PBL inaugurates ATM Booth at Sadarghat Launch Terminal

Pubali Bank Limited's (PBL) ATM booth has been inaugurated at the traditional Sadarghat Launch Terminal in Dhaka to provide uninterrupted and round-the-clock banking services. Recently, Commodore Golam Sadeq, NGP, NDC; Chairman of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority and Safiul Alam Khan Chowdhury, Managing Director and CEO of Pubali Bank Ltd. jointly cut the ribbon and inaugurated the booth. Mohammad Ali, Additional Managing Director & COO of the Bank and A. S. Sirajul Haque Chowdhury, General Manager and RM of Dhaka South Region along with Senior ...

Over 400 attend UCB-certified student development program with Monash College

On June 25, from 11.00 AM -12.30 PM, Universal College Bangladesh and Monash College Australia hosted an absolutely free, specialist online training session on “Effective problem solving: Excelling in Tests.” Over 400 students and teachers across Bangladesh from Grades 8 to 12 attended the event, for which Universal College Bangladesh gave the certificates of participation to all attendees. The opening session witnessed as Chief Guest the Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Mr. Jeremy Bruer, spoke about how Australian...

Shafiuddin Ahmed made new army chief

Lieutenant General S M Shafiuddin Ahmed, quarter master general of the Bangladesh Army, has been named as the new chief of the Bangladesh Army for the next three years, reports BSS. “Bangladesh Army’s BA-2496 Lieutenant General S M Shafiuddin Ahmed, OSP, NDU, PSC, Quarter Master General has been appointed as the new chief of Bangladesh Army from June 24 afternoon,” a defence ministry statement said. He will also be promoted to the rank of general on that day, the gazette, signed by deputy secretary, Wahida Sultana, added. He will replace current army chief General Aziz Ahmed.

Rights education: A value-added learning in the pedagogy

A. R. Farrukh Ahamed

Getting an education is a basic human right.  It is also the same to get education regarding human rights.  So, getting human rights education is, no doubt, a basic human right. The right to education is now synonymous with the right to human rights education considered almost worldwide as a precondition of quality education. Bangladesh has successfully achieved a record of almost 100 percent enrollment in primary education after a l...

PBL 38th AGM held

The 38th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Pubali Bank Limited was held at bank’s auditorium of Head Office through hybrid method (physical presence and virtual platform) on June 03, 2021. Monzurur Rahman, Honourable Chairman, Board of Directors of Pubali Bank Limited presided over the meeting. The Shareholders unanimously approved 12.50% Cash Dividend for the year ended             31st December 2020 in the 38th Annual General Meeting (AGM). A huge number of Shareholders participated in the discussion through video co...

Bangladesh budget 2021-22 at a glance

Size of budget: Tk 6.03 trillion (603,681 crore) Revenue collection: Tk 3.89 trillion (389,000 crore) Deficit: Tk 2.14 trillion (214,681 crore) – 6.2 per cent of GDP Annual Development Programme: Tk 2.25 trillion (225,328 crore) GPD target: 7.2 per cent Inflation: 5.3 per cent Tax-free income limit: An annual income of Tk 300,000 Covid-19 response:  Tk 100 billion (10,000 crore) fund To meet the deficit: Tk 1.01 trillion (101,228 crore) will come from foreign sources and Tk 1.11 trillion (113,452 crore) from internal sour...