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Wednesday | August 12, 2026 | Dhaka

Business & Economy

Business & Economy

Nazeem A. Choudhury, DMD of Prime Bank Limited and Sadiqur Rahman, Vice President of Portonics Limited, exchange documents after signing an agreement at the bank’s head office in the capital recently. Under the deal, Prime Bank internet banking user will be able to make payments at all merchants under Portonics Limited and credit card holders of the bank will enjoy up to 36 months EMI facility. Senior officials of the respective organizations were present.

Business & Economy

GIB inaugurates ATM booth at Kamlapur railway station: Global Islami Bank (GIB) inaugurates its ATM Booth at Kamlapur Railway Station, Dhaka on Monday. Kazi Mashiur Rahman Jayhad, additional managing director of the bank inaugurated the ATM Booth as chief guest, reads a press release. Deputy Managing Director of Global Islami Bank Sami Karim and Shah Alam Kiron Shishir, Divisional Commercial Officer (Dhaka Division), Mohammad Aminul Haque, Deputy Commercial Officer-1 of Bangladesh Railway, Manager of Motijheel Branch of GIB Md. Shamsur Rahman Majumder, EVP and Head of General Services Division Zulfiquar Ali Khan, Head of Marketing Imtiaz Ahmed Siddiqui, Head of Cards A N M Ahsan Habib, officials of Bangladesh Railway and other guests were present on the occasion.

Business & Economy

M Manjur Mahmud, President of DataSoft Systems Bangladesh Limited and Ali Ahmmed, Chief Commercial Officer of bKash Limited, exchange documents after signing an agreement at bKash head office in the capital recently to enable microcredit borrowers to pay loan instalments easily, safely and quickly from anywhere, anytime. Under the deal, customers of more than 200 microfinance institutions (MFIs) that use technology and software solutions of DataSoft will get the opportunity to repay instalments of microcredit timely through bKash. Meanwhile, management of instalment collection has become easier and more effective for the lenders. Top officials from both sides were present.

Business & Economy

NBL Rajshahi region holds Half-yearly Business Review meeting: A Half-yearly Business Review meeting was held with the branch managers of National Bank Limited’s Rajshahi Region. The day-long meeting was held on Saturday at a hotel in Rajshahi city, said a press release. Md. Mehmood Husain, Managing Director and CEO, Hossain Akhtar Chowdhury, DMD, Sheikh Akhter Uddin Ahmed, Head of Human Resources & SEVP, Md. Rajunur Rashid, Regional Head & SVP along with senior officials of NBL head office and managers of all branches of the region were present.

Business & Economy

EBL cardholders can avail discounts on SriLankan Holidays’ packages: M. Khorshed Anowar, Deputy Managing Director and Head of Retail and SME Banking of Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) and Md Yousuf Shohel, General Manager of Saimon Holidays, Bangladesh franchise of SriLankan Holidays signed an agreement recently. The agreement provides for special discount for EBL cardholders on holiday packages offered by SriLankan Holidays, according to a press release. Md Bin Mazid Khan, head of bancassurance, student banking, and retail propositions at EBL, and Mohd. Sabrul Haq Zaigirdar, business development manager of Saimon Holidays, was also present.

Business & Economy

GLIL, Dropshep now strategic partners: Guardian Life Insurance Limited (GLIL), recently formed a strategic partnership with Dropshep, a technology-driven one-stop logistics platform by BMS Tech Logistics Limited. Through this collaboration, Dropshep users will be able to access Guardian Life’s digital insurance policies through their digital platform, said a press release. Fasihul Mostofa, SVP & head of the digital channel & ADC department of Guardian Life Insurance and MA Morsalin Tomal, co-founder & COO of Dropshep, signd the MoU on behalf of respective organigations.