Recently Mr. Md Shafiet Wahed and Mr. Kazi Md. Talha have been promoted as Deputy Managing Directors of NRBC Bank.
Mr. Wahed started his career as Senior Officer & Financial Analyst in Janata Bank Limited in 1993. He also worked with Eastern Bank Limited, Mutual Trust Bank Limited and Mercantile Bank Limited in different significant capacities. He completed masters in Finance from Dhaka University in 1989. He attended Sustainable Finance training from FMO, Netherland.
Mr. Talha started his career as Probationary Officer in Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd. He also worked with Al-Arafah Islami Bank Ltd. and Standard Bank Ltd in different significant capacities. He received ‘Best Manager Award’ several times. He completed masters in Statistics from Chittagong University in 1988. He at...
Bangladesh clothing exports to Europe jumped 24 percent in 2015, with the UK being the EU’s second biggest garment export destination for the country after Germany. But the government of the UK has banned imported clothing from Bangladesh due to its concern that there is a lack

of proper security measures at the Bangladesh Airport in Dhaka.
Now the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association is calling on its government to take the necessary steps to ensure that the ban on air cargo from Dhaka is lifted, soon. ...
Apparel exporters are concerned over the United Kingdom’s ban on cargo flights from Dhaka and said it might have adverse effect on the country’s export.
Siddiqur Rahman, president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).

Bangladesh exports apparel worth $3 billion to the UK annually, said Siddiqur Rahman, president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).
“We are worried as we will incur a huge loss due to the ban,” he added.
The United Kingdom governm...
A Russian Antonov An-26 cargo plane carrying four people crashed Wednesday morning in southeastern Bangladesh, according to reports. The plane’s pilot has been killed, a co-pilot was critically injured and two others are missing.

According to China's Xinhua News Agency, the plane crashed into the Bay of Bengal, off the coast of Bangladesh's southeastern Cox's Bazar district.
The deceased pilot's body was recovered from the Bay of Bengal and the second pilot, a Ukrainian national, was seriously injured, Tas...
In its first stakeholders and buyers forum in Dhaka on March 6 and 7, Better Work Bangladesh took stock of progress made and discussed the future direction and activities of the initiative, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said on its website.
The events saw dialogue on the Better Work programme and its partnerships, achievements and challenges as it seeks to improve working conditions and competitiveness in the Bangladesh ready-made garment sector.

Taking part in the two day event were some 200 members of ...
Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Tuesday said that the newly formed Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) sub-regional coordinative architecture will be a game changer for the South Asian region.
Speaking at the inauguration of the three-day Raisina Dialogue here, a global conclave on geo-politics and geo-economics, Ali said that Bangladesh, because of its geo-strategic location, was indispensable when it came to a south Asian connectivity architecture.

“In this connection, the BBIN will be a game changer,” he sai...