Trade facilitation emerged as key issue for world trading
Trade facilitation has emerged as the key issue for the world trading system in recent years. In November 2014, WTO members adopted a Protocol of Amendment which is a necessary step towards making the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) an integral part of the WTO Agreements. TFA was successfully negotiated at the Bali Ministerial Conference in December 2013 as part of a wider set of ministerial decisions, according to the editorial of the current News Bulletin of International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh (ICCB) released on Thursday.
TFA will enter into force with the ratification by at least two-third of WTO members. So far, 72 countries have ratified the TFA. Since WTO members have a shared interest in facilitating
Make-A-Thon inaugurates MakerFest in BUFT
The inaugural ceremony of ‘MakerFest’, hosted by Make-A-Thon Bangladesh took place at BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology on 3rd May, 2016. Professor Dr. Syed Masud Husain, Vice Chancellor of BUFT and Professor Dr. Engr. Ayub Nabi Khan, Pro Vice Chancellor of BUFT graced the program with their kind presence. Besides, Mr. Md. Mokhlesur Rahman, Senior Operations Officer, Education Global Practice, World Bank and Dr. Gauranga Chandra Mohanta ndc, Project Director (Additional Secretary), Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) were present as especial guests in the program. Among the speakers, Mr. M. K. Aaref, CEO, EMK Center; Ms. Mashraka Binta Mosharrof, CEO, Creative Connections, Jute Diversified Product Manufacturer; Mr. Ahmed Akkhor, Founder & CEO, Io...
Business Review Confce-2016 of BHBFC
On 5 May, 2016 ‘Zonal & Regional Managers Business Review conference-2016’ was held in the Training Institute of Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC).
Shaikh Aminuddin Ahmed, Chairman, Board of Directors was present as the chief guest & Md. 
Amin Uddin, General Manager, as special guest. Dr. Daulatunnahar Khanam, Managing Director (Add. Charge) of BHBFC presided over the function.
Zonal, Regional Managers & top executives participated in the day long conference. Key Performan...
Amin Uddin, General Manager, as special guest. Dr. Daulatunnahar Khanam, Managing Director (Add. Charge) of BHBFC presided over the function.
Zonal, Regional Managers & top executives participated in the day long conference. Key Performan...
Governor to meet Fed chief, SWIFT official to recover heist money
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Fazle Kabir is likely to meet the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and a senior executive from global financial messaging service SWIFT next week to seek their firm steps to help recover the heist money, reports BSS.
“The governor will go to Basel, Switzerland next week”, the chief spokesperson of the central bank, Subhankar Saha, told BSS on Wednesday.
Basel is the headquarters of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), a group of major central banks.
Shaha, also an executive di...
Basel is the headquarters of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), a group of major central banks.
Shaha, also an executive di...
4 deals inked with Kuwait to bolster ties
Bangladesh and Kuwait today signed four agreements in different fields including investment, military cooperation and road communication aimed at bolstering bilateral relations between the two countries.
The deals were inked after official talks between visiting Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina at the Prime Minister’s Office here this afternoon, reports BSS.
The two premiers witnessed the signing of the agreements.
Bangladesh develops ‘portable incubator’
Bangladeshi and US scientists have developed an innovative ‘thermal blanket’, designed to save the lives of premature babies in resource-poor countries.
Made from locally available materials, the ‘portable incubator’ incorporates chemical warming pads to provide essential heat and is both user-friendly and safe. The exothermic pads are commercially available and commonly used for relieving joint and muscle pain.
Exothermic pads release latent heat when changing from a salt solution — in this case sodium acetate — to a solid state.
“One of our contributions to product development is the use of semi-solid hydrogenated oil as
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