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Govt sets goal $ 5b in 2021 from leather industry: Tofail

The government has set a goal to export five billion US dollars from the leather and leather goods industry under Vision 2021 which marks the 50 year anniversary of independence. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed, MP, disclosed this in a three-day long international exhibition inauguration ceremony titled ‘Leathertech Bangladesh-2016’ held in city’s International Convention City, Bashundhara Wednesday. The Commerce Minister said, “Government expects to export 60 billion dollar in 2021 from image-2which Readymade garments sec...

AIBL inaugurates ATM Card for Agent Banking

Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited (AIBL) has started the ATM Debit Card operation for its agent outlets on 2 November 2016. Chairman of the Bank Alhajj Abdus Samad (Labu) inaugurated the Card at the Head Office of the Bank. Managing Director Md. Habibur Rahman presided over ceremony. Among others, Deputy 20161103_aibl_agent_atm_pressManaging Directors Kazi Towhidul Alam, Md. Abdul Jalil, Md. Fazlul Karim, Muhammad Mahmoodul Haque, S. M. Jaffar and other top executives of the Bank were ...

Supun leaves for Dialog Axiata

Robi officials have bid farewell to their immediate-past Managing Director and CEO, Supun Weerasinghe at an employee townhall event held on Tuesday evening, 1 November 2016. On that evening, Supun handed a cricket bat to Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, the company’s first Bangladeshi Managing Director and CEO. The cricket bat had “From Lankan Lion to Bengal Tiger” inscribed on it, marking the completion of the smooth succession at Robi’s top leadership position. Supun will return to Dialog Axiata Plc, Sri Lanka's premier connectivity provider in the image-1

New India-Bangladesh MoU to expand ‘Border Haats’

The agreement signed in October 2010 between India and Bangladesh for setting up ‘Border Haats’ expired in 2013, but four such markets continue to operate and six more are likely to come up soon. Indian and Bangladeshi officials say that a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) to operate ‘Border Haats’ would be signed by this year-end or early next year. The ‘Border Haats’ are aimed at creating a traditional system of marketing local produce borderhaat-112through local markets in local currency or on a barter ...

Killing spree on tigers in Sundarbans

Wildlife killings are not new, but a recent study has taken a deeper view in understanding why people still kill animals. Specifically focusing on the declining population of the Bangladesh tigers, the study highlighted the typologies of tiger killers, shedding a better light to manipulate their behaviors and decrease the killing spree. Led by Samia Saif of the University of Kent in Canterbury, United Kingdom, the research tried tigerto explore the reasons behind the Bangladesh tiger killings. Employing a qualitative research ap...

Robi, InterCloud to jointly work on OTT solutions

Robi Axiata Limited and InterCloud Limited (a concern of Novo group) have recently signed an agreement to jointly work on various Over-The-Top (OTT) projects with the aim of facilitating smooth transition of its subscribers to digital lifestyle. Robi’s immediate past Managing Director and CEO, Supun Weerasinghe and InterCloud’s pr-pictureManaging Director, Syed Moinul Haq signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations 30th October 2016 at the Robi Corporate Office. Mahtab Uddin Ahmed has succeeded Sup...
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