As a part of its corporate social responsibility, Bank Asia has provided higher studies scholarship to seven insolvent meritorious students of Tarail Upazila of Kishoreganj district on Saturday ( 8 March ).
M Irfan Syed, Director of the Bank handed over the scholarship money to the students at a function held at Bank Asia Tarail Branch premises. Deputy Managing Director of the Bank Md. Arfan Ali, Deputy Secretary Md. Kamrul Hassan, Head of Bhairab Branch Gobinda K...
Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL) donated Tk.10 lakh to Jalalabad Eduction Trust as scholarship. Finance Minister Abul Mal Abdul Muhith received the cheque from Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd on behalf of Jalalabad Trust at its Scholarship distribution program of the students of Sylhet Division on Friday (March 7).
Dr. Farashuddin, Chairman of Jalalabad Education Trust, Dr. A K Abdul Mubin, President of Jalalabad Association, Abdul Ha...
India has asked Bangladesh to open direct sea routes between the two countries to boost bilateral trade, which is being hampered by congestion at the land customs stations on both sides. India aims to increase cargo to Bangladesh.
According to sources, the Department of Commerce has asked Directorate General of Shipping to work out a mechanism on how the plan could work out. To initiate the process, ships have to be certified by both the sides so that they can operate in each other’s territorial waters, a senior commerce department official told Business Standard.
“We have asked DG Shipping to work out a protocol with Bangladesh on our regulatory requirements. We have to certify their ships and they will have to do the same...
Bangladesh will hold two additional tea auctions, extending the season by two weeks, as a large volume of tea remains unsold due to poor quality and a supply glut, brokers said on Thursday.
The last auction of the season will now be held on April 15, an official of the National Brokers Limited said after a meeting with the Bangladesh Tea Board.
In the latest auction on Wednesday, tea prices fell for a sixth straight week, dragged down by end-of-season leaf that tends to be of poor quality.
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China on Thursday said that Bangladesh “really matters” to Beijing as it is an “important developing country” with a booming economy.
According to Chinese ambassador Li Jun, China wants to contribute to Bangladesh’s development as the country was contributing to global peace and regional stability.
Mr Li Jun, who met diplomatic correspondents on Thursday, also remarked that Bangladesh’s “improving” ties with its neighbours added to regional stability and its zero-tolerance of terrorism...
The total unpaid domestic work carried out by women in Bangladesh is equivalent to 10.75 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country, Unnayan Onneshan, an independent multidisciplinary think-tank, revealed.
The organisation found this in their nation-wide survey based estimate of women domestic work in Bangladesh, first of its kind in the country and released in connection with the International Women’s Day, reports UNB.
They revealed that the total unpaid work per year might be equivalent to T...
M Irfan Syed, Director of the Bank handed over the scholarship money to the students at a function held at Bank Asia Tarail Branch premises. Deputy Managing Director of the Bank Md. Arfan Ali, Deputy Secretary Md. Kamrul Hassan, Head of Bhairab Branch Gobinda K...
