinner. It was a wake-up…
Trump travel ban comes into effect
People from six mainly Muslim countries and all refugees now face tougher US entry due to President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban. It means people without “close” family or business relationships in the US could be denied visas and barred…
Endangered Hawaiian monk seal gives birth
Honolulu, Jun 30 (AP/UNB)- An endangered Hawaiian monk seal has given birth on a Waikiki beach – the first such birth in at least several decades. The seal was born late Wednesday or early Thursday, said Angela Amlin, coordinator for…
Global cyberattack seems intent on havoc, not extortion
Paris, Jun 30 (AP/UNB)- A cyberattack that caused indiscriminate economic damage around the world was apparently designed to create maximum havoc in Russia’s neighbor and adversary Ukraine, security researchers said.
US approves 1st arms sale to Taiwan under Trump
Washington, Jun 30 (AP/UNB)- The State Department has approved arms sales to Taiwan worth a total of $1.4 billion, the first such deal with the self-governing island since President Donald Trump took office, officials said Thursday.
9 cases against Khaleda: charge hearing 31 July
Dhaka – The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka yesterday (Thursday) fixed July 31 for hearing on charge framing hearing in nine different cases against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and others.
PM administers oath to Bogra Dist Council Chairman
Dhaka, Jun 29 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday administered the oath of office to newly-elected Bogra District Council Chairman Md Makbul Hossain at the PM’s Jatiya Sangsad Office. He (Makbul Hossain) was sworn in at a simple ceremony…
Firearms of UPDP recovered in Langdu, Rangamati
Dhaka, June 29 – Army personnel in a drive recovered firearms and ammunition from a reported criminals’ den at Golachhari in Langdu upazila early Thursday.
19 livestock burnt alive in Gabtoli cattle market
Dhaka, Jun 29 – At least 13 cattle, five goats and one sheep were burnt alive when a devastating fire broke out at the Gabtoli cattle market in the city on Thursday.
Four including 3 of a family killed in road crash
Dhaka, Jun 29 – Four people, including three members of a family, were killed and two others injured when a bus rammed a microbus on Dhaka-Bogra highway at Ghurka Beltala in Raiganj upazila of Sirajganj early Thursday.
Dhaka’s biggest cattle market at Gabtoli catches fire
Dhaka, Jun 29 – A devastating fire broke out at the Gabtoli cattle market in the city on Thursday. Enayet Hossain, duty officer of Fire Service control room, said the fire broke out around 10:00 am.
Sustainability strategies – lessons learnt
by Jocelyn Ho Back in the 1970s Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman stated that the exclusive purpose of business is to increase its returns to stakeholders. He argued that companies adopting CSR would be faced with more binding constraints than…
Invention that could slash energy consumption
Cairo – An Egyptian inventor has successfully tested a safe electricity system for homes that eliminates the risk of electric shocks and reduces energy consumption significantly.
PM blames dishonest traders for rice price hike
Dhaka, Jun 28 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said manipulation by dishonest traders is perhaps the reason behind its sudden price hike.
VAT law suspended, new excise duty slabs in budget
Dhaka, Jun 28 – The Finance Bill 2017 was passed in Parliamenton Wednesday with some major changes to the VAT Law and excise duty on bank accounts.
A nonviolent strategy to defeat genocide
Robert J. Burrowes It is a tragic measure of the depravity of human existence that genocide is a continuing and prevalent manifestation of violence in the international system, despite the effort following World War II to abolish it through negotiation,…