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Pubali Bank recommends 10pc dividend

The shareholders of the Pubali Bank Ltd have unanimously approved 5 per cent stock dividend and 5 per cent cash dividend for the year ended 31st December 2013 at the bank’s 31st Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at Basundhara Convention Centre, in the capital on Tuesday. pubali bankHafiz Ahmed Mazumder, Habibur Rahman, Moniruddin Ahmed, Syed Moazzem Hussain, Ahmed Shafi Choudhury, Fahim Ahmed Faruk Chowdhury, Suraiya Rahman, Rumana Sharif, M. Kabiruzzaman Yaqub, Mustafa  Ahmed, Musa  Ahmed,  Azizur Rahman  ...

Showkat nominated CSE Director

Showkat Hossain FCA has been nominated by the government as an Independent Director of the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) recently. Showkat Hossain FCA (Photo) (1)Hossain is also President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) and a Partner of Hoda Vasi Chowdhury & Co. Chartered Accountants, an independent correspondent firm to Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. The Chittagong born Chartered Accountant is currently holding the post of Directo...

Burma to summon Bangladesh envoy over Rohingya article

The Burmese Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans to summon the Bangladeshi ambassador to object to an article in the Dhaka Tribune which opined that Burma’s Rohingyas be offered a referendum on whether to secede from the Union, said Ye Htut, spokesman for the President’s Office of Burma on Monday. “We will never allow such damage to the sovereignty and territory of our country,” Ye Htut said. “Therefore we will object to this kind of writing. We will also monitor our own country to ensure the same situation is not replicated.” [caption id="attachment_5200" align="alignleft" width="300"]rohingya-malay

Bangladeshis should be treated as equals: Raima

Actress Raima Sen says her role in Children Of War, based on the violent birth of Bangladesh, “is by far the strongest and most unconventional role I have ever done on screen”. The Godmother star plays a journalist’s wife who suffers during the genocide of 1971. raima senShe says the role hasn’t impacted her personally, but she does feel strongly for Bangladeshis. “After knowing the history of the genocide, I do feel strongly for the people of Bangladesh and I am more compassionate towards them...

Progress not enough in textile safety

Many textile workers who survived the RanaPlaza disaster in April 2013 are still waiting to see compensation and better workplace safety standards. Some significant steps have been taken, but progress has been slow. With the anniversary of Bangladesh’s worst textile factory accident coming up next month, the ILO is calling on Western companies to donate to the compensation fund for the victims and their families. [caption id="attachment_1878" align="alignleft" width="300"]RMG Rana Plaza

New EPZ act not possible shortly: Tofail

Enacting a new EPZ act will not be possible within April 15 deadline set by the USTR for a favorable outcome on the country’s lost GSP facility, commerce minister Tofail Ahmed said on Monday. ‘We need more time to repeal the existing EPZ act and enact a new one in line with the provisions spelt out in the action plan of the US to restore the generalized system of preference facility,’ Tofail told reporters after a meeting with a visiting European Union delegation at his secretariat office. Tofael_ahmed_
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