Month: July 2013

Ministry unveils report on progress today Bangladesh is still lagging behind in areas like hunger-poverty reduction, employment generation, primary school completion rate, adult literacy rate, income inequality and creation of decent wage employment for women in attaining the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, said a report of the planning ministry.

Formulation of strategy under way The government has decided to engage citizens as third party monitoring agency at implementation stage of development projects for ensuring better use of public resources and preventing corruption in government expenditures through promoting transparency and accountability.

Already allocates Tk 900cr for refinance scheme The finance ministry may allocate another Tk 600 crore in soft loan for the capital market if the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission considers the fund will bring good result to the market, said BSEC sources. A BSEC official said the finance ministry was willing

EMERGENCY TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBERS BTRC to ask operators to start service soon Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission will soon ask the mobile phone operators to introduce toll-free numbers for the users to connect with emergency services like hospitals, fire and police. BTRC officials said the commission would soon sit with

A 22-member business delegation led by Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry president Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed on Saturday left the country for Belarus to join the entourage of prime minister Sheikh Hasina, an FBCCI news release said. During the visit, the first meeting of the business council

The ministry of commerce has decided to ban the export of green chilli, aubergine, cucumber and coriander leaves to increase supply and keep their prices under control during the month of Ramadan. The decision was taken as per the recommendation

Bangladesh has a market of traditional and herbal products worth Tk 330 crore a year and the country can tap the potentials of the fast-growing global market of herbal medicine, which the World Health Organisation forecasts will reach $3 trillion by 2020, researches said at a conference in Khulna on Saturday.

Bangladesh Copyright and IP Forum on Saturday launched IP Plus to provide creative people with legal support for securing intellectual property right. ‘We will provide the intellectual property holders with legal and consultancy support. We have many creative minds in our country and implementation of the proposed

Singer Bangladesh has recently launched a campaign titled ‘Singer Ei Eid-e Lakhpoti Protidin’, said a press release. In this campaign each day one buyer will win Tk 1 lakh cash through a draw among the buyers of products from any of the Singer Mega, Singer Plus or Singer

DSE WEEKLY REVIEW Dhaka stocks rebound sharply after June closing Dhaka stocks returned to positive zone last week with an increased turnover as investors went for buying after the profit-making spree in the previous week amid June closing. DSEX, the benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, gained 2.92 per cent, or 121.26 points, to ... Read more

Standard Chartered Bank Bangladesh inaugurated its first Priority Financial Kiosk, exclusively for its Priority Banking customers, at The Westin Dhaka recently. With this, the total number of SCB kiosks in the country has increased to 22, said a press release.

AKM Shafiqur Rahman has recently been promoted as the additional managing director of National Bank, said a press release. Prior to this appointment, he was a deputy managing director of the bank since November 2010.

Sadharan Bima Corporation managing director Rezaul Karim has been elected the vice-chairman of Asian Re-Insurance Corporation, said a press release. The election took place during the 36th council session of the corporation in Bangkok last month. Sadharan Bima Corporation is the member of this