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April 2025

Toshiba chief executive resigns over scandal

Toshiba’s chief executive and president Hisao Tanaka has resigned after the company said it had overstated its profits for the past six years. He will be succeeded by chairman Masashi Muromachi, with vice-chairman Norio Sasaki also stepping down. On Monday, an independent panel appointed by Toshiba said the firm had overstated its operating profit by a total of 151.8bn yen ($1.22bn, £780m). The overstatement was roughly triple an initial estimate by Toshiba. [caption id="attachment_18310" align="alignright" width="624"]toshiba Toshiba has been facing comp...

Bangladeshi physicist leads discovery of massless particle

A Bangladeshi physicist of Princeton University led an international team to the discovery of an elusive massless particle theorised 85 years ago. The particle could give rise to faster and more efficient electronics because of its unusual ability to behave as matter and antimatter inside a crystal, quoting a new research a report was published on the university website. [caption id="attachment_18307" align="alignright" width="720"]weyl-fermions-pu3-hasan-wb M Zahid Hasan (pictured) and his research group researched and sim...

PNOC EC oil exports to Bangladesh up

PNOC Exploration Corp. (PNOC EC) aims to maintain oil exports to Bangladesh and Indonesia, which rose slightly in 2014 compared to 2013 shipments. Oil deliveries to Bangladesh via state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corp. (BPC) reached 382,759 metric tons (MT) for 2014 worth about $342.3 million, company president and CEO Pedro A. Aquino Jr. told the Inquirer. The initial estimate for 2014 was 382,751 MT. bpc-oilThe total volume consisted of gas oil, motor gasoline or mogas and high speed fuel oil or HSFO. In 2013, PNOC EC sold 382,751.93MT to Banglades...

Robi Recharge Plus offers data purchase

Robi has recently added data purchase facility on its alternate digital recharge platform Recharge Plus. Earlier this digital platform used to offer only airtime recharge. Robi has added the data purchase feature to this convenient digital recharge platform, in order to address the need of the rapidly evolving data market and changing consumer lifestyle. R+_Logo_enNow, Robi customers do not have to venture out of their home to buy data packs. Currently three (3) data bundles are on offer at Recharge Plus. All the data packs available on Recharg...

PBL honours exchange cos’ agents

The International Division of Pubali Bank Ltd (PBL) arranged an Iftar Party in Honour of Representatives of different Exchange Companies in Bangladesh in Ramadan. Ramadan KareemManaging Director of Pubali Bank Ltd Md. Abdul Halim Chowdhury, Deputy Managing Director Safiul Alam Khan Chowdhury, Chief Financial Officer and General Manager Sayeed Ahmed FCA and General Manager of International Division Md. Hasan Ali were present as guests with the invited representatives at the party. DGM Md. Ataullah Siddiqui and Mohammad Shahadat Hossain o...

‘Better Regulation’ is progress towards EU reforms

We know that EU rules can all too often thwart firms’ best efforts to grow their business and to create new jobs. The UK has not been shy in pushing for the change that is long overdue and we have led the debate in Europe about reducing the burden on business. That’s why, as part of our long term economic plan, I set up a taskforce of British business leaders in 2013 to look at the kind of reforms that we need to sweep away poorly-understood and ineffective rules and do away with the creep of similarly pointless regulation in the future. CamronThat tas...
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