Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Titus Gas Transmission and Distribution Company observed the country’s 53nd Indepencence Day on Sunday. On the occasion, Titas Gas Managing Director Md Harunur Rashid Mollah inaugurated the mural of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the company’s head office today, reads a press release. After the inauguration, senior ... Read more
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Karmasangsthan Bank pays tribute on Independence Day
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Karmasangsthan Bank paid tribute to laid a wreath at National Memorial, Savar on 26 March to all the freedom fighters on the occasion of Great Independence and National Day celebrations. The event was led by the bank’s Managing Director Shirin Akhter, reads a press release. Deputy Managing Director Meher Sultana, General ... Read more
Four fluctuations in a week to the price of gold
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com In less than a week, Bangladesh’s jewellers have revised gold prices four times on the ground of changes in prices of pure gold in the domestic market, reflecting high volatility. Bangladesh Jewellers’ Association (Bajus) yesterday hiked the rate of each bhori of gold by 1 per cent or Tk 1,166 a ... Read more
Walton launches the ACC air conditioner in Bangladesh
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Walton has launched premium category air conditioners in Bangladesh under its European brand ACC. The ACC brand’s AC was launched at a function recently held at Walton Corporate Office in the capital, reads a press release. Walton AC’s Chief Business Officer (CBO) Md. Tanvir Rahman, Deputy CBO Sondip Biswas, Head of ... Read more
Nagad gives clients opportunity to win BMW car
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Nagad, a mobile financial service carriers in Bangladesh, has come up with an offer of winning a BMW car for its customers ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. Besides, they will also have opportunities to win gifts, such as Toyota car, motorbikes, smartphones, notepads, refrigerators, televisions, smartwatches, headphones, among others under the campaign with ... Read more
Nagad to provide no-cost cash withdrawal service
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Nagad will provide free cash withdrawal services to its account holders by this year in an effort to speed up Bangladesh’s drive toward financial inclusion, said its Managing Director Tanvir A Mishuk. “The free service for cash-outs won’t have any detrimental effects on earnings. Instead, it will significantly contribute in the ... Read more
Padma Bank celebrates International Women’s Day
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Padma Bank Limited has celebrated this year’s International Women’s Day in line with the women’s day theme ‘DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality’. Padma Bank managing director and CEO Tarek Reaz Khan was present as the chief guest in the event organized at Gulshan Corporate Head Office on Sunday, said ... Read more
Apparel exhibition in Dhaka on March 16
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com A conference and exhibition on sustainable clothing production will be held in Dhaka on March 16. About 20 exhibitors are expected to present green production technologies at the Sustainable Apparel Forum (SAF), according to a press release. The fourth edition of the SAF will focus on several agendas, including circularity, carbon ... Read more
Elon Musk is once again the richest person on earth
After a brief stint at number 2, the billionaire retakes the top spot, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Business Desk : dhakamirror.com SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is yet again the world’s richest person. He has reclaimed the title of the richest person in the world, per Bloomberg’s tally. Mr Musk, 51, was ... Read more
CSR or eyewash!
Mahtab Uddin Ahmed A common sight during winter months in recent years has been the distribution of blankets by our politicians, corporate leaders and businessmen to communities with little or no real need for them. News and social media coverage, mobile clicks and press conferences may outnumber the total spending on these so-called noble endeavour ... Read more
Government extends FBCCI committee term by three months
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The government extended the tenure of the present board of directors the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) by three months until August 18 this year. The committee elected for the 2021-23 term, which was supposed to dissolve on 19 May, will now discharge duties till 19 August, ... Read more
Beggar offers Tk 1,000 as bribe to officials to be freed
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A beggar offered Tk 1,000 in bribe to officials conducting a drive against begging in the capital’s Gulshan yesterday in exchange for his release. The drive was jointly organized by the Department of Social Services and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). Social Service Officer Chandan Kumar Mitra said they got hold ... Read more
LafargeHolcim Bangladesh gets new CEO
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com LafargeHolcim Bangladesh yesterday appointed a new chief executive officer (CEO). The appointee, Mohammad Iqbal Chowdhury, replaces Rajesh Surana who has been promoted as area manager of East and South Africa region for Holcim Group, said a press release. Chowdhury has been chief financial officer at LafargeHolcim Bangladesh since 2017 and was ... Read more
Ctg trade fair begins today
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The month-long Chattogram International Trade Fair begins in the port city today with a view to promoting and marketing local products at home and abroad. Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud is expected to inaugurate the fair, which has been organised by the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) on ... Read more
BRAC Bank partners with BGBA on an apparel show in New York
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com BRAC Bank has joined hands with the Garment Buying House Association (BGBA) to represent Bangladesh in Texworld, Apparel Sourcing Trade Show in New York. Texworld, Apparel Sourcing USA Trade Show is the largest apparel sourcing event on the East Coast, USA, where thousands of international exhibitors gather to connect with buyers, ... Read more
DITF concludes with export orders of around Tk 300 crore
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The 27th Dhaka International Trade Fair-2023 ended on Tuesday with businesses receiving export orders worth about $30.38 million (about Tk 300 crore) while goods worth Tk 100 crore were sold in the month-long exhibition at the Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Centre at Purbachal in Dhaka. A total of 47 businesses received ... Read more
Belal Ahmed now SIBL’s acting chairman
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Social Islami Bank Ltd (SIBL) has appointed Belal Ahmed as the acting chairman of its board of directors after Md Mahbub Ul Alam resigned. Previously, he served the bank’s board as vice-chairman. Ahmed is the son-in-law of Mohammed Saiful Alam, the chairman of Chattogram-based S Alam Group. He represents Unitex Steel ... Read more
Walton sees Tk 566cr sales drop in six months
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC, the largest electrical, electronics and home appliance manufacturer in Bangladesh, posted lower sales and profits in the first half of the current financial year due to higher inflation and the dearer US dollar amid the ongoing global economic crisis. The sales dropped by Tk 566 crore, or ... Read more
Phone producers must preinstall Bijoy app, although users are under no obligation: Jabbar
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Preinstallation of Bijoy app on android phones is still mandatory for the importers and manufacturers of the devices, but it is not obligatory for the users to use the Bangla writing software, Telecom Minister Mustafa Jabbar said today. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has not changed its stance over the ... Read more
‘Richest 1% seize two-thirds of fresh $42 trillion created since 2020′
Oxfam report says Business Desk : dhakamirror.com A new Oxfam report shows that the top 1% of the world’s wealthiest people have taken almost two-thirds of the $42 trillion in new wealth that has been created since 2020. This is almost twice as much money as the bottom 99% of the world’s population has. A ... Read more