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Record $ 1.48b remittance in July  

Migrant workers last month sent home $1.48 billion, the highest inflow of remittance in a single month in Bangladesh’s history. The record flow of remittance could be attributed to celebrations of Eid-ul-Fitr in the last week of July, the country’s biggest festival. The amount is 15.19 percent higher than in the previous month and 19.67 percent from July last year, the central bank said in a statement yesterday. remittanceLast month’s receipts surpassed October 2012’s $1.45 billion, the highest for a single month previously, reports ...

Cabinet okays draft national broadcast policy  

The cabinet yesterday approved the National Broadcast Policy-2014, keeping numerous scopes for the government to misuse the policy in the name of maintaining standard of news, programmes and advertisements in the electronic media. Once in force, all contents of radio and television will come under strict government monitoring. False, discriminatory and misleading information and statistics must be avoided in news and programmes, according to the draft policy. mediaMedia professionals and experts oppose any policy that may curb independence of the mass m...

Ferry capsizes with 250 passengers in Padma    

An overcrowded ferry with up to 250 passengers onboard today sank in the Padma river in central Bangladesh, officials said. They said strong current in the turbulent river apparently upturned ferry which was carrying nearly double the number of passengers than its capacity this morning in Munshiganj area. “Two bodies were retrieved so far while some 45 passengers were rescued alive by vessels and speedboats which were plying nearby rescued immediately after the accident,” a police official told PTI from the scene by phone. vWccPMunshiganj Poli...

IBTRA trains Shahjalal Bank officials

Islami Bank Training and Research Academy (IBTRA) arranged a twenty-day foundation training course for forty officers of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited. 01The inaugural ceremony of the course was held at IBTRA auditorium on August 4, 2014. Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director, Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was present in the function as chief guest while Farman R. Chowdhury, Managing Director, Shahjalal Islami Bank was present as special guest. Presided over by Mohammad Rokan Uddin, Senior Vice President of the Bank and In-charge, IBTRA, the functi...

AIBL opens 54th ATM Booth at Bhandaria

Al-Arafah Islami Bank Ltd (AIBL) has opened its 54th ATM Booth at Reserve Pukur-paar, Bhandaria, Pirojpur on 4 August 2014. Managing Director of the Bank Md. Habibur Rahman inaugurated the new booth as Chief Guest. 20140804- AIBL ATM Press ReleaseAmong others, UP Chairman of Bhandaria Sadar Md. Golam Sorwar, prominent businessmen Alhajj Siddique Hossain Talukder, Abul Bashar Gazi and Senior Vice President & Zonal Head of AIBL Khulna Zone Md. Monjurul Alam were present in the opening ceremony wh...

WBC awards Samsung Mobile Bangladesh

World Brand Congress (WBC) has very recently awarded Samsung Mobile Bangladesh under the ‘Best use of Social Media in Marketing’ category. The World Brand Congress, held this year in Singapore, honors the world’s branding and marketing elite for Brand World Brand Congress Awards PhotoMahzabin Ferdous, Manager of BTL and Digital Media, of Samsung Mobile Bangladesh received the award. Samsung Mobile Bangladesh utilizes its social media with the primary focus to engage heavily with both potenti...
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