Ronny elected UCB Executive Committee chairman

Anisuzzaman Chowdhury Ronny has been unanimously elected as the chairman of Executive Committee of United Commercial Bank Ltd (UCB) at the bank’s Board meeting held on Sunday. AnisuzzamanEminent business entrepreneur and director of United Commercial Bank Limited,  Anisuzzaman Chowdhury Ronny is also a Director of Ronny Chemical Industries Ltd. He is a graduate from Palm Beach Atlantic College of USA on Business Administration. With his brilliance and prudence, he has been contributing in UCB to reach it...

New monetary policy announced aiming 7pc inflation

Aiming to bring down average inflation to 7 percent, Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Monday announced cautious monetary policy for the 2nd half of the current fiscal year. Terming it a challenge, BB governor Dr. Atiur Rahman said,  BB will pursue in half fiscal (January-June 2014), based on an assessment of global and domestic macro-economic conditions and outlook. 1655132_10201551289089731_1602810251_n He announced the Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for January to June of the FY 2013-14 in his office in the capital. ...

Mehjabin starring in A Journey by Love

mehzabin-640Love is a journey. Or we can say, ‘A Journey by Love’, if we want it to sound cute.   Pretty much everyone goes through this journey. Mehzabin, is a new traveler of this path.  
No, not literary. She will be starring in a soap opera named “A Journey by Love”, written and directed by Redwan Rony.   The shooting will be taking place in different locations of Dhaka, Chittagong and Manikganj.   “It is a story of love. That’s all I have to say.”—Mehzabin on the work. This is the sixth ...

Bangla Academy almost set to hold Boi Mela

Preparation for holding the Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela is going on in full swing at the Bangla Academy premises. Though traditionally the fair has been held at the Bangla Academy, this year Suhrawardy Udyan would also hold the fair. book.png-460 “We have been holding the fair on the Bangla Academy premises for a long time. This year we have extended it to Suhrawardy Udyan to accommodate an increased number of publishers,” Murshid Anwar, deputy director of Bangla Academy told the Dhaka Tribune.   Suhrawardy Udyan will hold the reg...

Kite flying festival in Cox’s Bazaar

The responsibility to protect the environment is ours; Religion is our own but festivals are for everyone!” The above mentioned statement is the motto of the kite flying festival that is to be held on Cox’s Bazaar next weekend. kite-300Kite Federation organizes this event to make the longest sea beach more attractive to the tourists. This year, huge pocket kite, dragon series kite, train kite, roses and many more attractive themes are set for the festival. The kids can participate in the ‘Kite Flying Contest’. The 22 lakh BDT budgeted program w...

Bangladesh key economic indicators – Jan 27

DAILY INDICATORS

Sunday Previous Taka/US $ (inter-bank) 77.75-77.7525 77.75-77.75 Call money rate (inter-bank) 06.40-08.00 05.50-08.00 Dhaka Stock Exchange index 4,758.37 4,702.66 --------------------------------------------------------------- indicator MONTHLY CURRENT PREVIOUS Growth in: Consumer price index (BBS) Change yr/yr (pct) Dec. 7.53 7.15 M2 supply (bln taka) (BB) Nov. 6,425.75 6,403.17 Forex reserves ($bln)(BB) Dec. 18.07 17.11 Exports(FOB) ($mln)(BB) Nov. 2,2...