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Restaurants honoured with Curry Oscars by British PM

The UK’s favourite cuisine was once again celebrated at the ninth, annual British Curry Awards on Monday at Battersea Evolution, as the nation’s finest curry restaurants were honoured at undisputedly the most lauded event of the UK hospitality sector. This year's ceremony once again welcomed a who’s who guest list of 100 leading restaurateurs, celebrities, politicians, dignitaries, business leaders and influencers, says a press release. UK PMAmong them were Prime Minister David Cameron; politicians Chris Grayling MP, Keith Vaz MP, Anne Main MP, Al...

WTO deal still possible in Bali Conference, hopes ICC

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has called the members of World Trade Organization (WTO) to spare no effort to achieve a trade facilitation deal in time for the Bali Conference next week. ICC, following the WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo’s signal on Tuesday that the formal WTO negotiating process had reached a conclusion for the time being, asked the member countries to demonstrate the political will needed to settle the agreement, said a press release here on Thursday . icc-logo “This is a clarion call for global business to continue ur...

Pubali Bank promotes 22 AGMs to DGM

Twenty two Assistant General Managers of Pubali Bank Ltd were promoted to Deputy General Manager (DGM) as recognition for their outstanding performance in the profession. AGM to DGMManaging Director and CEO of Pubali Bank Ltd Helal Ahmed Chowdhury handed over the promotion letter to the newly promoted DGMs as chief guest in a ceremony held in the city recently. Helal Ahmed Chowdhury urged everyone to work sincerely and honestly. He added that one could become successful banker by exploring skills and talents at the highest level through ...

Robi reports 1pc revenue growth for 3rd quarter

Robi Axiata Ltd., one of the leading mobile phone operators in the country, has reported a slowdown in revenue growth at 1 per cent between Q2 and Q3 for 2013. This was revealed at a press briefing, organized at Robi Corporate Office in the city on Thursday. Robi Chief Financial Officer, Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, who presented the results, attributed the growth slowdown to “lower average call rates due to heightened price competition in the market.” EBITDA (Earnings Before Income Tax Depreciation and Amortization) margins, however, improved to 40.2 per cent in part due to lower subscriber acquisition cost and improved efficiency in OPEX. “Reduction of SIM Tax only improved profitability marginally,” the CFO added.

Nouman receives Gusi Peace Prize

The Bangladeshi rights activist, AHM Nouman has received the Gusi Peace Prize International Award- 2013 in recognition to his contribution to poverty alleviation and humanitarianism. Gusi Peace Prize Foundation, an Asian foremost prize giving body based in Manila, gave the award. A total of 17 dignitaries with international repute including President, Former Prime Ministers and Saudi Prince were honoured with the prestigious award at the 12th award giving ceremony at the Philippines International Convention Centre (PICC) on Wednesday. Nouman, secretary general and founder of Development Alternative of the Rural Poor (DORP), a national NGO, introduced maternity allowance in 2005 for poor mothers in Bangladesh. Encouraged by its success, the government is now implementing it across ...

Bangladesh key economic indicators – Nov 28

DAILY INDICATORS

Wednesday Previous Taka/US $ (inter-bank) 77.75-77.7525 77.75-77.7525 Call money rate (inter-bank) 06.00-07.75 05.50-08.00 Dhaka Stock Exchange index 4,268.66 4,277.55 ------------------------------------------------------------ indicator MONTHLY CURRENT PREVIOUS Growth in: Consumer price index (BBS) Change yr/yr (pct) Oct. 7.03 7.13 M2 supply (bln taka) (BB) Sept. 6,267.23 6,199.89 Forex reserves ($bln)(BB) Oct. 17.35 16.15 Exports(FOB) ($mln)(BB) Sept. 2,590.24 2,031.44 I...
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