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DBBL new branches at Hemayetpur, Zirabo

Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd (DBBL) opened its 144th and 145th branch at Hemayetpur, (Hazi Ashraf Shopping Complex, 1st Floor, Hemayetpur Bus Stand, Savar, Dhaka) and Zirabo (Araf Super Market, 1st Floor, Zirabo Bazar Bus Stand, Ashulia, Dhaka) respectively on December 28, 2014. HEMAYETPURLike the other DBBL branch network, these branches also provide truly On-line Banking facilities to the clients from the opening day of the branch. Mr. Md. Sayedul Hasan, Deputy Managing Director of the bank formally ...

PBL 432nd branch at Baneshwar, Rajshahi

Pubali Bank Limited has inaugurated its 432nd branch recently at Baneshwar, Rajshahi. Ahmed Shafi Choudhury, Director, Board of Directors of Pubali Bank Ltd. formally inaugurated the branch as Chief Guest while Md. Abdul Halim Chowdhury, Managing Director (Current Charge) of Pubali Bank Ltd. was present as Guest of Honour. 432nd Baneshwar BranchDeputy Managing Director Safiul Alam Khan Chowdhury of Pubali Bank Ltd. was present as Special Guest. DGM and RM of Rajshahi region Sayed Saiful Islam presided ov...

Passport becomes costlier  

Citizens are being forced to pay more to have a passport as the authorities began charging 15 per cent value-added tax on fees from Sunday. People who went to deposit money for new passports or renewal of their existing ones suffered a lot on the day as most of them did not have any idea that the Department of Immigration and Passport began collecting the VAT without notice, reports the daily New Age. Branches of state-owned Sonali Bank, except Agargaon, and six other private commercial banks refused to receive fees from passport seekers on the day causing hassles to the people, service seekers alleged.

565kg illicit gold seized in Bangladesh in 2013-14  

The gold smuggling in Bangladesh has risen day by day, penetration by gold smuggling cartels of the national airlines of Bangladesh was all over the news recently, but government took strict steps to prevent gold smuggling and a record 565kg of gold was seized by the government in 2013-14, Chairman of National Board of Revenue (NBR), Ghulam Hussain told the Customs Today here the other day. He added that low gold import duty in Bangladesh, compared to that of India, encouraged smugglers to use Bangladesh as a transit route to channel gold into India. Gold

AirAsia Indonesia flight to Singapore missing

An AirAsia Indonesia airliner flying from Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people on board has gone missing. Flight QZ8501 lost contact with air traffic control at 06:24 local time (23:24 GMT Saturday) over the Java Sea. The plane, an Airbus A320-200, disappeared midway into the flight of more than two hours from the city of Surabaya. No distress call was made. Bad weather was reported in the area, and an air search operation has now been suspended for the night. airasia222Planes from Indonesia and Singapore had been scouring an a...

Another Indo-Bangla river route  threat to Sundarbans  

Cargo vessels operated by both Bangladesh and India through Roymangal-Angtihara-Bojbuja river route in the Sundarbans pose a great threat to the biodiversity and ecosystem of the world’s largest mangrove forest due to their rampant release of wastes and ear-deafening sirens. Researchers warn if the 140-km river route remains open to movement of water vessels, accidents like the Dec-9 oil tanker crash may happen any time, which may invite further environmental disaster to the Sundarbans. Sundarban-riverThey say ships from Indi...
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