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GIBS, HELVETAS Swiss ink MoU

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Grameen Intel Social Business Ltd. and HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Bangladesh, a member-based non-profit association, concerning collaboration for Information Technologies transfer to rural community of Bangladesh. MoU with HelvetasThe MoU was signed on January 25, 2016 by Pavel Hoq, Chief Operating Officer of Grameen Intel (left) and Kasper Grossenbacher, Country Director of HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Bangladesh at GISB’s headquarter in...

IBBL Shari`ah Meeting held

A meeting of the Shari`ah Supervisory Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on January 26, 2016, Tuesday at Islami Bank Tower. Sheikh Moulana Mohammad Qutubuddin, Chairman of the Committee and President of Baitush Sharaf Anjuman-E-Ittehad Bangladesh presided over the meeting. The meeting was attended among others by Mufti Sayeed Ahmad, Vice-Chairman of the Committee and Mufti of Al Jamiatus Siddikiah Darul Ulum (Madrasha-e-Furfura Sharif), DSC_03Professor Dr. Abu Bakr Rafique, Member Secratery and Pro-Vice Chanc...

The real face of Bangladesh – moderate, secular

The high-profile arrests and deportation of 27 Bangladeshi workers from Singapore for planning violent attacks overseas may have caused some Singaporeans to wonder about Bangladesh and its people. This professor says the truth is that the country is a secular, moderate nation with a Muslim-majority population. The arrests of 27 Bangladeshi workers under the Internal Security Act is the first instance that a radical militant terror cell comprising foreigners has been uncovered in Singapore. The Ministry of Home Affairs said last Wednesday that the authorities had arrested the Bangladeshis between Nov 16 and Dec 1 last year for supporting the armed jihad ideology of

Global drama putting women’s rights centre stage

Seven, a travelling documentary play recounting the real-life ordeals of women who have encountered violence, rape and trafficking, has become a fulcrum for debate and action among students in Bangladesh In a lecture theatre at Rajshahi University in Bangladesh, seven people take their places on stage. They begin to speak. “Hafsat Abiola, Nigeria,” says one. “Mu Sochua, Cambodia,” says another. “Anabella de Leon, Guatemala,” says a third. They perform monologues based on interviews with women’s rights activists who have experienced domestic violence, gang rape and human trafficking. [caption id="attachment_21559" align="alignleft" width="540"]

Record exports seen rising as BD woos US consumers

Investors looking for alternatives amid the global slump would do well to check out Bangladesh. Exports rose to a record last month even as other regional economies reported continued declines, and economists say shipments will increase as Americans rush to buy cheap clothes. Bangladesh’s central bank forecasts inflation will slow and the World Bank predicts growth will accelerate to 6.7 percent this year, making it one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. “Over the medium-to-long term, we are bullish on the growth prospects of Bangladesh’s industrial and export sectors,” Raphael Mok, Asia analyst at Fitch unit BMI Research, said by e-mail. “The country boasts a large and youthful population, as well as relatively low labor costs.”

Cooperation agreement between FOBANA, IBFB

a delegation from the Federation of Bangladeshi Associations in North America (FOBANA) comprising Mr. Nahid Chowdhury Mamun, Chairperson of FOBANA visited IBFB Office at Tejgaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 24th January 2016. He was accompanied by Mr. Shaun Chowdhury, Co-Chairperson of Business and FOBANAInvestment Committee of FOBANA and  Mr. Muhammed Anisul Kabir (Jasir), CEO of NRB Business Network from New York, USA. The FOBANA leaders met with IBFB leaders Mr. Hafizur Rahman, President of IBFB,...
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