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August 2023

Valiant Freedom Fighter AK Chowdhury passes away

A. K. Chowdhury FCA, a valiant Freedom Fighter and Adviser to the Interim Mujib Nagar Government 1971, Founder Council Member & Past President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) and Managing Partner of Hoda Vasi Chowdhury & Co. breathed his last on Saturday, 12 May 2018 at Apollo Hospital, Dhaka (Innalillahe .... Rajeun). He was 78. Abul Khair ChowdhuryHe served the Government in exile in Mujib Nagar in 1971 (April-December) as a lone Financial Advisor from the Pr...

Pioneering diocesan priest dies

Senior clergy in Bangladesh have been praising the achievements of Father Philip D’Rozario, the most senior diocesan priest in the country, after he passed away this week at the age of 82. He succumbed to old age at the Bishop’s House in southern Barisal Diocese during the evening of May 10 after suffering from a range of ailments for years including several strokes. [caption id="attachment_26752" align="alignleft" width="540"]priest Father Philip D’Rozario, Bangladesh’s most senior diocesan priest, is seen at the priests’ residence ...

Kiwi aid worker heads to help Rohingya

Caritas Humanitarian Co-ordinator, Mark Mitchell, has just left for Bangladesh to assess the needs of Caritas Bangladesh as they provide aid to individuals and families caught up in the Rohingya refugee crisis, as well as to provide support on emergency response strategies. Violence against Rohingya in Rakhine State escalated to a critical point driving an estimated Rohingya671,500 Rohingya across the border into Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Mr Mitchell stresses the complexity of this crisis, “A lasting resolution for Rohingya w...

Robi hosts Google Developer Conference

 BDAPPS, an open for all mobile application store of Robi Axiata Limited has hosted the much awaited Google Developer Conference, Google I/O 2018 event in Bangladesh on the 8th and 9th of May, in collaboration with Google Developer Group (GDG) Dhaka and Lets Learn Coding (LLC). Robi is the first telecom operator to have hosted this prestigious event in Bangladesh. The event was streamed live from Google’s global headquarter at Mountain View, California. In total, around 1,500 professionals and tech enthusiasts registered for the event in Bangladesh. Kicking-off the event, Robi’s Vice President, IOT and Product Innovation, Mr. Showkat Kader

Secondhand C-130Js for Bangladesh Air Force

Bangladesh has selected the UK's Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group to modify a pair of ex-Royal Air Force-operated Lockheed Martin C-130Js and provide long-term support for the tactical transports. Announced by Marshall on 10 May, the deal will include work in designing, developing and installing a new medical evacuation fit for Dhaka's Hercules. This will "enable the Bangladesh air BAFforce to carry out important tasks within the country and overseas delivering support to UN missions," the Cambridge-based company says. Marsha...

CSE demonstrates changes in ESS

 A latest amendment to the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (Pubic Issue) Rules, 2015 was gazetted on 6th July, 2017. As per the amendments, all eligible institutional investors have to apply for all IPOs at fixed price from now through the CSE and DSE’s joint new Electronic Subscription System (ESS). It is mentionable that IPO application by the eligible institutional investors has already started through ESS process. Since September 2017. A new directive regarding the code of conduct of eligible investors has added last 20 February 2018 by BSEC. Earlier the demonstration program on the new changes of IPO Application had arranged at CSE