CNG filling station owners have protested the remarks of Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu that the government has a ‘plan to gradually shut down CNG pumps’. In a statement on Sunday, Bangladesh CNG Filling Station and Conversion Workshop Owners expressed…
Novoair on Sunday launched attractive Holiday Packages to Cox’s Bazar where lies the world’s longest unbroken sea beach. To promote Cox’s Bazar among holiday makers, especially to family travellers, Novoair designed this value added package programme with the best hotels…
US Ambassador Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat today said the United States would continue its support to boost the export of Bangladeshi readymade garments (RMG) envisaged by the government by 2021. “We will continue to work with BGMEA to help it…
BSS, Rangpur Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) and valiant freedom fighter Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu launched carpeting works of five roads in different areas of the city on Wednesday afternoon.
UNB, Brahmanbaria Rail communications of Dhaka with Chittagong and Sylhet were disrupted on Thursday morning following the derailment of six bogies of an express train at Puniaut rail crossing of the district town. Railway sources said six bogies of the…
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has planned making the country’s banking sector paperless, which will be a big step forward towards green transformation of the financial sector.
By Jonathan Meaney, staff writer at The Worldfolio The central bank governor of Bangladesh Dr. Atiur Rahman has been lauded for his contribution towards promoting socially and environmentally responsible financing in Bangladesh without compromising macroeconomic stability. The perception of bankers…
Worldwatch Institute’s State of the World 2014 explores the role of ethical capitalism in the quest for sustainable economies Washington, DC- Entrepreneurs are beginning to challenge business as usual, infusing ethics into the notoriously ruthless corporate world. In State of the…
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited and Accuity, an UK based Anti-money Laundering (AML) compliance solutions provider signed an Agreement on March 1, 2015 at Islami Bank Tower in Dhaka to formally acknowledge the successful implementation of Accuity’s Compliance Link solution for…
Share prices at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued sliding amid higher selling when political outlook remained bleak.
Experts at a farmers’ field day (FFD) have said there is no alternative to expanded farming of pests’ attack resistant BT brinjal to get pesticide-free vegetables for saving public health and earning more profits.
Seven people, including two children, were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Chouddagram upazila on Tuesday evening. The six of the deceased were identified as Kulsum, 35, Rozina, 25, and…
Speakers at the inaugural ceremony have stressed for speeding up of the socioeconomic uplift in rural areas through strengthening unity and organisational activities of the local communities.
Paschimbanga Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday proposed opening a joint business television channel to promote trade and business between Bangladesh and India. “You can open a business channel jointly. We’ll welcome it,” she told a special business session at…
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Friday said non-tariff barriers to trade (NTBs) should be withdrawn for easy entry of Bangladeshi products into Indian market. Withdrawal of non-tariff barriers would further strengthen the trade relations between Bangladesh and India, he…
By Navin Singh KhadkaEnvironment reporter, BBC World Service The route used by mountaineers to scale Mount Everest is to be changed amid fears of an increased avalanche risk. Nepal will change the path next month after a deadly collapse in…
Robi Axiata Limited, a leading mobile phone operator of the country, has launched a digital e-Education platform called “Robi Shikkharthi Service”. This platform is designed to serve the school, college, undergraduate and graduate students.
Boro farming is progressing fast in all the five upazilas of the district during the current season amid much enthusiasm as 90 percent lands have already been planted.
Construction work of the Mongladob Bridge on a local canal at Mongladob point on the Kolkond-Tentultola-Betgari road in Gangachara upazila was inaugurated at a ceremony Saturday afternoon.
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Saturday urged the BNP-led 20-party alliance to withdraw its 72-hour nationwide hartal beginning from tomorrow (Sunday) morning. In a statement the apex trade body strongly condemned the cocktail attacks…
Rail link of Rajshahi with Chapainawabganj were cut off as a train derailed after miscreants removed fishplates from the railway track at Latitnagar Station in Godagari uapzila in Rajshahi early Saturday.
Exporters, as part of its ongoing programme protesting hartal and blockade, will observe a token hunger strike on Saturday seeking an end to violence and thus restoring a peaceful business environment in the country. They will observe the token hunger…
The government on Tuesday signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia over sending Bangladeshi workers to the Gulf country under 12 categories. The deal was singed 10 days after the Saudi government reopened its manpower market for Bangladeshi jobseekers lifting a…
Country’s leading cellular phone operator Grameenphone has reached the landmark of revenue earning BDT 102.7 billion in 2014 with 6.3 percent growth rate from the previous year buoyed by growth in customer equipment, service and market share. Service revenue, mainly…
The economic loss to the countrywide ceaseless blockade and recurring shutdowns would be not less than Taka 75,000 crore, said the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI). Reading out a statement here Sunday at the street protest…
Robi Axiata Limited has launched an exciting campaign titled ‘Half paisa-per-second call rate and unlimited free Facebook. On Tk 31 recharge, all Robi prepaid customers will be able to enjoy 0.5 paisa/sec call rate to any Robi number and 1…
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman received the ‘Central Bank Governor of the Year- Asia Pacific, 2015’ award by the London-based Financial Times owned magazine, ‘The Banker’ for his significant contribution towards promoting socially and environmentally responsible financing in Bangladesh…
Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG047, en-route from Chittagong to Dubai, made an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka early Friday morning after one of its engines experienced an in-flight surge. “None of the passengers on board was hurt…
Rail communication to and from the port cit of Chittaong has remained suspended since 4 am on Monday as the engine and two bogies of the Nasirabad Express Train coming from Mymensingh derailed at Mirsarai due to removal of some…
Criticising the perception of Islamic banking, Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Sunday termed it ‘fraudulent’ one set up on ‘wrong perception’. Responding to a question from Habibur Rahman Mollah (Dhaka-5) in parliament, he said, “The system appears to me absolutely…