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April 2025

Bangladeshi enclaves in India get ready to celebrate

Mansur Ali Mian and Mansur Ali Khandakar busy for the preparation at Poatarkuthi (Enclave), which from midnight from July 31st, 2015 will become a part of India. [caption id="attachment_18594" align="alignright" width="450"]enclave1-450x337 Mansur Ali Mian and Mansur Ali Khandakar busy for the preparation at Poatarkuthi (Enclave), which from midnight from July 31st, 2015 will become a part of India.[/caption] More than 14,000 residents of 51 enclaves are eagerly waiting for August 1 when they can hoist a flag of a country they can c...

Safety, sanitation crisis swell up girls’ dropout

Lack of social safety, sanitation, prevalence of child marriage and labour hinder children from continuing their education in Bangladesh. The observation came at the launching ceremony of policy briefs on child marriage, child marriage and out-of-school children in Dhaka on Wednesday. education2222The policy brief revealed that out-of-school children were found in almost all districts, with the highest concentration in Bandarban, Sunamganj, Bhola, Netrokona and Cox’s Bazar and the lowest in Jhalokati, Barguna, Pirojpur, Feni and Jessore. ...

BB to keep conventional, Islamic banks separate

Bangladesh will keep conventional and Islamic banks operating separately from each other because of concern about possible violations of sharia principles, although the decision is not permanent, the central bank’s deputy governor told Reuters. The central bank will not approve applications by conventional banks to convert themselves bb-logointo Islamic ones and is barring the use of Islamic windows, which let conventional banks offer Islamic financial services provided client money is segregated. “It is our observation that it created complications ...

Bilateral trade between BD, Malaysia to improve in 2H15

Bilateral trade between Malaysia and Bangladesh, which fell 26.4% as of May this year, is expected to improve in the second half, amid a better economic environment. From January to May 2015, bilateral trade declined to US$412 million from US$560 million during the same period of last year. “Bilateral trade will increase by 5% (in the second half of the year. This is my expectation,” said bd-malysiathe Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation’s (Matrade) Chief Executive Officer, Datuk Dzulkifli Mahmud. Last year, exports to Bangladesh...

SBAC Bank MD gets gold medal

Bagerhat Sea Food industry Limited has been awarded gold medal for their outstanding contribution in fisheries development. DSC_2194Managing Director of Bagerhat Sea Food industry limited, President of Bangladesh Frozen Food Exporters Association and Chairman of South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce Bank Limited received gold medal from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina recently.  

foodpanda awards ‘Save 1 Hour’ winners

This May, foodpanda Bangladesh, the largest online food ordering and delivery platform of the country, started an online campaign named ‘Save 1 Hour’. The campaign continued for 4 weeks, starting from 25th May 2015, on social media (Facebook). The campaign, “Save 1 Hour” focused on the 1 hour that one can save while waiting for the food ordered via foodpanda, and most importantly, how that person utilized that 1 hour. Every week participants got opportunities to win prizes like vouchers, hard disks, tablets and many Pic 1more by taking part in that campaign...
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