China inflation eases in June: govt
China's consumer price growth slowed in June, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Sunday, giving the central government room for further monetary stimulus to stabilise economic growth.
The consumer price index (CPI) -- a main gauge of inflation -- rose 1.9 percent on-year, the National Bureau of Statistics said, lower than May's 2.0 percent but higher than the 1.8 median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey of economists, reports AFP.
Moderate inflation can be a boon to consumption as it pushes buyers to act before prices go up, while
IBBL committees reformed
Yousif Abdullah Al Rajhi has been re-elected and M. Azizul Huq has been elected vice-chairmen of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited. Besides, Executive Committee, Audit Committee and Risk 
Management Committee of the bank have been reformed with Prof. Syed Ahsanul Alam, Helal Ahmed Chowdhury and Md. Abdul Mabud, PPM as chairmen respectively.
Azizul Huq
Management Committee of the bank have been reformed with Prof. Syed Ahsanul Alam, Helal Ahmed Chowdhury and Md. Abdul Mabud, PPM as chairmen respectively.
Azizul Huq
- Azizul Huq is Vice-Chairman and Independent Director of Islami Bank. He was first executive president (CEO) of the bank. He was the fir...
Stop politicising counterterrorism: ICG
International Crisis Group has called the 1 July Dhaka attack the most visible manifestation yet of the threat that a new generation of self-styled jihadis poses to Bangladesh that boasts of its pluralistic society.
Referring to premier Sheikh Hasina’s resolve ‘to bring all terrorists to justice’, the Brussels-based group questioned if this was “finally a wake-up call for a government that has too often underplayed the radical Islamist threat”.
In an article titled “Bangladeshi Leaders Must Stop Politicising Counterterrorism” published in Nikkei Asian Review on 6 July, ICG’s Shehryar Fazli wrote that the Islamic State group was ![]()
JP firms assess work prospects, staff safety in BD
Friday’s terrorist attack in Dhaka has dampened work prospects for many Japanese firms, which in recent years have grown more dependent on Bangladesh as a manufacturing base as well as a market.
Some of the 240 Japanese companies with offices or factories in Bangladesh said Monday they have suspended employee trips from Japan to the country and grounded local employees in the wake of the attack by Islamic militants in which a total of 28 people, including six attackers, lost their lives. Among the dead were seven Japanese.
Fast Retailing Co., which runs the Uniqlo clothing brand, said its employees are restricted from entering ![]()
Militant attacks are the result of failed institutions: AHRC
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) condemns the terrorist attack in Bangladesh’s capital city, Dhaka. The country experienced bloodshed on July 1 and 2. A group of militants attacked a Spanish restaurant in the diplomatic zone at Gulshan in Dhaka, at around 9 p.m. on Friday. Around 8 gunmen captured the Holey Artisan Bakery at gunpoint and took all staff and customers as hostage.
A police operation was foiled when the attackers fired AK 22 Assault Rifles and launched grenades at the police, causing the deaths of two police officers (an Inspector of Police and an Assistant Commissioner of the Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police) and injuring more than 20 others. A team of the
Robi Sheba Centre at Ctg Railway Station
Robi has recently inaugurated an information and sheba centre at the Chittagong railway station. The centre will provide information and service related to Robi’s products and service as well as information regarding the services offered by the Bangladesh Railway to the travelers.
Robi subscribers will be able to avail easy load, scratch card, data pack & voice bundle, SIM card, VAS Activation/deactivation from this centre. Besides, serving the existing subscribers this sheba centre is 
