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India to open new waterways with Bangladesh

After Myanmar, India has kicked off the process to open new waterways with Bangladesh, a move that would facilitate the movement of people, goods and machinery between them and hugely help land-locked northeastern India. According to Union Minister for DoNER (Development of North Eastern Region) Jitendra Singh, India is prioritising multi-modal connectivity in the northeastern region, including water connectivity, and already 16 waterway projects, mostly involving Bangladesh, have been approved for this region. “To expedite Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Act East Policy, multi-modal connectivity in the

Cheap, off-the-shelf tech cuts climate losses in BD

Every day without fail Munsheer Suleiman, 69, follows the same ritual. He dips a small cup into the stream that flows through his village of Chenchuri, about 300 kilometers (186 miles) southwest of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and uses a light blue salinity monitor to measure the salt level in the water. If Suleiman, who heads the village water-operating committee, is unable to take the measurements, he makes sure someone does it on his behalf. The reading is essential to the health of Chenchuri’s crops, telling the community if the water is safe to use that day. [caption id="attachment_20482" align="alignleft" width="650"]

IBSL Business Dev Confce held

Islami Bank Securities Limited (IBSL) organized Business Development Conference in Pan Pacific Sonargaon, Dhaka on October 27, 2015 Tuesday. Professor Dr. Swapan Kumar Bala, FCMA, Managing Director of Dhaka Stock Exchange Ltd. IBSL Photoaddressed the conference as chief guest. Presided over by Engr. Md. Eskander Ali Khan, Chairman of Islami Bank Securities Ltd., Professor Mahood Osman Imam, FCMA, Department of Finance, University of Dhaka presented the keynote on stock market. Professor NRM Borhan Uddin, Ph.D, Vice Chairman of Islami Bank Securi...

Premier Bank’s 16-year anniversary celebrated

The Premier Bank Limited celebrated its 16 (Sixteen) years Anniversary at Premier Bank Head Office, Iqbal Center, Banani, Dhaka on 26th October 2015 (Monday). In order to make the program memorable and colorful, Premier Bank arranged day long blood image001donation program, cake cutting & sweet distribution to the valued clients at Head Office & all Branches and a Press Conference to brief the 16 years success story besides future vision of the Bank. Chairman of the Bank Dr. H. B. M. Iqbal, Vice Chairman Mr. Mohammed Imran Iqbal, Dire...

BAFEDA 22nd AGM held

The 22nd Annual General Meeting of Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association (BAFEDA) for the year 2015 was held on Monday the 26th October 2015. Chairman of BAFEDA and Managing Director of Meghna Bank Limited, Mr. Mohammed Nurul DSC_6971Amin presided over the meeting which was attended by the Chief Executives/ Executives of 53 (Fifty three) members banks of BAFEDA and Executives from Bangladesh. The meeting reviewed the over-all situation of inter-bank foreign exchange market and noted with satisfaction that a stable an...

Atiur inaugurates Bank Asia Agent Banking outlet

Dr. Atiur Rahman, Governor of Bangladesh Bank inaugurated an agent banking outlet of Bank Asia at Bangladesh Bank regional office in Rangpur on Sunday (25th October, 2015) aiming to bring unbanked population of recently integrated enclave in Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh district under the banking network. Press-pixBeing a pioneer in agent banking in Bangladesh, the number of agent outlets of Bank Asia rose to 94 with this inauguration. Mr. Aminul Islam, Additional Managing Director and Mr. Md. Arfan Ali, Deputy Managing Director of Ba...
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