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AML guidelines for co-operative societies

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has issued an anti-money laundering (AML) guidelines for co-operative societies to help combat money laundering and terror financing. Issuing the guidelines on October 7, the central bank asked all the co-operative societies to follow it accordingly to keep their activities and services protected from the risks of money laundering and terror financing. bangladesh_bankThe guidelines suggested all the co-operative societies to set up a central compliance unit or contact point under the direct supervision of the head o...

Alison Blake to succeed Robert Gibson

The United Kingdom on Monday announced Alison Blake as the next British High Commissioner to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh in succession to Robert W Gibson. “Blake will take up her appointment in January 2016 as Robert W Gibson will be transferring to Allisonanother Diplomatic Service appointment,” the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) of the United Kingdom said this in its website. According to the FCO website, Alison is a native Londoner, with a keen interest in ancient and modern history, which she studied at Oxford University. After c...

Cabinet endorses partisan local govt polls

The Cabinet on Monday approved drafts seeking amendments to four laws and framing of an ordinance, aiming at holding local government elections on partisan basis, through party nomination and symbol. The decision, subject to the vetting of the law ministry, was taken at the regular weekly meeting gov1of the Cabinet held at Bangladesh Secretariat with prime minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. With such proposed amendments to the laws, the nominated candidates of different political parties registered with the Election Commission or independent candidates wi...

HTC releases six smartphones in BD market debut

Taiwan’s HTC has entered the Bangladesh market for the first time, launching a flagship smartphone and five mid-tier Desire models in a country where local brands hold the biggest market share. The six HTC phones, namely the One M8 Eye, Desire 820s, Desire 626G+, Desire 620G, Desire 526G+ and Desire 326G, will become available in the South Asian nation this week via HTC’s HTCnew distributor Next Nine Corp (NXT9). The prices of the phones range from 11,490-38,990 Bangladesh taka (US$148-$503). “We are pleased to launch our smartphones in the Bangladesh mark...

Robi offers multiplies what subscribers pay

Telecom operator Robi has initiated a new offer for its customer dubbed as 'Booster Offer'. Under this offer, Robi customers will get up to 4 times the value of what they pay. To get this offer, customers have to first migrate to a special package by dialing *8999*4#. Following migration to this package, they would need to either recharge Tk 24 or Tk 44 to enjoy the booster offer. Robi Booster CampaignThe recharged amount does not go into main account. Rather it goes into a separate account as booster value. Booster value a...

PBL 2nd Regional Managers’ Confce held in Sylhet

The 2nd Managers’ Conference- 2015 of Sylhet East and West Regions of Pubali Bank Limited held recently. Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder, Chairman, Board of Directors of Pubali Bank Limited was present as Chief Guest. [caption id="attachment_20268" align="alignleft" width="546"]2nd conf Sylhet East-West 2015 The 2nd Managers’ Conference- 2015 of Sylhet East and West Regions of Pubali Bank Limited held recently. Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder, Chairman, Board of Directors of Pubali Bank Limited was present as Chief Guest.[/captio...
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