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Rahmat Ullah joins as Secretary of ICAB  

A K M Rahmat Ullah FCA has joined as Secretary of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) on Thursday (30 April 2014). AKM Rahmat Ullah FCA (Secretary)Before his joining, he worked as General Manager (Accounts & Budgeting Dept.) in Bangladesh Bank. He was Financial Management Specialist (Consultant) in IDA Project, General Manager of Social Development Foundation (SDF) under the Ministry of Finance, GoB and Deputy Director (Audit) in Bangladesh Open University.  He is a Fellow...

IBBL new ATM booth in city

The 358th own ATM booth of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) was inaugurated at Sector 11 of Uttara, Dhaka recently. ibblNurul Islam Khalifa, Deputy Managing Director of the Bank inaugurated the Booth as Chief Guest. Md. Abdul Jabbar, Executive Vice President and Head of Dhaka North Zone, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Senior Vice President and Head of Uttara Branch of the Bank and local elites were present on the occasion.

Necessary budget demanded to protect disabled people

Experts on disability have demanded allocation of at least 1.5% of the fiscal budget for the disabled and physically challenged populace. They also demanded effective and stronger administrative initiatives to speeding up implementation of the ‘Disable People’s Rights and Protection Act 2013’. Mainstream development aka the equity based development couldn’t be possible without integrating and ensuring development of the disabled, the experts opined. IMG_7574The speakers raised the issues in an exchange of views on ‘Integrating disabled in t...

Forex reserves hit record high in April  

Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves reached a record high $20.37 billion at the end of April, more than 37 percent higher than a year earlier, the central bank said on Sunday. The higher reserves, which stem from a widening current-account surplus, can to cover more than six months of imports. At the end of April 2013, reserves were $14.83 billion. The total last month was $1.06 billion above the March 2014 level. [caption id="attachment_4203" align="alignleft" width="300"]The reserves now stand at $19.04bn, enough to pay off six months’ imports and second highest among SAARC countries

Saving the world’s babies simply starts at birth

Shefali Rani Das, an expectant mother in Bangladesh, has given birth to six children (including 4-year-old Suborna) at home without a doctor. Only three of her babies have survived. Every day, all over the world, newborns die when they don't have to. They die from preventable infections and because their tiny bodies can't stay warm enough. motherShefali, a mother from Bangladesh, knows this global tragedy all too well. "Whenever a child is born and then dies, we're overwhelmed with grief," she says. "It's terrible." Shefali has given birt...

Mamata dares Modi on Bangladeshi migrants issue

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday dared BJP prime ministerial candidate, to implement his promise of sending Bangladeshi’s packing after May 16 if his party came to power, saying that the ‘paper tiger’ should first meet the ‘Royal Bengal Tiger’. “Touch a single person, we will see. The paper tiger should know there is a Royal Bengal tiger in Sunderbans. First you face that,” Banerjee, the chief minister, told an election meeting here. MamataClaiming that the Gujarat chief minister did not know history, she said that Banglades...
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