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Bangladesh urges UK to allow garment imports

Bangladesh clothing exports to Europe jumped 24 percent in 2015, with the UK being the EU’s second biggest garment export destination for the country after Germany. But the government of the UK has banned imported clothing from Bangladesh due to its concern that there is a lack UK_BDof proper security measures at the Bangladesh Airport in Dhaka. Now the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association is calling on its government to take the necessary steps to ensure that the ban on air cargo from Dhaka is lifted, soon. ...

IBBL Service Center at Banosree

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited opened service center ‘Seba Ghor’ at South Banosree, Dhaka on March 12, 2016. Engr. Md. Eskander Ali Khan, Chairman, Executive Committee, inaugurated the center as chief guest while Muhammad Abul Bashar, Deputy Managing Director, was present as the special guest. Presided over by Md. Mosharraf Hossain, Executive Vice President, the program was attended by Md. Kamaluddin Jasim, Senior Vice President, Md. Nasir Uddin, Vice President of Islami PressBank, Shamsul Alam Bhuiyan, formar president of local...

BATB Head of HR gets Brand Forum award

Rumana Rahman, Head of HR of British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB) received the ‘Inspiring Women Leader’ award by Bangladesh Brand Forum on a special day ‘International BATB_PhotoWomen’s Day 2016. Sanjana Zerin, Territory Officer, Marketing received the ‘Aspiring women leader’ award while Amun Mustafiz, Senior Corporate Finance Manager received honorary ‘Progressing Women Leader’ award.

Dependence on India for cotton increases

Bangladesh's dependence on India for cotton is on an upward trajectory as reports suggest the country imports 49 per cent cotton from India to meet its demand for textile industry. Data by Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) reveals that Bangladesh imported 6.10 million bale cotton in 2015 with India accounting for 49 per cent or 2.99 million bale. cottonAs per the data, at 2.99 million bale(One bale weighs 480 pounds or 218 kg) the imports grew 36 per cent year on year. In 2014 Bangladesh's imports from its neighbour ro...

Criminals in BB heist likely studied bank’s inner workings

The perpetrators of a $100 million digital heist at Bangladesh’s central bank had deep knowledge of the institution’s internal workings, likely gained by spying on bank workers, security experts said. Unknown hackers breached Bangladesh Bank in early February, stole credentials for payment transfers and then ordered transfers out of a Federal Reserve Bank of New York account held by Bangladesh Bank (BB), according to Bangladesh Bank officials. Bangladesh government officials blamed the Fed for the attack when they disclosed the loss. The New York Fed responded on Tuesday saying there was no evidence its systems were compromised in the attack, one of the biggest bank thefts in history. The Fed said it followed normal procedures when responding to requests that appeared to be

Enriching education in Bangladesh

About a year ago, seven year-old Afroza Khatun dropped out of school as her mother could not continue supervising her homework. The interruption in her grade II lessons was soon noticed by a teacher of an information education centre known as ENRICH, a state-funded programme which aims at supporting children who drop out to continue their education from the primary level (up to grade II). “I could not accept that Afroza, so brilliant in her lessons, had to drop out of school just because her mother could not help prepare her lessons at home,” Mosammet Shirin Akter, a teacher at ENRICH learning centre, told IPS News. Afroza’s father died when she was still in her mother’s womb. Too poor to support the family, Afroza’s mother, Joshna, had to work as a day labourer. Recently, she ...
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