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Bahrain Air, the first privately owned national carrier of Bahrain, started its flight from Chittagong to the Middle East yesterday. The inaugural flight flew from Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong at 7.30am. Officials of Flight Link Company, Bahrain Air’s general sales agent for Bangladesh, said

Prime Bank Limited has successfully completed a decade of loan syndications as the lead arranger. To celebrate its ongoing journey for expanding partnership and building economy the bank on Monday held a press conference at a city hotel. M Ehsanul Haque, Managing Director, Md. Mehmood Husain, DMD, Md.Touhidul Alam Khan,

GMG Airlines is set to open flights to the United Arab Emirates capital of Abu Dhabi next week, to carry more Bangladeshi travellers, especially migrant workers, to the Gulf. The carrier said it will fly twice a week between Dhaka and Abu Dhabi on Thursdays and Sundays, beginning March 28, according to a

Aktel posted a growth in revenue market share during 2009. The mobile phone operators achieved a three per cent increase in revenue share in 2009 over the previous year, said a news release. In 2009, Aktel earned 18.2 per cent revenue market share against 15.2 per cent in

After US, Kazi & Kazi Tea, the only organic tea of Bangladesh has recently launched its Brand in Japan with the brand name ‘Teatulia’. In the recently held fare Foodex 2010 in Japan, Dr. Kazi Anis Ahmed, CEO, Kazi & Kazi Tea Estate Ltd. along with their partnering distributor for Japan Masao,

MTB Securities Limited, the stock brokerage arm of Mutual Trust Bank Limited, opened its branch at City Centre at Zinda Bazar in Sylhet on Monday. President of Chittagong Stock Exchange Fakhor Uddin Ali Ahmed inaugurated the

Sales of low-priced Chinese origin mobiles marked a high growth in recent times in Bangladesh challenging the domination of leading global mobile brands, experts and traders said, reports NewAge. Brand giants such as Nokia, Samsumg, LG, Siemens, Sagem and Sony Eriksson which dominated the market even

Most of the participants in the three-day Dhaka Motor Show that ended yesterday were happy as they witnessed a huge turnout and many of them bagged satisfactory spot orders. Rangs Ltd, the sole distributor of Mitsubishi brand cars, sold eight new cars at the show — the highest number followed

Telephone Shilpa Sangstha (TSS) will sign an agreement with Malaysian company Think F Transistor (TFT) to produce laptop in the country for Taka 12,000 only. TSS Managing Director Ismail Hossain told the news agency that all paper works in this connection have been

Singer Plus, the retail chain from Singer Bangladesh, launched its special summer campaign on March 16, the company said in a statement. The campaign — “Discount Bahu Gune, Summer Tour London-e” — will award two lucky buyers of the company’s fridge, television, airconditioner, IPS and Singtech Pc, with a

Grameenphone (GP), the only listed telecom company in Bangladesh stockmarket, has recommended 60 percent cash dividend for the year 2009. The recommendation was made at GP’s board meeting on Friday, according to price sensitive disclosure by the mobile phone operator published in

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd in Bangladesh signed a memorandum of understanding with Shanta Properties Ltd at the bank’s corporate lounge premises in Dhaka recently. Shanta Properties chief executive officer Kamal Uddin Ahmad and HSBC Bangladesh

Toyota Prius is set to join Bangladesh traffic in May. A Toyota Prius-2010 is already on display at a motor show at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka. The hybrid will sell at around Tk 47 lakh, said officials of Navana Ltd, the distributor of Toyota cars in Bangladesh,

Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL) has decided to reduce further broadband internet service charges with effect from April 1. BTCL Managing Director SM Khabiruzzaman disclosed the decision to reporters at BTCL conference room in the city on Thursday. He said, as per the changed rates, the registration charge for any type of ADCL package would

3-day int’l microfinance conf concludes Grameen Bank founder and Nobel laureate Muhammad Younus on Wednesday urged the government to fix a standard rate of interest for all microfinance organisations, rebutting criticism that micro-credit borrowers were charged ‘higher interests’. ‘Let us know what the interest rate is. Because people often say that it is high but ... Read more

Eighteen companies launch service Bangladesh’s internet users are now allowed to talk through VoIP (voice over internet protocol) technology within the country, as 18 local companies yesterday launched IP (internet protocol) telephony services. The existing users, connected by local internet service providers (ISPs), will get the chance to

Dhaka and Chittagong stocks rebounded, breaking a losing streak on Tuesday with a 2.30-per cent gain after the Securities and Exchange Commission’s decision to increase margin loan facility. The stock market regulator on Monday raised the ratio from 1:1 to 1:1.5 effective from

HSBC Bangladesh marked International Women’s Day (IWD), celebrated March 8 every year, by donating 38 sewing machines to disadvantaged women of the society. A ceremony was held in this regard at HSBCs Banani branch. The donation which was the brainchild of a HSBC staff, was made possible through the

Bank Asia opened its first branch of capital market division at Dhanmondi in Dhaka on Monday. President and managing director of the bank Erfanuddin Ahmed inaugurated the branch which will also assist opening of BO accounts, said a

A three-day international conference on microfinance began in the capital yesterday with a call to rationalise the high interest rate on microcredit that puts the poor people into debt and low-level technology traps. “We’ll have to think how to get out of these traps,” Finance Minister AMA Muhith told the