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Investment in private sector may shrink on BB stance    

The move by Bangladesh Bank (BB) for maintaining higher cash reserve requirement (CRR) to absorb access liquidity from the banking system would fail to contain inflationary pressure rather it would adversely hamper private sector investment in the country. The monetary policy for the first half of current fiscal (2014-15) may fail to achieve the target of taming inflation to 6.5 percent and ensuring the private sector credit growth of 16.5 percent, set for the first half of FY2014-15. The Unnayan OnneshanUnnayan-Onneshan (UO)...

Bangladesh to expand ties with Iran  

Bangladesh Ambassador to Tehran Khandakar Abdus Sattar underlined the positive and good relations between Tehran and Dhaka, and said his country spares no opportunity and efforts to further develop its relations with Iran. “Iran and Bangladesh enjoy abundant capabilities and capacities, and Bangladesh will not spare any efforts to use these capacities and capabilities (for the further expansion of the bilateral ties),” Abdus Sattar said in a meeting with Parliament Advisor Hossein Sheikholeslam in Tehran on Saturday. He also described reciprocal parliamentary visits as a major contributor to the development and consolidation of the bilateral relations between the two countries.

Bangladesh focussing on Indian IT firms for joint venture

The government is focusing on Indian information technology (IT) companies for joint venture projects in the IT sector, said the country’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) secretary Nazrul Islam Khan here on Friday. IT expertBangladesh government’s Minister for Posts, Telecommunication and Information Technology Abdul Latif Siddiqui said that considerable focus is on Indian companies for building “Digital Bangladesh.” They were addressing the gathering at the ICT (information and communication technology) East 2014 organised by the Confe...

Bangladesh can learn from China’s response to quake    

The prompt response of the Chinese government to the strong earthquake in Yunnan Province and its effectiveness and openness were highly appreciated by Bangladesh experts and leaders including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Mahbuba Nasreen, director of Dhaka University’s Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, said, “what was much impressive to me this time was the way China responded to the quake,” adding that Bangladesh should take some lessons from China, reports Xinhua. quakeShe said, “They are well planned because they have ample re...

Sex education in India difficult to implement  

India is finding it difficult to implement sex education in public schools. The Indian Health Minister Harsh Vardhan set off a firestorm over the future of sex education. The controversy started in June when the Times of India publicised his vision, in which he wrote that “so-called sex education” should be banned. The ensuing public outcry sent Vardhan scrambling to clarify his words, reports Khabar South Asia. “I never said sex education should be banned. The present format is full of vulgarisms which have to go,” Vardhan said in a statement soon after. “I want a sex education curriculum which instils values of gender equity in young minds. The existing system is inadequate and the search for the right pedagogy will continue.” [caption id="attachment_8619" align="alignleft" w...

MBL Half-Yearly Business Conference held  

The "Half-Yearly Business Conference – 2014" participated by the Heads of Branches and Divisional Heads of Head Office of Mercantile Bank Limited (MBL) held at a local hotel on Saturday (09.08.14). The conference was inaugurated by the Chief Guest and Chairman of the Bank Mr. Morshed Alam, M.P. and was presided over by the Managing Director and CEO Mr. M. Ehsanul Haque. finalMr. M. S. Ahsan – Vice Chairman, Mr. Al-Haj Akram Hussain (Humayun) –Chairman- Executive Committee, Dr. Mahmood Osman Imam – Chairman- Audit Committee, Mr. Md. Shahabuddin Alam ...
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