Business

The Showcase Bangladesh 2010, a three-day exposition of Bangladeshi products and services, got underway in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur on Friday. Malaysian minister of international trade and industry Dato Mustapa Mohammad and Bangladesh commerce minister Faruk Khan inaugurated the fair at the Putra World Trade Centre. A total of 45 business houses and banking ... Read more

QUBEE internet service has transformed the Dhaka International Trade Fair area into a WiMAX internet zone providing free internet service to pavilion owners and visitors, said a news release. Anyone can use QUBEE internet for free for the whole month at the fair covering 75,000 square metres on their personal computers, laptops and mobile phones, ... Read more

City Bank opened its ninth SME service centre at Jatrabari in Dhaka recently. Deputy managing director (operations) of the bank Raihan Ul Ameen inaugurated the centre with online SME and retail banking, said a news release. Bank’s head of business development

Jamuna Bank Ltd opened its branch at Rayerbagh in Dhaka recently. Director of the bank Golam Dastagir Gazi inaugurated the branch, said a news release. Md Ismail Hossain Siraji, vice-chairman, MA Salam, deputy managing director of the bank, Nur Mohahammed, chairman of Jamuna Bank Foundation, and local elites and businessmen were present on the

Pubali Bank Limited inaugurated its 384th branch at Banasree in Dhaka recently. Bank’s directors Ahmed Shafi Chowdhury and M Faizur Rahman inaugurated the branch, while managing director Helal Ahmed Chowdhury presided over the function, said a news release. Bank’s general services and development division general manager Shafiul Alam Khan Chowdhury

Samorita Hospital Limited approved 15per cent bonus dividend the 24th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the company held in Dhaka recently, says a press release. Chairman of the company Prof. Abu Ahmed Chowdhury presided over the AGM, which was

Annual Marketing and Sales Conference 2010 of ACI Pharmaceuticals was held at Cox’s Bazar recently. Members of Marketing and Sales team of the organisation participated in the daylong conference. Managing director of ACI Limited Dr. Arif Dowla inaugurated the conference. In his speech, Dr. Dowla praised ACI Pharma team for outstanding accomplishment in 2009 and ... Read more

Axiata (Bangladesh) Ltd. (AXB), one of the leading telecommunication cCompanies in Bangladesh, operating under the brand name Aktel, has signed an enterprise agreement with the world-leading software company, Microsoft. Michael Kuehner, managing director and CEO of Axiata (Bangladesh) Limited and Feroz Mahmud, country manager, Microsoft Bangladesh signed the enterprise agreement on behalf of their

Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) started the New Year with a bullish trend with the reaching of the DSE index to a new high at 4568 points gaining 32.9 points. Total turnover was Tk 1094 crore 95 lakh. Banking and non-banking financial institutes were down due to profit taking. Insurance and textile sector was also down. ... Read more

Bangladesh Development Bank Ltd (BDBL) has formally went into banking activities yesterday with a huge burden including 534 court cases involving Tk 2,100 crore and a written-off liability worth Tk 2,480 crore. The management of the newly formed bank has already informed the government of their concerns on those issues. Another problem that may haunt ... Read more

Grameenphone Ltd. provided 13 Internet modems with 13 internet connections for Bangladesh Betar, recently. Bangladesh Betar the government owned radio center has coverage all over the country and operate from 13 regional stations. These internet modems will be distributed among the regional radio stations. The modems will enable them to use Internet for better communication ... Read more

The Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh begins the REHAB Fair 2009 at the Sheraton Hotel in Dhaka on January 5 (Tuesday). ‘REHAB is going to organise the fair to bring in dynamism in the sector,’ the association president, Tanveerul Haque Probal, said at a briefing at the National Press Club on Saturday. Two ... Read more

Prime Finance and Investment Limited wins the first prize of ‘ICAB National Award’ for the best-published Accounts and Reports 2008 under the Financial Sector-Non Banking category. Prime Finance wins this prestigious award for published Accounts and Reports for the fourth successive year since its listing with Stock Exchanges in 2005. While evaluating the Reports, the ... Read more

The new chairman, vice-chairman and members of the executive committee of Bangladesh Jute Mills Association have taken over the charge for the term 2010 and 2011 in the annual general meeting of the association held on Wednesday. BJMA has re-elected as chairman Janata Jute Mils Ltd managing director Najmul Huq for the term 2010-2011. Najmul ... Read more

A month-long handloom textile and handicraft fair began at the Brajamohan Institution in the city on Saturday. Barisal City Corporation mayor Shawkat Hossain Hiron inaugurated the fair organised by the Bangladesh Benarasi Handloom Research Foundation. BCC mayor called the people to use country-made products to develop business, industry,

Otobi has recently launched its new line of products ‘Notepad collection’ at Otobi centres in Dhaka. The latest product of the furniture brand will provide complete office solution, said a news release. Notepad’s interior design team has been put together to provide assistance in creating a trendy work environment for young

Selim RF Hussain, a former chief financial officer of Standard Chartered Bank Bangladesh, has joined IDLC Finance Ltd as managing director and chief executive officer, the company said in a statement yesterday. Hussain, with 23 years of banking experience in Bangladesh, India and Australia, is an

The 12th Annual General Meeting of the Association of Bankers Bangladesh Limited was held recently at Eastern Commercial Complex at Kakrail in  the city. K. Mahmood Sattar, chairman of the association and MD of The City Bank Ltd. presided over the meeting, says a press release. Md. Nurul Amin, vice-chairman of the association and MD ... Read more

At least one lakh people across the country can have the opportunity of getting electricity generated by solar panels to be installed by the Grameenphone under its extended networking programme. An official of the Grameenphone, the largest mobile operator of the country, said this adding that the Grameenphone would install 200 solar panels in remote ... Read more

The Year In Review Remittance, forex reserve beat doomsayers Foreign exchange reserve and remittance marked an important milestone in Bangladesh economy in 2009, beating the development partners’ glum forecasts in the face of global recession. In ten years, foreign currency reserve grew from $1 billion to cross the $10 billion mark this year for the ... Read more