Airport security measures hamper RMG export
Bangladesh’s garment industry is struggling with delays to both imports and exports as security measures at Dhaka’s airport are beefed up after several countries expressed concern.
Delegates from the UK Civil Aviation Authority last week urged Bangladesh to adopt new security measures within the next three months, insisting on a “three-layer security system” for Dhaka-London flights.
Worries over “flimsy” security at Dhaka Shahjalal International Airport have already led to a ban on air freight imports by Australia.
The Dhaka airport authority has installed new scanning equipment, but garment manufacturers 
Electra opens new outlet at Mohammadpur
Samsung’s distributor Electra has recently inaugurated its 43rd showroom at Mohammadpur area to ensure the access to Samsung products at the door steps of people living in those areas. Here customers will find Samsung branded TVs, Refrigerators, Washing Machines, Microwave Ovens & Air Conditioners.
Al-Haj Md. Shahidullah, Founder Chairman of Electra Group inaugurated the shop in the presence of Mr. Md. Sanaullah Shahid, Chairman, Electra International; Firoze Mohammad, Hea...
Al-Haj Md. Shahidullah, Founder Chairman of Electra Group inaugurated the shop in the presence of Mr. Md. Sanaullah Shahid, Chairman, Electra International; Firoze Mohammad, Hea...
SCB ATM booth at Robi Corporate Office
Robi – one of the leading telecom service provider in the country has set up an ATM booth in its corporate office in partnership with Standard Chartered Bank (SCB). Robi’s Managing Director and CEO Supun Weerasinghe and Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladesh CEO Abrar A. Anwar inaugurated the booth recently.
This was an initiative lead by the People and Corporate Division of Robi and Employee Banking 
Department of Standard Chartered Bank to provide banking convenience to the employees and visit...
Department of Standard Chartered Bank to provide banking convenience to the employees and visit...
edotco unveils strategic goals in Myanmar
edotco Group Sdn Bhd (“edotco”) has today unveiled its strategic goals for empowering communications in Myanmar at the official launch of edotco operations in Myanmar. Together with its local partner, Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd (“Yoma”), edotco is committed to the growth of its business in Myanmar, combining Yoma’s local market experience with edotco’s expertise in mobile tower and infrastructure sharing for the benefit of customers and this new market. edotco plans to invest US$200 million] over the next five years, with the aim to build and own up to 5,000 towers over the next three years.
edotco Group Chief Executive Officer, Suresh Sidhu, remarked, “We are dedicated to establishing a high quality telecommunications network in Myanmar. This will be achieved
Unfinished highways a hurdle to economic dreams
Across the road from Dhaka airport, workers in bright yellow hardhats walk past rusting steel beams that show both the promise and risks facing Bangladesh’s economy.
The piles of metal are meant to be the building blocks of the country’s biggest public-private venture — a 20-kilometer (13-mile) elevated road that will allow cargo trucks to bypass the capital’s crowded intersections. It will connect with a highway, now being widened to four lanes, to the main port of Chittagong. Plans are underway for another expressway running parallel that will slash the travel time to two hours from eight.
When completed, the three projects would allow companies to quickly ferry goods along a 250-kilometer route that carries 90 percent of Bangladesh’s exports. Prime Minister Sheikh
IBBL Business Dev Confce’ 2016 begins
A two-day Business Development Conference 2016 of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was inaugurated on January 15, 2016 at a local hotel. Presided over by Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director of the Bank, Engr. Mustafa Anwar, Chairman and Engr Md. Eskander Ali Khan, Chairman, Executive Committee addressed the inaugural ceremony as the Chief guest and Special guest repectlively.
Md. Abul Hossain, Director and Prof. Abu Bakr Rafique, Member Secretary of Shariah
Supervisory Committee of the Bank were present on the occasion. Muhammad Abul Bashar, Md. Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan, FCA, Md. Mahbub-ul-Alam, Rafi Ahmed Begh, Abdus Sadeq...
Supervisory Committee of the Bank were present on the occasion. Muhammad Abul Bashar, Md. Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan, FCA, Md. Mahbub-ul-Alam, Rafi Ahmed Begh, Abdus Sadeq...
