Business Desk :Bangladesh will sail ahead, combining opportunities and capabilities, by empowering youths.While opportunities are being created through loans and financial support, capabilities are being built through training.Karmasangsthan Bank’s “Bangabandhu Jubo Rin” (Bangabandhu Youth Loan), a programme for trained unemployed youth to observe the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is a step in that direction.Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Saturday said this online while speaking as the chief guest at the cheque handover...
Economic Reporter :Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday said the government has taken an initiative to digitise Bangladesh Customs as part of its Digital Bangladesh vision.“The government has taken a development programme titled Digital Bangladesh in order to use modern information technology in all spheres of the state management. The digitisation of Bangladesh Customs has been included in the programme,” he said while addressing a seminar at the Officers’ Club in the capital. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) organised...
Business Desk :A virtual desk has been launched in Bangladesh Embassy in Japan to connect investors and partners, explore business and help attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak virtually inaugurated the desk titled: ‘Bangladesh IT Connect Portal-Japan (www. jp.itconnect.gov.bd)’, which will play a role of a catalyst to bring business and investment from Japan by connecting IT companies of both the countries, reports, BSS. Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh ITO Naoki, Ambassador of Bangladesh to...
BSS, Rangpur :Bangladesh has been marching fast towards a middle income nation following successful implementation of the digitisation programme that has become an irreversible process establishing accountability and transparency.They were addressing the launching ceremony of a two-day Digital Innovation Fair-2014 being organised by the upazila district administration at Chirirbandar Girls’ High School premises in Chirirbandar upazila of Dinajpur on Friday.The UNDP-assisted Access to Information (A2I) Programme of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has been extending assistance in arranging the fair...
Business Desk :Bangladesh has created an investment opportunity for the investors thanks to the country’s comparative wage, strategic geographical location, stable policies and exchange rate, a huge young population and political stability, said Ahmad Kaikaus, principal secretary to the prime minister.He made the comment on Sunday while presenting a keynote speech at a session of the ongoing summit on “Investment competitiveness and business environment in Bangladesh”.Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (Bida) is organising the show at the Radisson Blu Dhaka Water...
Business Desk :Banking and Insurance Fiesta 2017′ was held on Saturdayat Dhaka University (DU) on the occasion of the 13th founding anniversary of the university’s Banking and Insurance Department.The program took place at Teacher-Student Center (TSC) auditorium from 10 am to noon, said a DU press release.Presided over by Banking and Insurance Department Chairman Professor Abu Taleb, the function was attended by Finance Secretary Yunusur Rahman as the chief guest while Faculty Dean of Business Studies Professor Shibli Rubayat-Ul Islam...
Economic Reporter :The banks, particularly private commercial banks (PCBs), have agreed to invest in the share market from today (Wednesday) by creating special funds for revival of the ailing capital market.Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said that banks would invest for ensuring a stable capital market in the country aimed at accelerating the country’s economy.“Due to coronavirus, the country’s capital market is showing downward trend. Banks are the major sources for financing in the capital market. For keeping stability...
Economic Reporter :Bangladesh has become a ‘silicon valley’ for pro-poor growth, with driving financial innovation and empowering people from the bottom of the society, former Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor Dr Atiur Rahman said.The economist was speaking on Bangladesh’s experiences in financial inclusion and inclusive growth at a seminar, organised by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at its headquarters in Washington DC on Thursday, according to a press release received on Friday.He attributed the pro-poor economic development to the government for...
Bangladesh Development fair was held at Consulate General’s auditorium in New York on Friday showcasing Bangladesh’s development trajectory.The event was organised jointly by the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations (UN) and Bangladesh Consulate General in New York. Fekitamoeloa Katoa ‘Utoikamanu, under secretary-general and high representative, United Nations Office of the High Representative for LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS was present as the chief guest of the event while Dr Selim Jahan, director of human development report office, UNDP...
Business Desk :Bangladesh might be one of only two ASEAN and South Asian economies to register positive growth in 2020 when the world is almost certainly bound to a devastating recession caused by the coronavirus pandemicChief Economist, ASEAN and South Asia, Standard Chartered Edward Lee said while speaking at a media session held following the 2020 Bangladesh session of the Bank’s Global Research Briefing series.Over 300 of the bank’s clients joined via videoconferencing during the event to participate in a...
Economic Reporter :The World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the corona-virus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic on 11 March, which has now spread to 170 countries & territories and infected over 330,000 people. This number does not adequately show the scale and magnitude of this global crisis, which not only related to public health but also the health of the global economy, said a press release revealed on Monday.Economists are grappling and trying to predict the aftermath of this massive...
Business Desk :After ten months of fierce battles and different rounds, the names of the winners of ‘Bangladesh ICT Skills Competition 2021’, organized by Huawei in partnership with Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC), have been announced through a gala event held online on November 02. In this competition, almost one thousand students from engineering universities registered, out of which only 15 students from Buet, Cuet, Kuet, IUT, and NSU made it to the final round, according to a press release. Among...