DHAKA: Unilever, in partnership with the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), will support five social enterprises in Bangladesh through the joint initiative, TRANSFORM. DFID and Unilever founded TRANSFORM in 2015 with an ambition to bring private sector creativity

DHAKA: The Audi Q2 is an urban-type vehicle for everyday driving and recreation, combining a progressive design, tremendously fun driving and a high level of functionality. The new SUV will now be available in Bangladesh from November 2018. The new category of urban sport utility vehicle

DHAKA: National Board of Revenue (NBR) is set to award 141 businessmen among long-term and highest taxpayers of the current year.  The awards will be handed over to them at ballroom of Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka Hotel at 5 pm on Monday (November 12). A press release signed by NBR

DHAKA: A week-long income tax fair at the initiative of National Board of Revenue (NBR) will be kicked-off in Dhaka on Tuesday (November 13). NBR Chairman Mosharraf Hossain Bhuyian made the remarks at a press conference at NBR conference room on Sunday afternoon (Nov 11). Finance

DHAKA: Chevron and the British Council jointly held the closing ceremony for the ‘English for Business Success’ project at the Chevron office in Gulshan Wednesday (Nov 7).  Chevron issued a press release regarding this Friday (Nov 9). The event showcased the impact and outcomes

DHAKA: Rupali Chowdhury, Managing Director of Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited, handed over prizes among the winners from the Eid-ul-Adha scheme chosen through raffle draw across the country on Wednesday (November 7).  To celebrate the joy of Eid-ul-Adha, Berger introduced a scheme

DHAKA:   The recruitment test for the post of Officer (Cash) of three government banks are set to be held on November 16 of the current year. The written test will take place at 3-5 pm at the previously fixed centers, according to GM Abul Kalam Azad, General Manager and Assistant

DHAKA: Three new models of BMW luxury cars—BMW 530e, BMW 740Le xDrive and BMW X5 xDrive 40e have been unveiled in the local market here. Executive Motors Ltd, Bangladesh’s lone importer of electricity powered iPerformance Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle (PHV), has brought the models here. 

DHAKA: Marking another milestone to country’s telecommunication service, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Council (BTRC) has given tower sharing license to four companies.  The licenses were handed over to the companies in BTRC conference room on Thursday (November 1). The

ONE Bank Limited launched OK wallet service to make mobile financial service proposition fast, more secure and more convenient for Bank’s core banking customers and mobile banking customers. Mr. Sayeed H. Chowdhury, Chairman of Board of Directors of the Bank, formally inaugurated the

DHAKA: Vigo, an electronics brand of RFL, held its dealers’ conference at International Convention City Bashundhara recently. About 700 dealers, engaged to serve various products of Vigo Electronics, took part in the conference. At present, Various Vigo products are available in the

DHAKA:  Asian Development Bank (ADB) and World Bank (WB) will give USD 850 million loans, which is equivalent to roughly Tk 7000 crore, for three developmental projects in Bangladesh. On behalf of Bangladesh government, Senior Secretary of Economic Relations Division Kazi Shafiqul

PRAN, a leading food processor in the country, bagged export orders worth around $5.25 million at Sial Food Fair, one of largest food fairs in the world. About 400 importers from 85 countries visited PRAN’s stalls at the five-day fair began on October 21. This year, about 7000

DHAKA: ACI Motors Ltd. has officially started selling KOBELCO excavator with an offer of after sale service in Bangladesh. KOBELCO excavator is famous globally due to energy saving and high productivity. Dr. F.H. Ansarey to Managing Director and CEO of ACI Motors Limited and his

SYLHET:  There has been 6-fold increase in power production and is no more crisis of it in the country, says Finance Minister AMA Muhith. The minister came up with the remark at a member conference of ‘Ektee Bari Ektee Khamar Project and Palli Sanchay Bank’ in Sylhet Sadar Upazila

DHAKA: In addition to the existing ‘017’ series, the country’s leading mobile phone operator Grameenphone (GP) launched a new number series ‘013’ for its users. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Director General (E&O) Brigadier General Mohammad Mustafa

DHAKA: The government is purchasing 250 extra strong and highly sophisticated rail coaches from Indonesia.  Indonesian state-owned train maker PT Industri Kereta Api (Inka) said Bangladesh has already ordered the rail coaches. The first consignment of 18 new coaches will arrive in

DHAKA: Moshiur Rahman Chowdhury has resigned as the Managing Director of AB Bank. He has submitted the resign letter to the bank authorities recently. A reliable source at the bank confirmed the matter to Banglanews Thursday (Oct 11). The authorities, however, disagreed to leave

DHAKA:  Economic Relations Department (ERD), Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) and the Ministry of Agriculture have topped the list for ensuring maximum use of e-filing among all the government offices in the month of September.  E-filing is a digital means of

DHAKA: e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-Cab) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ajkerdeal.com. The agreement was singed at e-Cab office in city’s Dhanmondi area on Thursday (Oct 4). From its inception, e-Cab has been working firmly to move forward the