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Meghna Bank signs deal with Trans-Fast

Meghna Bank Limited has recently signed an Agreement with Trans-Fast Remittance LLC, USA to facilitate Inward remittance of expatriates Bangladeshis residing abroad. FullSizeRender_1aaaMr. Mohammad Khairuzzaman, Country Head of Trans-Fast has handed over the Agreement to               Mr. Mohammed Nurul Amin, Managing Director and CEO of Meghna Bank Limited at a simple ceremony at Meghna Bank Head Office on January 7, 2015. Mr. Md. Mohashin Miah, AMD, Mr. Arif Quadri, DMD, Mr. ...

Up to 50pc savings on mobile data

Smartphone users in Bangladesh will now get exclusive access to Opera Max, an app that saves data across all mobile apps, through Symphony’s latest smartphone, the Symphony Xplorer ZV. mobiledeviceOpera Max uses Opera’s proven video and data compression technology to shrink video, images and websites, giving users a faster internet experience, while consuming less data. With Opera Max, users can stretch the life of their mobile internet plans by up to 50%. “Symphony is the largest handset brand in Bangladesh, and we are thrilled to...

Transactions through MFS reach Tk 300cr a day: BTRC  

Transaction through mobile financial services (MFS) is on average Tk 300 crore per day now, said BTRC Chairman Sunil Kanti Bose citing the recent data of Bangladesh Bank (BB). In November 2014, Tk 322 crore 48 lakh was transacted through mobile financial services which is 17.48 per cent higher compared to the previous month. In the month of October, it was Tk 274 crore 51, Bose told The Independent adding the number is increasing everyday. According to Bangladesh Bank, 2 crore, 33 lakh and 14 thousand people have been registered for mobile financial services from while active users are 1 crore, 10 lakh, and 69 thousand, reports the Independent.

Forensic lab to detect corporate tax evasion

Tax authorities will install ‘data forensic laboratory’ next month to detect tax evasion through paperless accounts system of the corporate taxpayers. The lab is set to start its operation from February at the Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) with advance devices that are capable of detecting concealment of electronically maintained accounts information of the corporate houses. Taxmen are currently conducting assessment under manual system due to the absence of modern equipments to find out mismatch and irregularities in electronically maintained financial records, FE reports.

Dec inflation eases, but could pick up again on unrest

Bangladesh’s annual inflation in December eased for a fifth straight month to its lowest level in more than two years, but price pressures could climb again on renewed political unrest. inflationThe consumer price index in December fell to 6.11 percent from a year earlier, the lowest since October 2012, from 6.21 percent in November, officials at the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday. Food prices were 5.86 percent higher than a year earlier in December, lower than November’s 6.44 percent rise. In contrast, non-food inflatio...

Plug pulled on ETV after Tarique Zia speech

Bangladesh authorities ordered a television network off air and arrested its boss on Tuesday after it broadcast a speech of Tarique Zia, the son of the country’s opposition leader, who remains locked in her offices following deadly political violence. etvWhile police said the detention of the ETV chairman was prompted by its airing of “pornographic” material, a senior editor at the channel dismissed the official explanation as a smokescreen. The move added to growing tensions in the politically volatile South Asian nation after a spate of deadly violence surr...
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