Advance ruling system workshop held in city
A WCO Revenue Package national workshop on the development of an Advance Ruling System for classification, funded by CCF China, was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 28 February to 2 March 2016, at the National Board of Revenue. The workshop was officially opened by the Chairman of the National Board of Revenue and Secretary of Internal Resources of the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Md. Nojibur Rahman.
Fourteen Customs officers participated in the workshop, which was facilitated by a Technical Officer from the WCO Secretariat, a WCO accredited expert from China and an external expert.
Philippines prepares charges in alleged hacking of BB
The Philippines’ Anti-Money Laundering Council is preparing charges against a number of people allegedly involved in the illegal transfer of more than $80 million from a Bangladesh Bank account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to a number of Philippine accounts.
“There is a clear violation of our anti-money-laundering law,” council chairman Amando Tetangco, who is also the governor of the Philippines’ central bank, told The Wall Street Journal in a brief interview late Saturday. He refused to identify those who may be charged but said more details would be revealed during Senate hearings on March 15.
“Just wait for the hearings on Tuesday,” said Mr. Tetangco, referring to his scheduled
India-Bangladesh drill in Sundarbans
In an attempt to bring in more synergy in coordinated border management, border-guarding forces of Bangladesh and India conducted their first-ever joint exercise in the riverine borders of the Sundarbans.
The exercise between the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) 
commenced with troopers, including dog and bomb squads, from both the forces carrying out joint searches of cargo vessels on the Ichamati river.
The second day of the drill called ‘Sundarbans Maithri’ on Sunday was ...
commenced with troopers, including dog and bomb squads, from both the forces carrying out joint searches of cargo vessels on the Ichamati river.
The second day of the drill called ‘Sundarbans Maithri’ on Sunday was ...
RB products now on Daraz.com.bd
Recently Daraz.com.bd, Bangladesh’s leading online shopping platform has signed with RB (Reckitt Benckiser Bangladesh Ltd.) the FMCG mega player from United Kingdom.
RB products will be available on daraz.com.bd through this partnership and shoppers will have the convenience of choosing their desired items without having to battle traffic or pollution. The agreement between the two parties was signed at a simple ceremony at the Daraz HQ in Banani.
Kazi Arif Zaman, Sales Director of RB Bangladesh Ltd. said, “Ecommerce is an exciting new 
Trafficked Nepali, Bangladeshi women trapped in Syria
Nepali villager Sunita Magar thought she was heading to a safe factory job in Kuwait, but only when she landed in Damascus did she realise “something had gone very wrong”.
Frequently beaten with a baton and given only one meal a day, Magar says she spent 13 months working as a maid for a Syrian household and pleading to be allowed to go home.
“I was just in shock, I couldn’t stop crying,” the single mother-of-two told AFP.
Magar is among scores of poor Nepali and Bangladeshi women who travelled to the Middle East on the promise of a good job, only to be trafficked into Syria, wracked by five years of civil war.
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IBBL awards scholarships to 82 students
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) awarded scholarships to 82 under prevailed meritorious students of 34 colleges of Chittagong regeion. Mijanur Rahman Joddar, Executive Director, Bangladesh Bank, Chittagong handed over the scholarship money and educational instruments to the students at a function in Chittagong recently as the chief guest.
Presided over by Mohammad Amirul Islam, Executive Vice President & Head of Chittagong
South Zone of the bank. Professor Mohammad Sana...
South Zone of the bank. Professor Mohammad Sana...
