Business Desk : dhakamirror.com ACI Limited is going to form a manufacturing joint venture with the world’s largest oral care player Colgate, according to a regulatory filing by the conglomerate. The aim of the joint venture is to manufacture oral care and personal care products in Bangladesh. The board of directors of ACI Ltd has ... Read more
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Nurun Nahar, new deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Nurun Nahar has recently been appointed as the deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank for a three-year term. Nahar became the second woman to hold this post of Bangladesh Bank. Nazneen Sultana was the first female deputy governor of the banking regulator. Nahar was appointed on contractual basis and the appointment will ... Read more
Reinstate amnesty for black money in real estate: FBCCI
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) today demanded the reinstatement of unquestioned amnesty for black money in the real estate sector for the next 5 to 10 years to reduce capital flight. It is needed to continue allowing the investment of black money in purchase of flats, ... Read more
Dil Afroze Khuki, woman newspaper hawker at Rajshahi dies
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Dil Afroze Khuki passed away while undergoing treatment at Mother Teresa Homes in the city this afternoon. She was 63. She was a newspaper hawker and was known for her struggles for self-reliance, living a dignified life and charitable activities. She passed away at 1:20pm, Shamsul Islam, an assistant commissioner of ... Read more
Severe heat wave likely to start today or tomorrow: BMD meteorologist
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The country is likely to witness a severe heatwave from today or tomorrow, according to a meteorologist at the Bangladesh Meteorological Department. Currently, a mild to moderate heatwave is sweeping over all divisions of the country except Rangpur, according to a BMD bulletin this morning. “A severe heatwave is likely to ... Read more
People pay homage to Zafrullah Chowdhury at Shaheed Minar
News Desk : dhakamirror.com People from all walks of life are paying homage to Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder and freedom fighter Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital. His body was taken to the Shaheed Minar premises at around 10:30 pm. Dr Zafrullah’s body has been kept on a temporary stage there. ... Read more
Brac Bank clocks Tk 601.63 crore profit in 2022
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Brac Bank Ltd clocked a Tk 601.63 crore profit in the last financial year of 2022, up 10.14 per cent year-on-year. The private commercial lender, which is focused on small and medium enterprises, made a profit of Tk 546.25 crore in 2021. Thus, the bank reported consolidated earnings per share of ... Read more
Credit card spending hits four-month low
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Spending through credit cards hit a four-month low in February as people have become cautious in spending based on loans in the face of spiralling inflation, several bankers said yesterday. Many have showed the lower number of days in February than January as a reason for the fall. In February, people ... Read more
Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury no more
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder, Independence Award recipient and valiant freedom fighter Zafrullah Chowdhury breathed his last on Tuesday. He was 82. Gonoshasthaya Kendra Nagar chief executive officer Monjur Kader Ahmed confirmed that Zafrullah died at 11:15pm while undergoing treatment at Gonoshasthaya Kendra in Dhaka. A forerunner in the health sector, Zafrullah had ... Read more
Prime Bank signs agreement with Bangladesh Bank
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Prime Bank has recently signed an agreement on “AIIB Funded Covid-19 Emergency and Crisis Response Facility Project (CECRFP, L0415-A)” for availing refinance facility against Government Stimulus Package for the CMSME sector at Bangladesh Bank Head Office in Dhaka. Md Abdul Wahab, project director (CECRFP), SME and Special Programmes Department of the ... Read more
Ranks FC holds programme on ‘Paving the Way to Green Building’ with architects
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Ranks FC Properties, a member of the Rancon Group recently organised an event titled “Meet the Architects: Paving the Way to Green Building” with young architects at their recently handed over green project White Oak at Mehdibagh in the city. A day-long project site visit was followed by a panel discussion ... Read more
Sayeman Beach Resort distributes iftar, Eid gifts among the needy
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Sayeman Beach Resort has distributed iftar and Eid gifts among the needy in Cox’s Bazar, reads a press release. An event was organised in this regard on Sunday (9 April) where the resort’s MD and local Awami League leader Mahboob Rahman Ruhel handed over the gifts to some 200 people. Later ... Read more
Guardian Life, Zen Health360 sign partnership agreement
Guardian Life Insurance Limited, a company that has been at the forefront of digitising insurance in Bangladesh, has recently formed a partnership with Zen Health360 Limited, a top health-tech company that provides digital healthcare services in the country, says a press release. Through this collaboration, clients will be able to buy Guardian Life’s insurance policies ... Read more
Intertek CEO visits Dhaka with his first book
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Intertek CEO André Lacroix has taken part in a series of events held in the capital over his debut book “Leadership with Soul,” which challenges conventional leadership thinking practices and invites existing and future leaders to reinvent their approach to become ever-better leaders. At the University of Dhaka’s Nawab Ali Chowdhury ... Read more
Kutubuddin Ahmed recognised as CIP
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Kutubuddin Ahmed has been acknowledged by the government as one of the Commercially Important Persons (CIP) in the large-scale industries (manufacturing) category for 2021. Founder of two of the largest conglomerates of the country, Envoy Legacy and Sheltech Group, Ahmed is a prominent figure in the Bangladeshi manufacturing industry, and his ... Read more
Cabinet okays law with life-term sentence for food hoarding illegally
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Cabinet on Monday gave the final nod to a draft law on food security with a provision of life-term imprisonment (up to 14 years) for illegally stockpiling food products. The approval came in a cabinet meeting held at Parliament Complex, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair, reports BSS. ... Read more
Bangabazar site being prepared for business
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The site of Bangabazar Shopping Complex, which was burnt to the ground on April 4, is being prepared so that the affected shop owners can resume their business from makeshift shops. Abu Naser, spokesperson of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), said the site is being prepared for business under the supervision ... Read more
Fertilizer prices increased by Tk 5 per kg
The government has raised the prices of urea, DAP, TSP, and MOP News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Bangladesh government has raised the prices of four types of fertilisers – urea, DAP, TSP, and MOP – by Tk 5 per kg. An order signed by Sheikh Badiul Alam, deputy chief for fertiliser management and monitoring at ... Read more
Gold price drops to Tk 97,161 a bhari
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Jewellers on Monday lowered the price of gold by Tk 1,983 to Tk 97,161 a bhari (11.664 gram) on the local market as the price of the precious metal has fallen on the global market. The Bangladesh Jewellers’ Samity in a press release said that the prices of the gold were ... Read more
Eid holidays extended by a day
News Desk : dhakamirror.com April 20 will also be part of the Eid holidays as the government decided to extend the holidays this year by a day through an executive order. Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain informed journalists about the development after the weekly cabinet meeting at the Secretariat today. Before the executive order, Eid ... Read more