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Bake Off winner Nadiya hailed

GREAT British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain has been hailed a ‘true British Muslim’ and an inspiration to others by Portsmouth’s Bangladeshi leader. The 30-year-old mum, from Leeds, was crowned the winner of the latest BBC series of the TV Nadiacompetition, beating Ian Cumming and Tamal Ray in an emotional final which had judge Mary Berry in tears. Abu-Suyeb Tanzam, head of the British Bangladeshi Cultural Academy in Portsmouth, said he has been ‘humbled’ by Nadiya’s success. Great British Bake Off’s latest champion is a Muslim of a Bangladeshi herit...

AMTOB elects new Executive Council at AGM

The Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB) has recently organized its Annual General Meeting and elected Supun Weerasinghe, Managing Director and CEO of Robi, as its President. He is replacing AMTOB’s outgoing President and CEO of Banglalink Ziad Shatara. Airtel’s CEO P.D. Sarma has been elected as the Senior Vice-President of the Association’s Executive Council and Grameenphone’s CEO Rajeev Sethi has been elected as Vice-President of AMTOB. The Executive Council appointed T.I.M. Nurul Kabir as the Secretary-General & CEO of AMTOB. The AGM, where the new Executive Council was elected, was held on September 20, 2015 at AMTOB secretariat in Dhaka’s Gulshan area. AMTOB is a national trade body representing all mobile telecom operators in Bangladesh. Airt...

SJIBL Securities reelects its Chair, Vice-Chairs

Alhaj Mohiuddin Ahmed re-elected Chairman of ShahjalalIslami Bank Securities Ltd. unanimously in the 33rd meeting of the Board of Directors of Shahjalal Islami Bank Securities Alhaj Mohiuddin Ahmed, Chairman, Shahjalal Islami Bank Securities Ltd.-1Limited (SJIBSL) was held at 20th September 2015. Alhaj Md. Sanaullah Shahid and Alhaj Mohammad Younus were re-electedVice-Chairmen in the same meeting. Re-elected Chairman...

Axiata Chief scheduled in city

Axiata President and Group Chief Executive Officer Dato' Sri Jamaludin Ibrahim is scheduled to make an official visit to Bangladesh on September 7, 2015; Monday along with the Axiata management team members. During his daylong visit, he will be engaging with the management team of Robi Axiata Limited to share his vision for the company. He is also scheduled to meet the key government stakeholders during his stay at Dhaka. ImageAxiata President and Group CEO will be accompanied by Chari TVT, Group Chief Financial Officer; Datin Badrunnisa Mohd Yasin Khan,...

India extends Taslima Nasrin’s visa for another year

Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin’s visa was on Friday extended for a year by the Indian Home Ministry. The decision has been taken following an intervention of Home Minister Rajnath Singh as Taslima has been requesting the Indian government to further extend her visa. The 52-year-old writer’s visa was granted for a year with effect from July 23, a Home Ministry official said. Reacting to the decision, Taslima told PTI that she was very happy even though she was expecting her visa to be extended by more than a year. taslima-nasrin...

BUFT Graduate awarded UoM Scholarship

A fashion designer graduated from BGMEA University Of Fashion And Technology (BUFT), Md. Iftekhar Rahman has recently been selected for the prestigious Equity & Merit Scholarship awarded by The University of Manchester (UoM). 360-360_72 pxIftekhar is going to start his MSc at International Fashion Retailing from September 2015 under the scholarship scheme. After completing his graduation at 2009, he has been working as a Fashion Designer both in local and international industries. He is also involved as a lecturer at BUFT since 2014. ...