2 int’l meetings switched from Bangladesh after attack
An Asia-Pacific money laundering group has moved its meeting out of Bangladesh citing security concerns, officials said on Monday, 10 days after militants stormed a cafe in an upscale part of the capital and killed 20 people, mostly foreigners.
Some 350 foreign delegates had been expected in Dhaka to attend the July 24-28 annual meeting of The Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering that seeks to pool efforts to fight illegal money transfers and terrorist financing.
The group said in a statement on its website that the meeting will now be held in September in the United States. The exact location will be decided later. It gave no reason.
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US offers counterterrorism expertise for Bangladesh
The United States on Sunday offered Bangladesh Washington’s expertise in building Bangladesh’s counterterrorism capabilities.
The offer came from US assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs Nisha 
Desai Biswal who came to Dhaka in the wake of the Gulshan cafe attack that left 28 people killed.
“We will continue our assistance in combatting the global threat of terrorism that our countries both confront,” she said after her official talks.
She met foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali ...
Desai Biswal who came to Dhaka in the wake of the Gulshan cafe attack that left 28 people killed.
“We will continue our assistance in combatting the global threat of terrorism that our countries both confront,” she said after her official talks.
She met foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali ...
Shah Rukh Khan tight lipped on Bangladesh Eid attack
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan chose to stay tight lipped on Bangladesh Eid attack, saying he does not want any controversy out of it. SRK’s remarks on intolerance had landed him in trouble last year after he had said that there was ‘extreme intolerance in the country’.
“Last year media asked me something simple on my birthday and it became an issue. I did not 
enjoy my birthday and I hold that against everyone,” Shah Rukh told reporters here yesterday on occasion of Eid.
“Maine kuch aachi, sharif baa...
enjoy my birthday and I hold that against everyone,” Shah Rukh told reporters here yesterday on occasion of Eid.
“Maine kuch aachi, sharif baa...
Panasonic India eyes BD, Africa to raise market share
Panasonic India is looking to enter Bangladesh as well as African nations like Kenya and Nigeria as it seeks to tap new markets for its smartphones, bulk of which are currently sold domestically.
The company, which is exploring a full-fledged manufacturing facility for smartphones in India, is looking at doubling its headcount in software testing, field testing and software development to 300 people over the next one year, as it expands produce line-up and sales of smartphones.
India is the global headquarter for Panasonic’s mobility business, operating as the hub for
Dialog Axiata CEO awarded
Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata) has recently announced that GSMA, the association governing the Global Mobile Industry, has named Dr Hans Wijayasuriya, the Group’s Regional CEO for South Asia and the Group CEO of Dialog Axiata PLC in Sri Lanka, as the first recipient of the ‘Outstanding Contribution to Asian Mobile Industry’ Award for 2016.
The award recognises sustained and extraordinary contributions by individuals, organisations or collaborative achievements that advance the value and benefits of mobile communications for people, business and societies in Asia.
At the Asia Mobile Awards held in Shanghai this week, Mats Granryd, Director General of the GSMA said, “This year’s recipient is honoured for his extraordinary personal leadership, as well
China inflation eases in June: govt
China's consumer price growth slowed in June, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Sunday, giving the central government room for further monetary stimulus to stabilise economic growth.
The consumer price index (CPI) -- a main gauge of inflation -- rose 1.9 percent on-year, the National Bureau of Statistics said, lower than May's 2.0 percent but higher than the 1.8 median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey of economists, reports AFP.
Moderate inflation can be a boon to consumption as it pushes buyers to act before prices go up, while 
