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Bake Off winner Nadiya hailed

GREAT British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain has been hailed a ‘true British Muslim’ and an inspiration to others by Portsmouth’s Bangladeshi leader. The 30-year-old mum, from Leeds, was crowned the winner of the latest BBC series of the TV Nadiacompetition, beating Ian Cumming and Tamal Ray in an emotional final which had judge Mary Berry in tears. Abu-Suyeb Tanzam, head of the British Bangladeshi Cultural Academy in Portsmouth, said he has been ‘humbled’ by Nadiya’s success. Great British Bake Off’s latest champion is a Muslim of a Bangladeshi herit...

PBL mourns death of its former director

Former Director of Pubali Bank Limited (PBL), prominent industrialist and social worker Mohammed Yaqub passed away at a hospital in London on 03 October 2015 at BST 07:30 am (Inna Lillahe .... Razeun). Mohammad YaqubMohammed Yaqub was a renowned businessman and engaged himself with various social activities. He is father of M. Kabiruzzaman Yaqub, Present Director of Pubali Bank Ltd. He was born in a noble Muslim family in Sylhet. The members of the Board of Directors, all executives and employees of Pubali Bank Limited are deeply shocke...

Rumee Ali joins as BIAC CEO

Muhammad A. (Rumee) Ali joined Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre (BIAC) as Chief Executive Officer on Thursday, October 01, 2015. Muhammad A. (Rumee) Ali started his career with ANZ Grindlays Bank in Bangladesh in 1975 after completing Masters in Economics from the University of Dhaka. In 1997, he was appointed CEO of the Bank’s Bangladesh operations. His career with ANZ Grindlays included stints with their offices in Mumbai, London and Melbourne. In 2000, ANZ in Bangladesh was taken over by the Standard Chartered Group, and Muhammad A.(Rumee) Ali... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=

AMTOB elects new Executive Council at AGM

The Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB) has recently organized its Annual General Meeting and elected Supun Weerasinghe, Managing Director and CEO of Robi, as its President. He is replacing AMTOB’s outgoing President and CEO of Banglalink Ziad Shatara. Airtel’s CEO P.D. Sarma has been elected as the Senior Vice-President of the Association’s Executive Council and Grameenphone’s CEO Rajeev Sethi has been elected as Vice-President of AMTOB. The Executive Council appointed T.I.M. Nurul Kabir as the Secretary-General & CEO of AMTOB. The AGM, where the new Executive Council was elected, was held on September 20, 2015 at AMTOB secretariat in Dhaka’s Gulshan area. AMTOB is a national trade body representing all mobile telecom operators in Bangladesh. Airt...

Funding isn’t the key challenge..

Bangladesh has always been portrayed as a country of poverty, disasters and dysfunctional politics by the global media. The recent killing of four secular bloggers has added to this belief. These incidents have definitely cast a shadow over the thriving startup ecosystem in the country. Although it is many years behind that of Silicon Valley or India, the startup scene is currently at a tipping point, with many global VCs already flocking to the country to invest in startling Minhaz1early-stage ventures. Founder Institute, a global tech incubator wit...

SJIBL Securities reelects its Chair, Vice-Chairs

Alhaj Mohiuddin Ahmed re-elected Chairman of ShahjalalIslami Bank Securities Ltd. unanimously in the 33rd meeting of the Board of Directors of Shahjalal Islami Bank Securities Alhaj Mohiuddin Ahmed, Chairman, Shahjalal Islami Bank Securities Ltd.-1Limited (SJIBSL) was held at 20th September 2015. Alhaj Md. Sanaullah Shahid and Alhaj Mohammad Younus were re-electedVice-Chairmen in the same meeting. Re-elected Chairman...
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