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Grameenphone and CARE Bangladesh recently signed a memorandum of understanding to initiate a rural sales programme. Arild Kaale, chief marketing officer of Grameenphone, and Nick Southern, country director of CARE Bangladesh, signed a memorandum of

Agora, a leading chain supermarket, opened its first outlet in Chittagong yesterday. With a commitment to offer hassle-free shopping in a comfortable atmosphere, the first Agora outlet outside Dhaka started its journey in an 11,000 square feet store at Afmi Plaza, just beside

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Thevakumar Kandiah as country director for its Bangladesh Resident Mission, the donor agency said in a statement yesterday. He succeeds Paul J Heytens, who has been assigned as country director to the ADB resident

Bank Asia opened its 9th SME service centre at Basabo in Dhaka on Wednesday. Director of the bank Faisal Samad inaugurated the centre, said a news

Citycell signed an agreement with Jumairah Holdings Limited, a real estate company, recently. Jumairah Holdings managing director Md Shahjahan and Citycell sales and distribution head Mahboob Hossain signed the agreement, said a news

Walton opened its showroom Maria Electronics at Sarulia of Demra in Dhaka recently. Director of Walton Ilias Kanchan, also a film actor, inaugurated the outlet, said a news

Grameenphone Ltd. yesterday introduced a new package “Baadhon”, designed to serve the rural people of the country at affordable costs. The package — Baadhon — will be available for Tk 1,499. The connection will include a handset, and customers will also get free talk time worth Tk 120 and a welcome tune on

Etihad Airways, the national flag carrier of the United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday signed an agreement with Wings Classic Tours and Travels Ltd, an aviation network company, to provide services to passengers travelling to and from Sylhet and Chittagong. Accordingly, passengers willing to secure bookings, flights and confirmations with the Etihad will

The government expects to receive demand orders for sending 55,000 women workers abroad in the next fiscal year, mainly for housekeeping services. The parliamentary standing committee on labour and employment ministry yesterday disclosed the details on the prospect of migrant

Rahimafrooz Distribution Limited opened its sales and service centre at Eskaton in Dhaka recently. Chairman of Rahimafrooz Group Afroz Rahim inaugurated the centre, said a news release. Group director Mudassir M Moin, and Rahimafrooz Distributions chief operating officer

NCC Bank Limited opened its 68th branch with online facility at Kamal Bazar, Kalurghat, Chittagong on Sunday. Chairman of the bank Yakub Ali Montu formally inaugurated the branch as chief guest. Managing director and CEO Mohammed Nurul Amin presided over the

United Commercial Bank Limited opened its 100th  branch at Kanchan Bazar, Rupganj, Narayanganj on  May 24. UCB sponsor director  M. A. Sabur inaugurated the new branch, says a press release. Managing director, M Shahjahan Bhuiyan along with DMD,  Shafiqul Alam, M. Shahidul Islam,

Grand opening of Manhattan branch of Grameen America, a not-for-profit micro finance organization founded by Professor Muhammad Yunus was held at Manhattan recently. The ceremony took place at The Great Hall at City College of New York and was hosted by the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies. Prior to this 2 branches in Queens ... Read more

Digital TV Expo-2010, an exposition of mainly latest television technology and allied products for home users and business clients, is going to be held for the first time in the country ahead of next month’s FIFA World Cup Football 2010. Event management firm EventPro Limited will organise the exposition at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel in

Mobile phone operator Robi organised a ceremony to mark the installation of SIMBOX detection system to help track illegal VoIP connections at its head office on Thursday. BTRC spectrum division director general Md Ahsan Habib Khan, commission secretary Mahboob Ahmed and

The broadband internet subscription of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTCL) soared 83 percent in April from a month ago because of reduced charges. Subscribers used the asymmetric digital subscriber line or ADSL, a data communications technology

Bank Asia inaugurated its eighth SME service centre at Chaktai in Chittagong on Thursday. Mostafa Group of Industries managing director and chief executive officer Jahir Uddin inaugurated the centre as chief guest, said

Mobile phone operator Banglalink has signed a memorandum of understanding with Dutch-Bangla Bank at Banglalink head office in Dhaka recently. With the signing, both the parties have agreed to collaborate with each other to launch mobile

Premier Leasing and Finance Limited, a non-banking financial institution, opened a branch at Dargah Gate in Sylhet recently. Sylhet city mayor Bador Uddin Ahmed Kamran inaugurated the branch as chief guest at a ceremony at the ballroom of Hotel Star Pacific at the East Dargah Gate in Sylhet, said a

A prominent lawmaker of the Awami League-led alliance on Saturday expressed apprehensions about proper allocation for information and communication technology sector in the next budget in keeping with the government’s pre-election pledge to build a digital Bangladesh. Hasanul Haque Inu, chairman of the parliamentary standing on post and telecommunications