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BB awards top remitters

Bangladesh Bank today honoured 31 non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) for sending the highest amount of remittances last year to encourage the expatriates to send money home through legal channels. bbTwo exchange houses that transfer money have also been awarded by the BB for the first time. Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman handed over crests and certificates to the awardees in a programme titled “Bangladesh Bank Remittance Award-2014” at the BB Training Academy in Dhaka.

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Workshop on self-assessment program at JU

The History Department of Janhangirnagar University (JU) organised a workshop on ‘Self-assessment Program’ at its Seminar Room here on the campus on Saturday. unnamedAround 11.00 am, Prof Farzana Islam, Vice-Chancellor of JU, inaugurated the program as the chief guest. JU Pro-VC Prof Dr Abul Hossain and Treasurer Prof Dr Abul Khair, Prof Sayod Kamrul Ahsan, Dean of Arts and Humanities Faculty, addressed the function as the special guests. Director of JU Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) Prof Ajit Kumar Mazumder, JU Proctor Prof Dr Tapan Kum...

IBBL holds half-yearly Business Dev Confce

Deposit and investment of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) stood at Tk. 596,489 and 497,620 millions respectively till June 30, 2015, which are 13.5% and 12% more in comparison to those of same time of the previous year. The bank has conducted import and export business amounting Tk. 171,704 and 110,640 million respectively while handled foreign remittance of Tk. 165,797 million in the same period. 04This information was disclosed at inaugural session of half-yearly business development conference of the bank held on August 1, 2015 at Muhammad Younus Auditor...

$ 500m fund for manufacturing

The central bank will set up $500 million of funding for the country’s manufacturers, in an effort to stimulate economic growth, the head of the bank said on Thursday. The money will be split between two funds, one aimed at manufacturing in general, the second at textiles, including export-oriented ready-made garment factories. Garments are a key foreign-exchange earner for Bangladesh. The country’s low wages and duty-free access to Western markets have helped make it the world’s second-largest apparel exporter after China. bb-logo“Two new support...

Empowering South Asian youths thru’ ICT, media

Region’s influential policy-based youth organization, South Asian Youth Society (SAYS) for the first time ever hosted a shadow SAARC conference titled, ‘Model SAARC Summit 2015 in Dhaka. U.S. Embassy Dhaka sponsored the summit with collaboration from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of People’s Republic of Bangladesh. SAARCThe summit was segmented in couple of sessions in a period of three days, happening in capital’s Edward M Kennedy Center (EMK) and Brac Inn Center successively. Particularly the second day commenced with an informal session where the ...

Bangladeshi enclaves in India get ready to celebrate

Mansur Ali Mian and Mansur Ali Khandakar busy for the preparation at Poatarkuthi (Enclave), which from midnight from July 31st, 2015 will become a part of India. [caption id="attachment_18594" align="alignright" width="450"]enclave1-450x337 Mansur Ali Mian and Mansur Ali Khandakar busy for the preparation at Poatarkuthi (Enclave), which from midnight from July 31st, 2015 will become a part of India.[/caption] More than 14,000 residents of 51 enclaves are eagerly waiting for August 1 when they can hoist a flag of a country they can c...
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