Entertainment Report : Even though the floodwaters in the flood-affected regions of Bangladesh have begun to recede, many areas in...
Day: September 7, 2024
Entertainment Desk : This year has been remarkable for filmmaker Nuhash Humayun. Known for his creative prowess in filmmaking and...
Entertainment Desk : This year has been remarkable for filmmaker Nuhash Humayun. Known for his creative prowess in filmmaking and...
Entertainment Report : Bulbul Ahmed is one of the bright names of Bangladesh cinema. He was an actor, producer and...
Business Report : National Bank Limited officially launched the ‘Nischinto Oboshor’ at its head office on Thursday. Touhidul Alam Khan, the bank’s Managing Director and CEO, was the chief guest at the event. Other senior bank officials, including Deputy Managing Directors Sheikh Akhter Uddin Ahmed, Imran Ahmed, and Md. Abdul Matin was also present. Additionally, some customers who had taken advantage of the ‘Nischinto Oboshor’ product received their deposit receipts....
Business Report : Social Islami Bank Ltd (SIBL) Managing Director Zafar Alam and Deputy Managing Directors Habibur Rahman and Khorshed Alam have resigned on Wednesday following the central bank’s board reformation of the bank.Zafar Alam confirmed the resignations to The Daily Star. “I resigned on Wednesday and sent the letter to the new board of directors.” The three top officials are assumed to be loyal to Chattogram-based conglomerate S Alam Group owner Mohammad Saiful Alam.Zafar Alam’s three-year tenure was supposed...
AFP, Mexico City : Long marginalized by the banking industry, Mexico’s neighborhood tortilla producers are cautiously embracing financial technology, in a country where cash is still king for many.The National Tortilla Council and technology firm Finsus have developed a mobile application that allows vendors of the staple food to charge customers using cards, QR codes or a cellphone number.“It’s revolutionizing the industry,” said the organization’s president, Homero Lopez Garcia, whose ambitious goal is for 90 percent of tortilla makers to...
AFP, Tokyo : The Japanese owner of 7-Eleven said Friday it had rejected a takeover bid from Canadian retail giant Alimentation Couche-Tard, saying the proposal “grossly undervalues” the company.The proposed purchase of Seven & i Holdings would be the biggest ever foreign takeover of a Japanese firm and combine 7-Eleven, Circle K and other brands across Asia, North America and Europe.As the world’s biggest convenience store chain, 7-Eleven operates more than 85,000 outlets globally.Although the brand began in the United...
Business Desk : Professor Dr Abdul Hannan Chowdhury has been appointed as the new chairman of Grameen Bank.To this end,...
Business Report : A five-day Orientation Programme has been arranged for 136 newly recruited Junior Officers at Pubali Bank PLC,...
Prof Dr. Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder : Air pollution is the single biggest environmental risk of our time to human health...
OUR newspaper on Friday reported that Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) industry, a cornerstone of its economy, faces many challenges. Worker unrest, political instability, global competition, and data discrepancies threaten its long-term viability. It is quite worrying to learn that the sudden nature of the protests has raised suspicions of external influence. Although management teams have attempted to address the workers’ concerns, they have struggled to meet all demands immediately. This suggests that such disruptions might be part of a conspiracy....