Mahtab Uddin Ahmed will take over the charge of Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Robi Axiata Limited on Tuesday. He will be succeeding Supun Weerasinghe who had served the company since January 2014.
Supun will return to Dialog Axiata Plc (Dialog), Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider as its Group CEO effective 1 January 2017.
The changeover in leadership marks the culmination of the succession programme planned and executed over the past several years centred on the Accelerated Leadership Development Programme of the Axiata Group. Mahtab’s appointment as MD and CEO came as part of Robi’s ongoing efforts towards developing and promoting local Bangladeshi talent.
Commenting on Mahtab’s succession, Axiata Group Berhad’s President and Group CEO Tan ...
Jim Yong Kim
It may come as a surprise to some that I will celebrate the international day to end global poverty in Bangladesh - a country often associated with extreme poverty. Born from the ashes of its war for independence in 1971, Bangladesh has a history of famines and cyclones that have claimed countless lives.

Doctor Jamal Uddin Ahmed has been appointed as Head of marketing of Care Hospital and Care Medical College.
Jamal will take the charge of Head of Marketing of Care Hospital and Care Medical College from October 1. Along with the managerial duties, Jamal will work on marketing strategy to make the

hospital and college popular among the patients through its new services, said a press release.
Jamal Uddin Ahmed did his MBBS from Sir Salimullah Medical College, DTMH (Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygi...
Eminent businessman of the country Mr. Salman F Rahman has recently been reelected Chairman of IFIC Bank Limited.
Upon completion of his first term in the Board of the Bank, he was reelected as a Director of the

Bank in its 39th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on July 14, 2016.
He is the Vice-Chairman of BEXIMCO Group - the largest private sector group in Bangladesh. He is a pioneer in establishing a wide range of industries including textiles, trading, marine food, real estate development, hospitality, ...
Renowned cardiologist and former director of National Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (NICBD) Professor Dr. M Akhteruzzaman passed away today at Metropolitan Medical Center (MMC). He was 74.
He left behind his wife, 3 daughters, grandchildren and a host of relatives to mourn his death.

His namaz-e-janaza will be held at Baitul Ma’mur mosque after Asr prayers. He will be buried at Banani graveyard.
Dr M A Zaman was born in an aristocratic Muslim family in Manikganj on February 21 in 1942. He stood first in final MB...
Since its inception, foreign aid has been seen as a tool for winning the “hearts and minds” of people in far-away countries. In attempting to address terrorism, where it is difficult to identify who the enemy might be, governments need to utilize various methods for reducing the likelihood that individuals will become radicalized and seek to attack Western targets. In addition, improving sentiments toward the West among the population of countries where nascent anti-Western movements exist might limit the number of people willing to condone or ignore terrorism.
Our research in Bangladesh, a majority-Muslim country that has seen a recent wave of anti-Western attacks, including Friday’s hostage situation that resulted in the deaths of 20