Business Development Conference of Comilla, Noakhali and Sylhet Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on July 5, 2014 at Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD), Comilla.
The day long conference was Presided over by Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director of the Bank.
The program was attended by Rafi Ahmed Begh, Deputy Managing Director and head of Retail Banking Wing, Md. Shamsuzzaman, Executive Vice President and head of Assets Management Division, Engr. Mohammad Ali, head of Investment Administration Division, Moh...
Dhaka Bank Limited celebrated its 19
th Anniversary on Saturday, July 05, 2014. Like every years, Dhaka Bank acknowledged the contributions of its stakeholders.
The celebration started from the Head Office at Motijheel through Doa Mahfil. Mr. Mirza Abbas Uddin Ahmed, Founder & Director of Dhaka Bank Limited attended the mehfil with other high officials of the Bank. Professor Moulona Salah Uddin conducted the Doa Mehfil.
Later, on the same occasion Dhaka Bank donated Tk.12 Lac to SEID Tr...
India and Bangladesh are expected to start coastal shipping from October this year, according to Director-General of Shipping Gautam Chatterjee.
The move is a part of the proposed agreement between the two nations to open sea routes to promote bi-lateral trade.
In the absence of direct shipping arrangement; India and Bangladesh are now heavily dependent on costly land routes for the $6-billion bilateral trade.
Transportation cost
Rough estimates suggest coastal shipping may reduce the costs of transportation by 20 to 40 per cent, when co...
Bangladesh might be better known for natural disasters and human suffering, but for years this south Asian nation has been a kind of Silicon Valley in the field of social entrepreneurship and anti-poverty programs.
It is the birthplace of BRAC, the world’s largest non-government organization that’s helping survivors of the 2013 Bangladesh factory collapse, and Grameen Bank, better known in the West since winning the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
However, the success of Grameen and BRAC is still dwarfed by the sheer scale the economic and environmental problems faced by this crowded, low-lying nation of 150 million. So the challenge for behemoths and start ups alike is to scale up — not just to have a wider social impact but also to sustain the enterprise so it depends less on charity.
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Last week, at the invitation of my friend Muhammad Yunus, I traveled to Bangladesh, a truly humbling and inspiring experience. I met so many incredible people struggling to improve their country and their lives. I wrote a letter to my daughters about my travels, which follows:
Dear Cara, Mariah and Michaela,
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Kerry Kennedy, President of the Robert F. Kennedy Center (third from right), with Grameen Bank members.[/caption]
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Only 5 million of Bangladesh’s 152 million citizens have regular Internet access. Three-quarters live in rural villages. The Infoladies, a group of about 50 women in their early 20s, travel through the countryside equipped with a laptop computer, a tablet, a smartphone, a digital camera, and a glucometer ministering to the technologically impoverished.
Mahfuza Akhter, 24, an Infolady, sets up a Skype session so Abdul Kashem can show off a newborn calf to his son in Saudi Arabia. The most requested activity is setting up Skype calls to male relatives, many of whom have left to take jobs in the Middle East. Mahfuza weighs a pregnant 18-year-old. As they bike from village to village, they help villagers with a range of digital tasks, such as taking blood-sugar readings and looking up in...
The day long conference was Presided over by Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director of the Bank.
The program was attended by Rafi Ahmed Begh, Deputy Managing Director and head of Retail Banking Wing, Md. Shamsuzzaman, Executive Vice President and head of Assets Management Division, Engr. Mohammad Ali, head of Investment Administration Division, Moh...
