Mufti Abdur Rahman, former member of Shari`ah Council of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited passed away on Tuesday November 10, 2015(Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihe Raziun). He was member of the council from 1984 to 1992. He was 96 years old.
Engr Mustafa Anwar, Chairman, Board of Directors and Sheikh Moulana Mohammad Qutubuddin, Chairman of the Shari`ah Supervisory Committee of Islami Bank expressed deep shock at his death and condoled the bereaved family members.
His research work played important role in enriching Shari`ah based economy and...
Over the last few weeks, the body count of intolerance has been unbearably high in Bangladesh. It started when an Italian aid worker named Cesare Tavella was shot to death in the capital, Dhaka, at the end of September. Days later, a Japanese man by the name of Konio Hoshi was gunned down in the northern district of Rangpur. At a procession to mark Ashura, the Shiite festival commemorating the martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Imam Hussein, a series of bomb blasts caused scores of injuries and the death of a 16-year-old boy named Sajjad Hossain Sanju.
And this past weekend, in two separate incidents, two publishers and two bloggers were viciously attacked. One has died of his wounds, and the other three men are in critical condition.
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Eminent Banker Mr. Md. Monjerul Islam joined Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) as Deputy Managing Director recently. Prior to his joining he was the General Manager of Janata Bank Limited.
Mr. Monjerul Islam started his banking career in June 1983 as Senior Officer in Janata Bank Limited and served
there for 32 years in various capacities. Before join to S...
Bangladeshi origin US citizen Subir Chowdhury has been appointed as charter member of World Bank President Jim Yong Kim’s advisory council.
He has started functioning as the adviser to the bank’s president from this month, WB sources confirmed.
Other members of the advisory councils are Marshal Goldsmith, Mark Thompson, Rita Mcgrain
and Maya Hu-Chan.
48-year old Chowdhury, who is from Chittagong, is also the Chairman and CEO of ASI Consulting Group.
Regarding this new post, Chowdhury said, “...
Special Drawing Rights (SDR) plays an important role in the global financial system. Technically it constitutes an international reserve asset that helps maintain balance between countries with big external liabilities and those flush with cash. In practice, they are more marginal, as countries largely rely on capital markets and hard currencies to cover their obligations, according to the editorial of the current (July-September 2015 issue) News Bulletin of International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh (ICCB) released today.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will consider including China’s currency (known alternately as the Yuan/ Renminbi/ RMB) in the basket of currencies that make up its Special
Bangladesh and the United States continue their deep and sustained diplomatic engagement. The mutual respect and close friendship was characterized by President Barack Obama in 2010: “The people of Bangladesh earned their independence, and since then, our two nations have shared a commitment to democratic values and created an enduring friendship.”
Indeed, when the Awami League Government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina assumed office in 2009, Congressman Joe Crowley spearheaded passage of a resolution expressing the U.S. House of Representative’s support for Bangladesh’s democracy. “The Bangladeshi people have shown remarkable resilience, creativity, and principle. This is exactly the kind of country
