Sunday, July 20, 2025

Apparel fair kicks off in Ctg today

A three-day apparel, fabrics and accessories fair starts today in the port city. Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) is organising the show, Chittagong Apparel Fabric and Accessories Exposition (Cafaxpo). Thirty-two business firms will showcase their products in the event in 55 stalls, said

HSBC launches business plan contest

HSBC in Bangladesh yesterday launched a business plan competition for undergraduate students. The contest, Young Entrepreneur Award (YEA) 2011, aims at promoting “creativity and innovation and sharpen the business knowledge of young students beyond their borders”. “YEA will harness creative ideas and provide real-life exposure to the future entrepreneurs

Unipay2u smokescreen continues

Hundreds of people claiming to have investments in the so-called multilevel marketing (MLM) company Unipay2u urged the government yesterday to safeguard their money through strict monitoring on the company. A section of people introducing themselves as the members of Traders Forum and Unipay2u claimed the company did not cheat them as they are receiving their investments ... Read more

StanChart, FINDER sign agreement

Standard Chartered Bank and vehicle protection provider company FINDER, a concern of Monico Limited, have recently signed an agreement through which the credit cardholders of the bank will enjoy special InstaBuys at 0 per cent offers at FINDER, said a news release. Standard Chartered Bank general manager (retail lending products) Tarek Reaz Khan and

Poor sales, few visitors frustrate DITF participants

Businesses participating in the Dhaka International Trade Fair are frustrated at the poor turnout of visitors and sales in the first 15 days of the month-long event this year. They said sales in the first half of the fair had plunged to half of that in the corresponding period of last year’s fair, an annual ... Read more

Govt urged to promote Sundarbans tourism

Patronisation of both government and the forest department is needed for development of tourism industry in the Sundarbans, said speakers at a discussion yesterday. The meeting organised by Bengal Tours on roles of the local media in development of positive tourism in the Sundarbans was held in Khulna yesterday. Masud Hossain,

Flydubai starts Bangladesh operation

Dubai’s first low-cost airlines Flydubai made its first entry into the Bangladeshi market when flight FZ587 landed in Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport last night, said a statement. Hamad Obaidalla, chief operating officer of the carrier, was greeted by a VIP delegation led by Mohsharraf Hossain MP. Sirajul Islam Khan, divisional commissioner, and Foyez Ahmed,

Golden Harvest gets top grade

Golden Harvest Agro Industries Ltd, a leading agro-based frozen food processor, has received Grade A in the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-Food Certification programme. The award was given for processing frozen snacks, frozen processed vegetables, at a programme organised by leading certification company SGS in the

Credit crisis hits stocks again

Share prices slide for second day Share prices at the Dhaka Stock Exchange plunged on Sunday as the investors continued to face credit crunch, said market operators. The benchmark general index of the DSE dropped by 141.29 points, or 1.87 per cent, to close at 7,429.59 points. The DSE’s general index shed 315.57 points at ... Read more

GP signs deal on RTIA

Grameenphone signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Information Commission to help raise citizens’ awareness by sending free text messages yesterday. Grameenphone (GP) will now disseminate public awareness messages under the Right to Information Act (RTIA) to the 70 million mobile clientele and help implement the

Nokia’s Ovvigota programme ends

Oviggota, an initiative of mobile phone manufacturer Nokia to empower the final year university students with experience of corporate life, ended at Spectra Convention Centre in Dhaka on Sunday. Nokia Emerging Asia took up the project, Oviggota, few months ago to equip the students with basic skills for enabling the leap towards corporate

Sajeeb Group launches consumer offer

Sajeeb Group inaugurated a consumer offer on Sajeeb Ready Mix Bhuna Khichuri with the title of ‘Sajo Sornalongkare, Maato Bhuna Khichurir Saday’on Sunday. In every purchase of 50-gram pack of Sajeeb Ready Mix Bhuna Khichuri (mug dal, mosur dal, mixed dal), a consumer will get a scratch card and by rubbing this scratch card will ... Read more

New DMD for Prime Bank

Md Golam Rabbani was promoted as deputy managing director of Prime Bank recently. Prior to this assignment, he was the senior executive vice president of the bank, said a statement. Rabbani started his career in 1977 in Bangladesh Shilpa Rin Sangstha and joined Prime Bank on

Windmill Infotech, NITS Service sign deal

Windmill Infotech Limited, a call centre operator, and NITS Service Pvt Ltd, a vehicle tracking GPS hardware and software provider, signed a deal at Banani in Dhaka on Thursday. Md Tanjirul Basher, chief executive officer of Windmill Infotech, Arup Kumar Chaki, CTO of NITS Service (Pvt) Ltd, and Al-Monsul Aklim Ahmed, CMO of NITS Service ... Read more

Panasonic launches novel tech products

Japanese electronics giant Panasonic launched its multifunction printers and hybrid IP-PBX systems for the Bangladesh market in Dhaka yesterday to meet communication needs of small- to mid-size offices. Panasonic’s KX-TDA 100D hybrid IP-PBX system provides the features and flexibility to handle corporate communication needs of today and future, said Hiroyuki Fukuda, chief engineer of

Salt farmers seek ban on import

Salt producers in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday demanded a ban on ‘unnecessary’ salt import from India and Myanmar to protect the sector. They also demanded that the government should have a strong mechanism to monitor the whole process from production salt to its marketing to reach the salt to retailers at lower

Mobile user numbers grow 31pc

The number of mobile subscribers in Bangladesh rose by nearly 31 percent last year to 6.86 crore despite high taxes on new connections, according to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). This is the highest ever increase in the growing mobile sector since the state-run BTRC started