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August 2023

travelxp on RealVU channel bouquet

RealVU opens the door to travelxp, world’s leading travel channel for the viewers of Bangladesh. RealVU, which is owned and operated by Beximco Communications Limited, is the first ever “Direct-to-Home” (DTH) service provider in Bangladesh. travelxp’s entry in Bangladesh is a very important step for RealVU as it further expands its reach to its target viewers and caters to global citizens. There is expectedly a lot of excitement for the viewers as one of the best travel channels in the world and Bangladesh’s first DTH service provider come together to bring the best travel content for the audiences. This alliance will give the Bangladeshi audiences a close look at some

Bank Asia holds business confce at Ctg

Mr. Md. Arfan Ali, Additional Managing Director of Bank Asia is addressing ‘Quarterly Business Performance Review Meeting of Chittagong Region’ of the Bank at Agrabad in the Port city of Chittagong on Saturday (Saturday, July 16, 2016). [caption id="attachment_24133" align="alignleft" width="540"]dav dav[/caption] Deputy Managing Directors Mr. Mohammed Zahirul Alam and Mian Quamrul Hasan Chowdhury, Head of MSME and Senior Executive Vice President Mr. Akhter Hamed, Head of Retail Banking Division an...

“Cafe Society” a Woody Allen latest

Woody Allen attends the premiere of `Cafe Society` hosted by Amazon & Lionsgate with The Cinema Society at Paris Theatre on 13 July in New York City. Photo : AFPAfter opening this year’s prestigious Cannes Film Festival, veteran writer and director Woody Allen brought his latest movie “Cafe Society” to New York on Wednesday for a red carpet screening. woody allenThe film starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart follows one man’s move to Hollywood in the 1930s with dreams of working in the movie industry. “...

Int’l cooperation for LDCs in trade stressed

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has laid emphasis on international cooperation to strengthen Least Developed Countries (LDCs) efficiency to contribute more in world trade. "UNCTAD and other organizations have been playing important role for the socio-economic development of LDCs through increasing trade volume and hope they would continue it, as Tofael_ahmed_international support is inevitable to attain SDGs," he added. The minister was addressing Ministerial Conference of G-77 and China in the fourteenth session...

ADB provides $ 275m loan to improve water supply

The government today signed $275 million loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for further improving and expanding water supply system in Dhaka. Mohammad Mejbahuddin, Senior Secretary, Economic Relations Division (ERD), and Kazuhiko Higuchi, Country Director, Bangladesh Resident Mission of ADB, signed the agreement on behalf of Bangladesh and ADB respectively at a ceremony at ERD, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, here, said a release. Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) will implement $408 million project. Of adb1t...

BB to unveil monetary policy next week

Bangladesh Bank (BB) will unveil the monetary policy statement (MPS) for the first half of the current 2016-17 financial year (FY17) next week, reports BSS. "We are finalising the MPS, which will be unveiled later this month," BB Chief Economist Biru bbPaksha Paul told BSS today. He said like previous ones, the next MPS would be finalised in line with the national budget while it would have major focus on areas including credit, GDP (gross domestic product), inflation and exchange rate. The central bank on January 14 this year u...