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Selima at Commonwealth Uganda election mission

Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s (BWCCI) President Ms. Selima Ahmad has been selected for Uganda election observer mission of Commonwealth. Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, will lead a team of Commonwealth election observers to Uganda for the country’s general elections, scheduled for 18 February 2016. Selima Ahmad is one of the team members. Here as a team member she will observe the preparations for the election, the polling, counting and the results process, and the overall electoral environment. She will also assess the conduct of the process as a whole and, where appropriate, make

Women’s empowerment in Bangladesh

On a gloomy weather in a hilly suburb in Tarabonia, three women keep themselves busy stitching clothes. The informal shop-cum tailoring outlet is the only one of its kind in the neighbourhood and so the shop has a good record of sales of apparels. Minu Bai Marma, a 27 year-old housewife who runs the rented shop, gives a smile and attends to her regular customers. Customers keep ordering for new dresses, especially before festivals and Minu and her husband earn a fairly good amount of profits to run the family. Seven years ago, Minu’s family life was not so happy. Minu and her husband, Athuse Marma, had to resort to heavy lifting work in cattle farms or plow arable hilly land. “We literally had no earnings. We had to work as day labourers to make living. It was like no work, no pay. T...

NRBC Bank CEO re-appointed

Mr. Dewan Mujibur Rahman, a senior banker, has been re-appointed as Managing Director and CEO of NRB Commercial Bank Limited. It is to be mentioned that Mr. Rahman is performing as Managing Director and CEO since Dewan Mujibur Rahmanopening of the Bank. A bankers recruit in 1976, Mr. Rahman started career with Agrani Bank as a Senior Officer. He studied MBA from IBA in 1975. Mr. Rahman travelled USA, UK, South Korea, China, India, Malaysia, UAE, Thailand, Combodia, Oman, Hongkong and Qater for...

New MD of Samsung Bangladesh

Mr. SeungwonYoun has recently joined Samsung Electronics Bangladesh as the Managing Director (MD). He is working with Samsung for last 20 years and now has been appointed as the leader of Samsung Electronics Bangladesh. New MD 1Mr.Youn said, ‘I am very excited that I’ve been given the opportunity of leading Samsung Electronics Bangladesh. We believe Bangladesh is growing in such a pace that there is no look back and we look forward to being an important part in the digital revolution of the country’. About Samsung...

Ambassador Ziauddin meets Congressman Levin

Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Mohammad Ziauddin met with Congressman Sander M. Levin (D-Michigan) on Tuesday and discussed issues of mutual interests including DFQF access of Bangladeshi products to U.S. market. Mr. Levin is the Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over all tax, trade and economic growth policies and entitlement spending, including social security, medicare, welfare and unemployment compensation. The Ambassador briefed the Congressman on the wide array of Bangladesh-US bilateral relations. He said that the Bangladesh-US relations are based on mutual respect and trust and

BHBFC gets new MD

Omar Farooque, former Deputy Managing Director of Janata Bank Ltd., has joined Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) as the Managing Director (MD) on 4th February. Bank and Financial Institution Division of Finance Ministry, with an order on the same date, promoting him at the same position posted Mr. Farooque in BHBFC. BHBFC MDBefore joining BHBFC he had been acting as the Deputy Managing Director of Janata Bank Ltd. Mr. Omar Farooque completed MBA degree from the Institute of Business Admini...
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