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Business & Economy

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Maulana Mufti Shahed Rahmani, Chairman of Shahjalal Islami Bank’s Shariah Supervisory Committee, presides over its 72nd meeting at the banks head office in the capital on Wednesday. Mohammed Younus, Chairman, Mohiuddin Ahmed, Vice Chairman, Md. Sanaullah Shahid, Akkas Uddin Mollah, Engineer Md. Towhidur Rahman, Khandaker Shakib Ahmed, Nasir Uddin Khan, Fakir Akhtaruzzaman, Md. Moshiur Rahman Chamak, Jabun Nahar, Directors, Ekramul Haque, Nasir Uddin Ahmed, Independent Directors and M. Shahidul Islam, Managing Director & CEO of the bank were present.

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FFL gets new MD

Business Desk :Gaus-ul-Wara Md. Mortaza joined First Finance Limited (FFL) as Managing Director & CEO on Wednesday.Prior, he was the Deputy Managing Director of Mercantile...

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FBCCI seeks Jica’s assistance to set up lab at ports: The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has sought cooperation from Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) to establish lab facilities at land, sea and international airports in Bangladesh. FBCCI Senior Vice President Mostofa Azad Chowdhury made the call during a meeting with the representatives of Jica and Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) at the chamber’s office in Dhaka on Thursday. North-Eastern states of India have huge demand for Bangladeshi food and agro products and accredited lab facilities at land ports will facilitate exporting these products to those states, Babu said. Airport and seaports’ lab will help Bangladesh in exploring foods to global market, Chowdhury said. Hence, he urged Jica to come up with a financial and technical assistance project. Teruaki Fujii, a representative from Jica’s head office, also spoke.

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BIDA, Anchorless BD sign MoU

Business Desk :Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with US-based venture capital firm Anchorless Bangladesh for cooperation in investment...

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Three Commercial banks recently signed a deal with Bangladesh Bank (BB) regarding ‘Refinancing Scheme against term financing for Cottage, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CMSME)’ at BB head office. 1. Syed Waseque Md Ali, Managing Director of First Security Islami Bank Limited 2. M. Reazul Karim, Managing Director & CEO of Premier Bank Limited 3. Kazi Alamgir, Managing Director & CEO of Bangladesh Development Bank Limited (BDBL), lead their respective organizations while the central bank’s Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder, lead his side. Abu Farah Md. Nasser, Deputy Governor, Md. Obaidul Hoque, Executive Director and Md. Jaker Hossain, Director of SME & SPD Department of BB, were also present.