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NRBC Bank Agent Banking opens at Habiganj

The NRBC Bank Agent Banking outlet was inaugurated at Madhabpur Bazar, Habiganj. Mr. Hirendra Lal Saha, Mayor of the Madhabpur Pouroshova, Habiganj  inaugurated the Agent Banking outlet on Tuesday, 29th March 2016. Agent Banking PhotoAmong others, the inaugural ceremony was attended by the Deputy Managing Director of the Bank Mr. Md Shafiet Wahed, Senior Vice President Kazi Md. Safayet Kabir, CEO of Agriculture Business Center Mr. Jyotish Talukder. A good number of local businessmen also att...

PBL donates Tk 10 lakh for autistic baby

As a part of Corporate Social Responsibility the Board of Directors of Pubali Bank Ltd. has donated Tk. 10 lac to Society for the Welfare of Autistic Children (SWAC). Md. Abdul Halim Chowdhury, Managing Director & CEO of Pubali Bank Ltd. handed over the donation Cheque to Nasima Begum,ndc, Secretary,Ministry of Women & Children’s Affairs. Eng. Anwar Hossain, Chairman & Suborna Chakma, Secretary of SWAC and Shahid Hossain, Managing Director of Southeast Bank Ltd. were present at the ceremony. SWAC is a non-government, non-political, non-profit and voluntary organization. The aim of

IT freelancing grows in Bangladesh

Sultana Parvin is a mother of two living in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital. She is petite, soft-spoken and wears a colorful headscarf. She is also a star information technology (IT) freelancer in Bangladesh. In 2014, Parvin was named Bangladesh’s top female freelancer in Bangladesh by BASIS, the country’s IT industry association. She has done more than 100 freelance IT jobs for clients around the world who hired her through websites such as ODesk and Fiverr. It’s been a quick rise for someone who didn’t know much about computers until 2012. Parvin, 42, was a self-described housewife of 20 years who wanted to make extra money for her children’s education, but couldn’t work since her family moved frequently due to her

Sri Lanka woman used as pawn In Bangladesh cyberheist?

A Sri Lankan small business owner, who received $20 million of the $101 million that was stolen from Bangladesh Bank’s account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York last month, is claiming to have had no knowledge of the funds’ disreputable path to her. The woman, Hagoda Gamage Shalika Perera, told Reuters that the $20 million deposit, in and of itself, was not a surprise, as she had been expecting that amount to be transferred to the account of her Shalika Foundation, which constructs low-cost houses and provides other social services in Sri Lanka, from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to help fund a power plant and other projects. The wrinkle here is that Perera claims to have had no direct dealing with JICA and the

Banglalink will observe Compliance Week

Banglalink will observe Compliance week from 3-7 April to lead in its digital transformation Future is digital. As the country moves toward the digital revolution, Banglalink, the second largest Telecom operator in Bangladesh is also shaping itself to be prepared for this journey. It also believes that digitalization has its enormous opportunities and comes with some risks too. Compliance, being one of the key drivers for a sustainable business growth in digital space, Banglalink believes the awareness and practice of ‘compliance’needs to start from within the company and eventually will spread out to all the avenues a digital companyhas to work including its business partners. Keeping this at the fore front Banglalink has declared the first

ADB signs trade finance deal with four banks

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and four Bangladesh banks—The City Bank, Mutual Trust Bank, Pubali Bank, and Southeast Bank—today signed trade finance program agreements for a total value of $40 million. “Under these agreements, ADB and our Bangladesh bank partners will provide loans and guarantees to support exporting and importing companies in Bangladesh, including small and medium-sized enterprises,” said Steven Beck, ADB’s head of trade finance. “This agreement will help create economic growth and jobs.” The City Bank, Mutual Trust Bank, and Pubali Bank are all new banks joining the Trade Finance
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