The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation have signed an agreement which empowers only ICAB in Bangladesh for supplying of data for development and publication of Bangladesh Financial Reporting Standards (BFRS), Bangladesh Accounting Standards (BAS) and BFRS for SMEs. Under this agreement, ICAB has got the copyright license to publish both in print and online electronic editions of BFRS, BAS and BFRS for SMEs using IFRS, IAS and IFRS for SMEs as issued...

Robi Axiata Limited, country’s fastest growing mobile operator, has been  awarded ISO 27001:2013. The prestigious British Standards Institution certified Robi with 2013 version of ISO 27001 making it the first telecom in Bangladesh to receive the recognition. ISO 27001:2013 is an information security standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electro technical Commission (IEC) under the joint ISO and IEC subcommittee. Robi has implemented the information security managemen...

Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) organized a national seminar on Sunday in cooperation with the Asian development Bank (ADB) under the project “Enabling Poor Women’s Participation in the Renewable Energy Sector in Bangladesh”. The Seminar was held with the presence of Mr. M A Mannan, MP,  State Minister, Ministry of Finance as the chief guest while Mr. Tariq-Ul-Islam, Secretary, Ministry of Women and Children affairs was the guest of honor. Selima Ahmad, President of BWCCI chaired over the program. Various stakeholders including representatives from Asian Development bank, member of parliament, representative of Bangladesh Power Development Board,  different national and international NGO’s, women activists, representatives from electronic and ...

The 2^nd Managers’ conference-2014 of Narayangong region of Pubali Bank Limited (PBL) was held at Narayangong regional office recently. Helal Ahmed Chowdhury, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of the bank has graced the conference as a Chief Guest. Additional Managing Director M.A. Halim Chowdhury and Deputy Managing Director Safiul Alam Khan Chowdhury were present as special guests. DGM and Regional Head of Narayangong region Md. Belayet Hossain presided over the conference.

Business Development Conference of Rangpur Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on October 17, 2014 at a auditorium in Rangpur. Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director of the Bank was present in the conference as chief guest. Presided over by Md. Shahidullah, Executive Vice President of the Bank and Head of the Zone, the conference was addressed by Md. Altaf Hossain, Executive Vice President and Head of SME Investment Division-I and Dr. Kamaluddin Jasim, Senior Vice President and Head of Business Promotion and Marketing Div...

The “Monthly Business Development Conference” of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited held on October 16 at Head Office of the Bank. Managing Director of the Bank Md. Habibur Rahman presided over the Conference while Director Alhajj Abdul Malek Mollah was present as Special Guest. Among others, Deputy Managing Directors Md. Mofazzal Hossain, Kazi Towhidul Alam, Md. Golam Rabbani and Mohammad Abdul Jalil were present on the occasion. Heads of AIBL Head Office Departments, Managers of 4 Corporate ...