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
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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
Vietnam PM warns of economic calamity at Asean summit
AFP, Hanoi Vietnam on Friday warned the virus pandemic had swept away years of economic gains as Southeast Asian leaders met online for a summit that will also be dominated by anxiety over Beijing's moves in the flashpoint South China Sea. The current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
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
MetLife provides $150,000 grant to SAJIDA Foundation
MetLife Foundation is working with SAJIDA Foundation, a non-profit organization in Bangladesh, to support frontline healthcare workers battling COVID -19 in Bangladesh. Through a grant of USD 150,000 from MetLife Foundation, SAJIDA Foundation will provide financial support to a certain number of vulnerable families of frontline healthcare workers who have passed