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NICVD honours its former directors

National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) yesterday houored its former directors for their contribution in bringing the cost of heart diseases treatment within the reach of ordinary people. Recalling their contributions for the expansion of treatment facilities for cardiovascular diseases, on Thursday the 2current director of NICVD Prof STM Abu Azam handed over crests and gifts amid an emotional environment at its auditorium in the capital. Those who were accorded awards were former directors--Prof Abu Zafar, Prof MA Zaman, Prof M Jalal Uddin, Prof M ...

IBFB raises revival of GSP issue to US

The business leaders of International Business Forum of Bangladesh (IBFB) strongly raised the issue of revival of GSP facilities of Bangladeshi products in the U.S. market in a meeting with the U.S. State Department in USA. Mr. Hafizur Rahman Khan, President of IBFB & Chairman of Runner Group of Companies and Mr. Mahmudul Islam Chowdhury, Founding President of IBFB, Chairman of Khan Bahadur Group & former Mayor of Chittagong, discussed about GSP issue in a meeting with the officials at the U.S. State Department held on Tuesday, 03 Nov 2015 in Washington DC. Apart from IBFB leaders, Mr. Kurt W. Tong, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, Mr. Gilbert Morton, Officer for Bangladesh Affairs in the State Department and other officials were p...

edotco inks deal with SSD-Tech

edotco Bangladesh Co. Ltd., a telecom infrastructure company signed an agreement with Systems Solutions & Development Technologies Ltd- (SSD-Tech), country’s renowned software solutions provider at a city hotel today (Thursday, November 5th ). The agreement will help SSD-Tech to expand their network coverage across the country, in both big cities and rural areas. Mr. Darryll Sinnappa, Managing Director, edotco Bangladesh, signed the agreement on behalf of edotco, while Mr. edotco ssdRayan Rahman, Head of Finance, signed on behalf of ...

India’s cotton exports to rise

India, the world’s biggest cotton producer, is likely to export 6.8 million bales in the 2015/16 season, up 18 percent from a year ago as demand from Asia is expected to improve, a senior government official told reporters on Tuesday. Higher exports will cap global prices, but raise domestic prices and help bring down government purchases at the support price. [caption id="attachment_20622" align="alignleft" width="540"]s2.reutersmedia.net A farmer harvests cotton in his field at Nani Kadi village in Gujarat, India, October 20, 2015. R...

October remittances rise 7pc

Money sent home in October by Bangladeshis working overseas rose nearly 7 percent from a year earlier to about $1.1 billion, the central bank said. In July-October, the first four months of the 2015-16 financial year, Bangladesh received about $5.03 million in forexremittances, down 0.16 percent from a year earlier. Remittances from more than 10 million citizens abroad are critical for the South Asian nation and key source of foreign exchange, alongside garment exports. In the financial year ended in June, garments accounted for 82 percent of Bangladesh's...

ICAB organises training for BTCL officials

ICAB President Masih Malik Chowdhury FCA, Vice President AF Nesaruddin FCA, Council Member & BTCL Finance DSC_2274Director Dr. Md. Abu Sayed Khan FCA seen in concluding session of training on 'Preparation of Accounts in Modern Commercial System" for BTCL officials organized by ICAB, on Sunday 1 November 2015.
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