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SBAC Bank holds Business Dev Confce

South Bangla Agriculture & Commerce (SBAC) Bank organized business development conference on 13th December, 2014 at its head office. DSCN4701Mr Md Rafiqul Islam Managing Director & CEO of the Bank presided over the conference. Mr Md Dilwar Hussain Bhuiyan DMD and Mr. Md. Ghulam Nabi Head of Human Resources of the Bank, all departmental head and high officials were present there. Fourteen Branch Managers of the Dhaka city and adjacent area were also attend the Business conference.

CHD signs MoU with Public Health Foundation

Center for Health and Development (CHD-India) has partnered with the Public Health Foundation of Bangladesh to advance conversations in health. CSD IndiaThe Memorandum of Understanding was signed on December 8 at Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dr Edmond Fernandes, CEO, Center for Health and Development, Mangaluru, signed the MoU in Dhaka with Dr Sharmeen Yasmeen, CEO, Public Health Foundation of Bangladesh. Members of Public Health Foundation, Including Dr Muzaherul Huq, Chair, PHFBD and Former Advisor, World Health Organization were present. The Mo...

Apparel retailers finance Bangladesh safety loans

An alliance of international apparel retailers will provide millions of dollars to help Bangladesh factories implement necessary safety upgrades. The money will help factory owners secure loans at lower interest rates to add in required features like fire doors, safety lights and automatic-sprinkler systems. The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety – which counts Wal-Mart, Gap and Target among its 26 members – reached an agreement with the International Finance Corporation, the World Bank group’s private-sector arm that will finance the loans. Bangl... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=

Expats keep old traditions alive

Celebrating festivals outside Bangladesh will help keep its culture and traditions alive among the members of its overseas community, Counselor Mohammed Ayub, who is head of the chancery of the Bangladesh Embassy, said recently. [caption id="attachment_11281" align="alignleft" width="300"]BD expats STICKING TO TRADITION: Counselor Mohammed Ayub, head of chancery at the Bangladesh Embassy, addresses a packed audience at the country’s Cake Festival in Riyadh. (AN photo by Iqbal Hossain)[/caption] The members of the community who gathered in large nu...

Leather sector aims for $5b in exports

Bangladesh will be able to churn $5 billion from exporting leather, leather goods and footwear in four years, riding on the back of product diversification and value addition, a leading exporter said yesterday. The sector will create 200,000 jobs in the period, said Md Saiful Islam, managing director of Picard Bangladesh. “Everyone is talking about export diversification. The leather sector will help Bangladesh diversify its exports,” said Islam, also the vice president of Leathergoods and Footwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association of Bangladesh. [caption id="attachment_11277" align="alignleft" width="300"]

Dysfunctional governance remains serious problem

Bangladesh has the image of a developmental welfare state, as reflected in the country's Constitution and in numerous other official documents, but the country has to contend with a serious problem of dysfunctional governance, former caretaker government adviser Prof Wahiduddin Mahmud has said. The country is rated very poorly according to most global indicators of political  and economic governance, said the economist while addressing a session of the international conference on 'Political Economy, Accountability and Governance' at a local hotel on Thursday. [caption id="attachment_11274" align="alignleft" width="300"]
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