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ATM booth “Meghna AnyTime” at Motijheel

 Vice Chairman of the Meghna Bank Limited Mr. Abdul Alim Khan Selim inaugurate Meghna Bank’s ATM Booth “Meghna AnyTime” as chief guest at Motijheel Branch, Dhaka on Tuesday ( June 30, 2015). ATM PRAmong Others Managing Director & CEO of the Bank Mr. Mohammed Nurul Amin, Additional Managing Director Mr. Md. Mohashin Miah & Other Senior Executives of the Bank, Local Elites and Business Persons were also attended the program. From now onwards, our valued clients wil...

Nearly 126 mln mobile phone subs in May

Bangladesh topped 125.97 million mobile telephony subscribers in May, up from 124.705 million in April, according to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). molbile internetAt end-May, mobile operator Grameenphone had 52.83 million mobile phone customers, followed by Banglalink and Robi with 32.10 million and 27.14 million mobile phone users, respectively. Airtel came next with 8.51 million mobile telephony subscribers, followed by Teletalk (4.16 million) and Citycell (1.20 million).

More than 47.4 m internet subscribers in May

Bangladesh ended May with 47.42 million active internet subscribers, up from 45.67 million internet subscribers at the end of April. internetThe mobile internet base reached 45.97 million in May, up from 44.22 million in the previous month, according to figures from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). The fixed-line internet user base increased to 1.26 million from 1.25 million, while the number of Wimax subscribers fell to 188,000 in May, from 198,000 in the previous month. -Telecompaper

IBBL hosts Ifter, Ramadan discussion

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) organized a discussion on ‘Role of Ramadan in purifying wealth and soul’ and Ifter Mahfil at a local hotel on Monday (June 29, 2015 ). Presided over by Engr. Mustafa Anwar, Chairman, Board of Directors of the Bank the program IFTAR--2015was addressed by Engr. Md. Eskander Ali Khan, Chairman, Executive Committee and Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director of the Bank. Judges, diplomates, industrialists, businesspersons, journalists, intellectuals, ulemas, professionals, elites and dignitaries of th...

Summit to invest $1 bln to produce 1,310 MW electricity

Summit Group, the leading power generator in Bangladesh, will invest at least $1 billion to build five power plants capable of producing 1,310 megawatts (MW) of electricity by 2020, aiming to ease a prolonged crisis in the country’s energy supply, a senior executive said. Ayesha Aziz Khan, finance director, told Reuters that by 2016 at least 300 MW would be added while the rest would be added by 2020. Power“The plants will be fired by a combination of fuel oil and gas (and) will go into production starting from next year,” Ayesha said, noting the biggest p...

Child brides face a grim reality in Bangladesh

Three years ago, when the Jamuna River wiped away their home for the fifth time, Momin Ullah and Rahima Begum could see only one option to reduce the family’s burden of poverty and to secure the future of their eldest daughter Nadia: marry her off at the age of 14. [caption id="attachment_17502" align="alignleft" width="300"]child bride The driving factors behind child marriages in Bangladesh include poverty, natural disasters, lack of access to education, social pressure, stalking, harassment and dowry (Photo by Stephan Uttom)[/caption] “The ...
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