Ex president of ICMAB Zahir Uddin Ahmed, FCA, FCMA died on last Tuesday (19 November, 2014). He is the son of ex principal of Dhaka College Jalal Uddin Ahmed and also elder brother of late Ivy Rahman wife of ex president late Jillur Rahman.

He was the president of South Asian Federation of Accountants in 2002. He was also the president of ICMAB in 2008 & 2011 and ICAB in 1975-76 & 81.
Qulkhani of late Jahir Uddin Ahmed will be held at Gulshan Central Mosque (Azad Mosque) after the Asr pra...
Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal will travel to New Delhi, India for internal consultations and bilateral meetings. She will then travel to Kathmandu, Nepal where she will represent the United States as an observer state at the 18th Annual South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit.

The summit will focus on deepening regional economic connectivity and expanding South Asia’s role in the global economy. While in Kathmandu, she will meet with Nepali political lea...
Days before the commencement of winter session of Parliament, voices demanding the settlement of the issue of enclaves in Bangladesh and India can be heard on both sides of the border. On Thursday, hundreds of students gathered outside Dhaka University with posters and placards demanding a solution to the six-decade-old issue.
“Thousands of people living on either side of the border are being denied citizenship rights. They have no access to basic health, education and other facilities from either of the governments,” Lizu Hasan a student of philosophy in Bangaldesh, told The Hindu on Friday.
While 51 Bangladeshi enclaves with about 14,000 residents in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal, 111 Indian enclaves with a population of 38,000 are located in four districts of Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh Thai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BTCCI) placed a number of proposals to the Industry Minister of Bangladesh including the seeking govt. cooperation of relocating labor intensive industry in Bangladesh from Thailand, removal of tariff barriers to strengthen bilateral economic cooperation and a special economic zone for Thailand.
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BTCCI President Sajjatuz Jumma handed over a crest to Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu in a BTCCI Board of Directors courtesy ca...
Noted author and educationist Zillur Rahman Siddiqui has died aged 86.
The former adviser to the caretaker government was rushed to the Samorita Hospital in Dhaka Tuesday, which confirmed that he had already passed away by the time he was brought in, bdnews24.com reported.
Siddiqui’s body will be kept at the hospital until relatives arrive to decide on his burial, his family said.

Siddiqui, who won Bangladesh’s highest civilian award Swadhinata Padak (Independence Award) in 2010, leaves behind his wife, three sons and a daughter.
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Lack of entrepreneurial skill caused by lack of effective and quality education and constraints of capital are the barriers to private sector development in Bangladesh, this was revealed at a panel discussion titled “Challenges to Private Sector Development in Bangladesh” organized by the Nordic Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) in collaboration with the Royal Norwegian Embassy and the Embassy of Sweden on Wednesday (November 12, 2014) in the city.

“Bangladesh’s private sectors have been facing multi-dimensional challenges and emergence ...