BSS Speakers at a dialogue here yesterday said Bangladesh needs to quickly design and roll out policy actions and reforms on long-standing issues holding back private investment to effectively address the unfolding impact of COVID-led economic shocks. In order to boost the investment climate in the country to help stimulate recovery
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‘TECHNICAL EDUCATION SHOULD BE GIVEN MORE IMPORTANCE’
Working in areas including food, health, education, shelter, clothing, entertainment, environment, information technology, and renewable energy, cooperative and social business, Bestway Group started in Bangladesh as a CSR initiative in 1998. It emerged as a private limited company in 2004 and currently has 30 sister concerns. Md Mizanur Rahman, the Chairman
ADB strengthens partnership with WHO
BSS The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on July 9 strengthened its partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), recognizing that increased collaboration is helping to expand critical health care across Asia and the Pacific and contain the spread and impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. During a conference call with
DCCI calls for modern curriculum for industry
BSS Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) on July 4 called for modernizing curriculum, up-skilling and re-skilling of workers utilizing the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), creating an inclusive digital infrastructure and infrastructure development to grab the opportunity of industry relocation and easier loan access to the SMEs. The chamber made
Gulf economies to shrink by 7.6% this year: IMF
Reuters (DUBAI/RIYADH) Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries will see their economies shrink by 7.6% this year, an International Monetary Fund official said on Tuesday, revising downwards April forecasts of nearly 3%. The six GCC nations are, with varying degrees, facing steep economic declines as the slowdown in business activity due to
MetLife Joins U.N. Global Compact
MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET), through its subsidiaries and affiliates (“MetLife”), is one of the world’s leading financial services companies, has joined the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. The U.N. Global Compact calls for companies to align their operations and strategies with 10 universal principles in
Kazemi was not just banker but an intellectual too: BB Governor
Bangladesh Bank governor Fazle Kabir said, the central bank adviser Allah Malik Kazemi was not a central banker, he was an outstanding intellectual as well. The governor also said, Kazemi’s death has made an irreparable gap in the central bank as he (Kazemi) was a versatile ingenious. Fazle Kabir told this
Nike plans to cut jobs in digital push
FBCCI demands investigation for ‘failure in expansion of tax net’
Country's Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on June 27 demanded an investigation into the "failure in widening the tax net by the NBR, although several hundred crore of taka was spent as consultancy fee for introducing the multiple VAT rate". National Board of Revenue (NBR) took a
‘FROM DAY ONE, WE ARE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT SETTLING CLAIMS’
A K M Monirul Hoque is passionate about developing the insurance industry in Bangladesh. He attended many seminars and symposiums all over the world and likes to study global models and approaches in order to implement new and innovative ideas in Bangladesh. Mr. Hoque loves travelling because he believes that