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IBBL official died in road accident

Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Senior Principal Officer and Investment In-charge of Narayanganj Branch of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited died in a tragic road accident at Kawrakandi of Madaripur on 6 August 2014. (Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihe Raziun). He was going to Bagerhat from Narayanganj for official purpose. During demise he was 53. He left behind wife, two sons, one daughter and a host of relatives and well wishers to mourn his death. Abul Kalam AzadHe joined Islami Bank in 1985. He was born in 1961 at Kalinagar village under Singra Thana of N...

Japanese investors seek reserved spaces in EPZs  

Quite a good number of Japanese investors have applied for factory space at some export processing zones (EPZs) encouraged by BEPZA’a reservation of industrial plots and standard factory space for them at those locations. But their number can’t be divulged at the moment, official sources said. The new development is taking place, they said at a time when external investment in the country is facing a major setback due to land shortage, reports the Financial Express. But the Japanese investors are taking a fresh look towards Bangladesh after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to Japan in early June this year. During the visit she assured Japanese investors of specially making available land to them to set up new industries.

Nearly 30 commercial banks fail to meet spread target  

Some 28 scheduled commercial banks have failed to keep their spreads within the targeted 5 per cent in the  last month (June) of the  just concluded fiscal year 2013–14. The banks’ average spread stood at 5.31 per cent in June, which was the highest rate during the last fiscal. Spread refers to the difference in borrowing and lending rates of financial institutions in nominal terms. The average spreads of nationalised and specialised banks, however, remained within the central bank’s prescribed rate, barring BASIC Bank. But the situation is a little different in cases of the private commercial banks (PCBs) and foreign commercial banks (FCBs), the rates of which were over 5 per cent, reports the Independent. ...

Warsi quits  protesting British policy over Gaza  

Baroness Warsi, the senior Foreign Office minister, has resigned from the government in protest at its policy on Gaza, describing it as “morally indefensible”. Warsi announced her departure on Twitter yesterday, saying: “With deep regret I have this morning written to the Prime Minister & tendered my resignation. I can no longer support Govt policy on Gaza.” In her resignation letter, Warsi said the government’s “approach and language during the current crisis in Gaza is morally indefensible, is not in Britain’s national interest and will have a long term detrimental impact on our reputation internationally and domestically”.

Ghasful organises discussion on urban system

Ghasful, a mass-media house organized recently an open discussion on ‘Planned Urban System and Dhaka City’ at Conference Lounge of National Press Club. 4r--10 copysPresided over by Prof. Nazrul Islam, prominent urban expert and Chairman of Urban Research Centre, the program was started with the self composed poem ‘Jati-ma Pahara dey’ by Poet Mohammad Nurul Huda. Architect Iqbal Habib, Joint Secretary, Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) presented the keynote paper followed by welcome addressed of Literateur Ata Sarkar. Expressing the t...

TraumaLink Responder Training held in EMK Centre

Number of dedicated youth enthusiasts on Thursday (July 24, 2014) participated ‘SAYS-TraumaLink Community First Responder Training Program’, jointly organized by region’s strong youth network, South Asian Youth Society (SAYS) and Traumalink Harvard Medical School at Edward M Kennedy (EMK) Centre, Dhaka as part of capacity building initiatives bringing about community engagement with a view to dealing large number of post-accidental first aids activities. TraumaLink President Doctor Jon Moussally provided interactive lectures, and ran practical training sessions along with his associates and practitioners.
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