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Airtel MFS to power Progressive Apparels

Airtel Bangladesh Limited, the fastest growing mobile operator of the country has signed an MFS agreement with Progressive Apparels Ind. Ltd. The agreement was signed in Chittagong. Airtel Signing PicJafry Shamim, Head of Business Solutions, Airtel Bangladesh Ltd.; Hasan Zahidul Islam, Managing Director, Progressive Apparels Ind. Ltd and Aziz Ahamed, General Manager, Progressive Apparels Ind. Ltd among others were present at the corporate signing ceremony between Airtel and Progressive Apparels Ind. Ltd. in Chittagong yest...

UN envoy a ‘whore’: Wirathu    

Controversial nationalist monk Wirathu lambasted the UN’s special rapporteur for human rights in Burma, Yanghee Lee, in a speech on Friday at the Kyeikkasan Grounds in Rangoon’s Tamwe Township. He called her a “whore” for her alleged bias towards the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority. “We have already made public our Race Protection Law, but without even studying it, this bitch [Burmese: kaungma] Wrathokeeps on complaining about how it is against human rights!” he shouted to hundreds of supporters on Friday afternoon. “Can this whore reall...

Diplomats want to know the solution

Several diplomats from various countries including the US, Australia and others, as well as UN representatives in Dhaka, have termed the ongoing violence as contradictory to democracy. They have asked the government what solution there was to emerge from this violent situation.

The diplomats expressed their concern over the violence, during a briefing by the foreign minister AH Mahmud Ali at the state guest house, Padma, yesterday. The foreign minister said that the government was taking all measures to ensure peace.

Inter-bank ATM transaction: BB to impose Tk 15 charge    

Bangladesh Bank backtracked from its earlier decision of imposing a fee at Tk 20 on each inter-bank ATM transaction from currently charged Tk 10 amid criticism from different quarters, said officials of the central bank, New Age reports. The central bank has now decided to impose the fee at Tk 15 on per automated teller machine transaction under National Payment Switch Bangladesh project, a BB official told New Age on Monday. atmThe BB earlier made a decision to double charge on the clients on inter-bank ATM transactions, bowing down to repeated pres...

Tributes, protests mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day  

Tributes to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. were held nationwide on Monday as protests over the treatment of minorities by law enforcement rolled on across the country. Observers of Martin Luther King Jr. Day have this year linked the federal holiday to a rallying cry in recent months during demonstrations over police brutality: ‘Black lives matter.’ Martin LutherKing’s 1960s dream of racial equality was being viewed through a lens focused on the recent deaths of unarmed black men after confrontations with police, including Eric...

IMF downgrades global growth forecast

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its forecast for global economic growth for this year and next. The IMF now expects growth of 3.5 percent this year, compared with the previous estimate of 3.8 percent which it made in October. The growth forecast for 2016 has also been cut, to 3.7 percent. The downgrade to the forecasts comes despite one major boost for the global economy - the sharp fall in oil prices, which is positive for most countries. [caption id="attachment_12241" align="alignleft" width="300"]From the Files - ECB Easing Expected...
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