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HSC results Aug 9

The results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations of 2015 will be published on August 9. nahidEducation Minister Nurul Islam Nahid revealed the date while talking to reporters at his office at the Secretariat on Sunday, reports UNB. The minister will first hand over the copy of the results to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at 10 am and later brief the media about the results. Educational institutions will then publish the results. The written HSC and equivalent examinations began on April 1 across the country and ended on...

IBBL ranked in top thousand banks of the world

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has been ranked among the top 1000 banks of the world as the sole bank of the country. 1000 banksThe Bank’s position is now 954th in 2015 based on the strength of Tier-1 capital progressing 46 steps in three years. In 2012, 2013 and 2014, the Bank’s position was 1000th, 984th and 970th respectively. Besides, the bank has been ranked as 70th, 250th, 791st and 785th considering the return on capital, return on assets, capital...

Tourism takes off in Bangladesh

Come before the tourists visit” is the old Bangladesh tourist board slogan that had caught my eye and partially inspired my trip. Two days after arriving in the country, I unexpectedly meet the woman who came up with it. I’m at Wilderness, a resort in the north-eastern region of Sylhet, where the majority of British-Bangladeshis hail. It’s owned by Nazim Choudhury, whose glamorous wife, Geeteara, now runs her own advertising company. I tell them I’m heading to Cox’s Bazar – the world’s longest beach, on the country’s east coast, and Geeteara says, “That’s where I had the idea for the slogan. Walking on that beach in the 1980s, when no one was around.”

IBBL Board meeting held

A meeting of the Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) was held on July 25, 2015 Saturday at the Board Room of Islami Bank Tower. DSC_02Engr. Mustafa Anwar, Chairman of the Bank presided over the meeting. Local and foreign Directors along with Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director of the Bank were present in the meeting. The meeting approved half-yearly unaudited financial statement and expressed its satisfaction while evaluating the performance of the Bank over the success & progress achieved so far. Beside these, the mana...

ICAB, CPA Ireland sign MoU

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA Ireland) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a partnership relating to the distribution of the unique online CPA Certificate in IPSAS™ Financial Reporting in Bangladesh. This agreement builds on a strategic partnership, which includes mutual pathways to membership, signed between the two bodies in 2012. This agreement was signed during a high level conference on International Public Sector Accounting Standards which was organised in Dhaka by ICAB and delivered by CPA Ireland in July 2015.

Homeless child inspired him to help hundreds

It was a day playing with plastic bottles that changed Korvi Rakshand’s life. Named one of 10 inspirational Bangladeshis last year, Rakshand was born to a wealthy family. But he turned his back on money and for the past eight years has been running an NGO in one of Dhaka’s biggest slums. [caption id="attachment_18406" align="alignright" width="612"]jago foundation Korvi Rakshand (fourth from left) with the first class of children taught at his school. Photograph: Jaago Foundation[/caption] He talks freely about the moment that changed everything...
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