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Golden Son Ltd will start marketing solar lights and computer casings from early next year. The company has already started producing light emitting diode (LED) modules for solar lights and central processing unit (CPU) casings for computers, said Belal Ahmed, managing director of Golden Son. “We will start marketing the LED modules and CPU casings ... Read more

Aftab Bahumukhi Farms Limited, a sister organisation of Islam Groups, has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Yuan Longping High Tech Agriculture Company of China for technical cooperation on hybrid rice seeds. ABFL managing director Fazle Rahim Khan Shahriar and Yuan Longping general manager

Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) yesterday unveiled a new Visa corporate card in Bangladesh. The EBL Visa corporate card is designed to make companies’ payments easier, said Mamoon Mahmood Shah, deputy managing director and head of consumer and SME banking of EBL. Card users will be able to handle their official and personal expenditures while travelling

Nokia has appointed Stephen Elop as president and chief executive officer, the handset maker said in a statement yesterday. Elop currently heads Microsoft’s Business Division. Before joining Microsoft, he held senior executive positions in a number of US-based public companies, including Juniper Networks,

Walton opened a showroom Al-Baraka Electro-nics at Tongi in Gazipur recently. Walton director Ilias Kanchan inaugurated the outlet at a ceremony, said a news release. Tongi municipality commissioner Sadek Ali, Walton marketing assistant director

Fariduddin Ahmed has joined AB Bank Limited as head of Islamic banking division. Before joining AB Bank, Fariduddin served as the managing director of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited, said a news release. Fariduddin has 33 years of banking experience in various capacities mostly in

Mobile operator Citycell introduced ultraSMART, the latest in its mobile broadband packages, in the local market yesterday. The company’s new product among the Zoom broadband internet services is capable of offering voice, data and SMS services facility through one single handset at the same time, its

Korean venture firm Ocosmos’ collaboration with international giants Intel and AT&T has resulted in the development of a revolutionary new tiny computer. The device called “OCS1”, was unveiled at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco this week. It has a 4.8 inch screen slightly larger than the Samsung’s 4-inch smartphone Galaxy S and it

Ericsson went into an agreement with Telenor for more cost-efficient fixed voice production, said a statement. Ericsson will transform Telenor’s fixed network into one IP-based converged network (IMS), which will provide cost efficiency and prepare the ground for new revenue streams. Telenor secures a future-proof path to converge their mobile and fixed networks, while

Mega Builders managing director Murad Iqbal Chowdhury was elected general secretary of the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh at an executive committee meeting of the association at the REHAB secretariat in Dhaka on Thursday. Murad is also the joint secretary and fair standing committee chairman of

Structural Engineers Ltd and BRAC Bank signed an agreement recently. SEL deputy managing director AHM Zahirul Haque and BRAC Bank retail banking head Firoz Ahmed Khan signed the agreement, said a news release. As per the agreement, BRAC Bank ‘Apon Ghor’ clients will enjoy special benefits in

Banglalink, Agriculture Information Service and Access to Information Programme signed a memorandum of understanding recently. The partnership will allow Banglalink to be regarded as strategic ally of AIS or A2I and a part of any mobile integrated service, event and project in the agriculture sector, said a news

United Commercial Bank Ltd held its extra-ordinary general meeting and 25th, 26th and 27th annual general meeting for the years 2008 to 2010 at Radisson Water Garden Hotel in Dhaka on Sunday. Bank chairman MA Hashem presided over the meetings, said a news release. In the AGMs, the board approved 50 per cent stock dividend ... Read more

Dhaka Bank Limited donated a microbus to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police recently. DBL managing director Khondker Fazie Rashid handed over the key to DMP commissioner AKM Shahidul Hoque, said a news release. Dhaka Bank deputy managing director Kaiser Tamiz Amin, public relations and brand

Mobile operator Banglalink has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Access to Information (A2I) Programme of the Prime Minister’s Office and Agricultural Information Services (AIS) of the agriculture ministry. The partnership will allow Banglalink to be part of any kind of possible mobile integrated

Poor infrastructure blamed Bangladesh was demoted one place from the last year’s ranking among 139 countries in the global Competitiveness Report 2009-10 of the World Economic Forum, thanks to the country’s poor infrastructure. Besides, the Geneva based organisation was told by the local businessmen that the level of corruption increased and the government was not ... Read more

Banks should focus on environment-friendly initiatives by providing innovative financial products to help offset the impacts of climate change and ensure sustainable development, senior economists and bankers said yesterday. They were speaking at a seminar on “Green Banking Initiatives: Opportunities for Bangladesh”

TNT NV was again awarded ‘supersector leader’ for industrial goods and services (including industrial transportation) of the 2010 Dow Jones sustainability indexes recently. This was the conclusion of a report published in Zurich by SAM, a sustainability investment specialist, which assessed the sustainability performance of over 1,300 listed companies, said a

A three-day Prantik-Cox’s Bazar real estate fair organised by Prantik Communication began at the Hotel Sea Palace in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday. Md Gias Uddin Ahmed, deputy commissioner of Cox’s Bazar, inaugurated the fair as chief guest. Mohammad Mahadi Hasan, chief executive of Prantik Cmmunication, and MA Elahi Simol, secretary of

Beef sales in Dhaka have plummeted 75 percent as customers avoid the item due to the outbreak of anthrax, butchers and traders said. They said demand for beef, the most popular food among the Muslims countrywide, has been dwindling since the disease broke out last