Browse Author

bdreports24

Tea marks 7th weekly gain on winter demand

Tea prices in Bangladesh rose for the seventh straight week at the weekly auction on Tuesday amid strong demand in the winter season. teaBangladeshi tea fetched an average 192.96 taka ($2.4) per kg compared with 192.04 taka at the previous sale, said an executive with National Brokers Ltd. The price for last week’s auction was revised from 192.15 taka. About 2.3 million kg was offered at the auction centre in Chittagong, of which 17 percent went unsold. In the previous auction, nearly 2.3 million kg was offered, with nearly 15 percent remaining unsold...

Dhaka, New York pursue different paths to train more coders

If the US is to capture its share of future economic growth from global technology markets, America’s tech workforce will likely need an update. That’s because other parts of the world—including developing nations like Bangladesh—are getting smarter about training more tech workers. The approach here, meanwhile, has gotten mixed results. sonyEmployment data for the years 2007 to 2012 suggests a mismatch between what the U.S. tech economy needed at the time and who colleges and universities were graduating. During that period, the annual rate...

Bangladeshi expats observe Victory Day in Oman

Bangladesh School Muscat (BSM) celebrated the 43rd Anniversary of Victory Day of Bangladesh on Friday. On this occasion, a ceremony was organised that included an award giving function and a cultural extravaganza. omanHis Highness Sayed Mohammed Salim Ali Al Said, Chief of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was the chief guest. He gave away the awards to the students of BSM for outstanding performances in different fields of education and extracurricular activities. Sekander Ali, the ambassador of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, pai...

Bangladesh visa counter in Assam soon

After the trial run of the Guwahati-Dhaka bus service, the Bangladesh high commission in India will be setting up a visa felicitation counter at Guwahati in Assam. bd-indiaDisclosing that the joint delegation of India and Bangladesh, which travelled from Guwahati to Dhaka, has given its clearance for the formal launching of the bus service, authoritative security sources told this newspaper that the delegation in its report has stressed the need of improvement of road condition on some patches between Shillong and Dawki as well as Dawki and Sylhet in Ban...

Christmas carols competition to keep kids away from drugs

MAGIS (Marching and Growing in Solidarity) Bangla, a Jesuit-run youth group, held a singing Christmas carols competition on 13 December in Dhaka with the purpose of teaching children and kids to stay away from all forms of addiction. BANGLADESH_-_canti_natale_Some 13 groups took part in this year’s edition, which was won by the Francis Xavier School for Girls in Luxmibazarm, an old district in the capital. Recently, some Christians died, apparently from intoxication, after drinking local wine. In view of...

ECC allows NBP to invest Rs.6.5b in Bangladesh branch

The Economic Coordination Committee of the Pakistan Cabinet (ECC) on Friday allowed National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) to invest Rs. 6.5 billion in its Bangladesh’s branch to resolve capital shortfall, Our Sources reported. NBPThe approval was given during ECC meeting held in Islamabad under the chair of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. The decision was taken to fulfill minimum capital requirement. According to details, the amount will be remitted in two tranches to NBP, Bangladesh till January 31, 2015. During the meeting ECC also approved Ministry of Water and Po...
Verified by MonsterInsights