DBBL donates Life Support Ambulance to DMP

Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd (DBBL) has donated one Life Support Ambulance to Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMO). K.S. Tabrez, Managing Director of the Bank handed over the key of the ambulance to Benazir Ahmed, bpm, Commissioner, DMP at a ceremony held at Dhaka Metropolitan Police Head Quarter on Saturday. Pic of the eventThe life support ambulance procured at a cost of Tk40 lacs will help carrying the sick police personnel or wounded forces to the hospital and can also be used by   any distresse...

Vegetables’ price increases due to political turmoil

The price of vegetables has increased by Tk10 to 15 per kg, as post poll violence, hartal and blockade affected country’s communication sector. Though vegetables growers are not getting return of their investment due to low price, the consumers in Dhaka city pay high price to buy those.  The traders say that the transport fare had been increased three times by this time. Godown owner Suja Uddin, of Karwan Bazar has said that the truck drivers demanded Tk 60,000 on Thursday, as fare from Natore, against the normal fare of Tk25, 000. “I have invested Tk 5,00,000 to five vegetables farmers of Natore district on condition of supplying in time. But violence over January 5 election caused a massive loss to me,” He said.

NRBCB holds 11th Annual Business Conference

The 11th   Annual Business Conference-2014 of NRB Commercial Bank Ltd (NRBCB) was held at a city hotel on Saturday. Purbani MG_0910 FinalEngr. Farasath Ali, chairman of the bank inaugurated the conference while Vice Chairman and Executive Committee Chairman Dr Toufique Rahman Chowdhury, Chairman Audit Committee Mohammed Adnan Imam, Director Mohammed Manzurul Islam, Alternate Director AM Saidur Rahman, M Habibur Rahman, Anwara Begum and Sponsors Dr Rafiqul Islam Khan,  Md. Shafiqul Islam,  Sabbir Ahmed Mubin...

e-Service Authority for ensuring quality soon

The government is going to introduce an e-Service Regulations soon keeping a provision to set up an e-Service Authority to create disciplined environment in electronic service (e-Service) delivery and ensure quality service to the people, top official of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Ministry said. eserviceHe said the draft regulations titled “e-Service Regulations’2013” which is now under process to launch anytime,has been prepared as per article 88 of Information and Communica...

Small investors receding as multinational companies proliferating

Small poultry farm owners are gradually losing the ground for business to big investors in the sector, particularly the multinational investors, amid the absence of a protective mechanism by the government. The stakes of the multinational companies over the poultry sector have made a leap from 4-5 percent to 31-32 percent since 2007, while, at the same time, more than 50 percent of the country’s small poultry farm owners who have called it quits, according to insiders in the sector. poltryWhile bi...

DITF hoped fetching significant export orders

The month-long Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF), 2014, the 19th edition of the annual event, begins here on Saturday with a high hope of fetching significant export orders. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the fair, a platform for both local and foreign producers to showcase the products, at city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on the grounds to the west of the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the morning. DITF-2014-logo