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bdnews24.com
April 28, 2018
Alipay Singapore E-commerce Private Ltd will purchase 20 percent of bKash on a fully diluted basis in the landmark deal. Alipay will buy 10 percent from bKash's existing shareholders, such as Money in Motion, International Finance Corporation and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Alipay will buy anotherÃâà...
TechCrunch
April 28, 2018
Pathao has plenty in common with Go-Jek. The company began in 2015 initially as a courier service latching on to the growth in e-commerce. It expanded to bike taxis — which was seen as a risk, since they aren't as popular as in places like Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam — and then into cars last year.
Economic Times
April 26, 2018
DHAKA: Bangladesh is all set to become a member of the exclusive club of satellite-owning countries as its first commercial satellite "Bangabandhu-1" will ... In November 2015, Bangladesh signed a 19.51-billion-taka (about $248 million) deal with French firm Thales Alenia Space for the satellite project.
Platts
April 25, 2018
Bangladesh has joined the ranks of LNG importing countries with the arrival of its first LNG cargo at Moheshkhali Port on Tuesday. ... rapid deployment of floating regasification vessels signal that Bangladesh will be a key LNG importer in coming years, despite commercial challenges like high gas prices.
Dhaka Tribune
April 19, 2018
Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu is likely to visit Bangladesh in June to discuss further promotion of bilateral trade and commerce between the two friendly countries. Bangladesh High Commissioner to India, Syed Muazzem Ali, called on Prabhu on Wednesday at his office in NewÃâà...
bdnews24.com
April 18, 2018
He expressed his satisfaction at the growing level of trade and commerce between India and Bangladesh. But, he said, there is much to improve. Prabhu showed keen interest in travelling through rural areas of Bangladesh during the visit to see for himself the government's poverty-reduction programmesÃâà...
Fibre2fashion.com
April 13, 2018
The E-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (ECAB) and Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute (BFTI) recently signed an agreement to jointly work for creating e-commerce entrepreneurship through workshop and research. ECAB aims to create new entrepreneurs and work for policymaking andÃâà...
East Asia Forum
April 11, 2018
Chinese commercial influence and general presence in Dhaka and Chittagong (a major port city) are rising steadily. India's memory of the rule of the pro-Islamic and pro-Pakistan Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) from 2001–06 shapes its thinking on Bangladeshi politics. Under the BNP Islamic militancyÃâà...
Poultry World
April 11, 2018
The project is designed to help 20,000 microenterprises adopt environmentally-friendly practices and covers the poultry, agribusiness, livestock and aquaculture sectors along with some light industrial industries. Commercial poultry production in Bangladesh has been growing rapidly since the early 1990sÃâà...
Dhaka Tribune
April 5, 2018
Bangladesh can create jobs and bring in more foreign currency by building an export base for commercial floriculture, one of the country's leading seed-producing companies has said. Bangladesh currently spends a lot of money importing in-demand flowers that do not grow in the wild naturally, such asÃâà...
Gulf Times
March 27, 2018
The ministry said that while the ports of Hambantota and Colombo were of vital importance to the maritime industry due to their strategic locations in the Indian Ocean, there could now be strong linkages between these ports and the port of Chittagong in Bangladesh to facilitate shipping, tourism andÃâà...
Dhaka Tribune
March 25, 2018
The central bank report showed that private AB Bank had nonperforming loans of Tk967 crores, Al-Arafah Islami Bank Tk992 crores, Bangladesh Commerce Bank Tk434 crores, Bank Asia Tk723 crores, BRAC Bank Tk721 crores, Dhaka Bank Tk761 crores, Dutch-Bangla Bank Tk962 crores, and EasternÃâà...
Arab News
March 25, 2018
RIYADH: The deep-rooted relationship between Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh is set to scale ever greater heights thanks to enhanced developments in trade ... in June 2016, the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted a business session featuring leading Saudi and Bangladeshi businessmen.
JOC.com
March 23, 2018
Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry President Shafiul Islam (Mohiuddin) told JOC.com trade is growing between Bangladesh and India and the train service will support that trend. “When the infrastructure is ready, the cost of doing business goes down. The train service will beÃâà...
New Straits Times Online
March 23, 2018
Valyou also partnered with Mutual Trust Bank, a private commercial bank in Bangladesh to allow users to send money overseas, particularly from Malaysia to Bangladesh. “This product integration would not have been possible without Mutual Trust bank who came in as our inward remittance clearingÃâà...
Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper
March 23, 2018
In October 2013, BEA had initiated a banking sub-committee between Bhutan and Bangladesh, comprising officials from financial institutions and central banks from both the countries. Economic affairs ministry from Bhutan and Bangladesh commerce ministry were also part of the committee. “All the issuesÃâà...
Xinhua
March 22, 2018
DHAKA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- "iPay" Systems Limited, the first digital payment platform in Bangladesh, has started its commercial journey in the country with a motto of building a cashless society. The company said it will provide real cashless Fin-Tech experience that enables anyone to make payments forÃâà...
Dhaka Tribune
March 22, 2018
Once upon a time, it was the norm to offer Bangladeshi children three career choices – doctor, pilot, or engineer. The glamour associated with these occupations has eventually faded, mostly due to the availability of countless other career options. To be at the helm of a mechanical marvel of the modern age,Ãâà...
Nikkei Asian Review
March 21, 2018
While foreign buyers have pressured Bangladeshi companies to stop using underaged workers in apparel factories, local toy factories target the domestic market. (Photo by Mahmud ... The association has played a key role in turning what was once a cottage industry into a commercial one. The group nowÃâà...
Nikkei Asian Review
March 21, 2018
Shubhashish Bose, the secretary of Bangladesh's Ministry of Commerce, told the Nikkei Asian Review that the government sees strong potential in toy manufacturing and has plans to declare it a "thirst sector." This designation would reduce the tax on raw material imports, provide cash incentives andÃâà...
Livemint
March 20, 2018
If that happens, send out a silent prayer of thanks to Bangladesh batsman Mushfiqur Rahim. The former skipper and now his country's wicket keeper followed up his blistering knock of 72 in 35 balls comprising four sixes and five fours to win a key game against hosts Sri Lanka in the recent Nidahas T20Ãâà...
Firstpost
March 15, 2018
The rescued Nepali and Bangladeshi passengers were undergoing treatment in different hospitals in Kathmandu. Dhaka-based US-Bangla Airlines is one of the sister concerns of the US-Bangla Group, a United States-Bangladesh joint-venture company which began commercial flights in 2014. The airlineÃâà...
bdnews24.com
March 15, 2018
“Bangladesh and Thailand are long-standing friends and connected by the Bay of Bengal and maritime routes. We should intensify cooperation in trade, investment and regional connectivity”, the prime minister was quoted as saying during a meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali.
Business Insider
March 13, 2018
The plane, a twin-propeller passenger craft, was arriving from Bangladesh. ... At least 49 people have died after a commercial plane crashed near an airport in Nepal on Monday. ... The twin-propeller Bombardier Dash 8 had been carrying 67 passengers and four crew members from Dhaka, Bangladesh.
DATAQUEST
March 13, 2018
Mutual Trust Bank Limited, a private commercial bank in Bangladesh, and TransferTo, a cross-border mobile payments network for emerging markets, have joined forces to facilitate international money transfers to Bangladesh, allowing migrant diaspora to make a digital transfer to family and friends backÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
March 13, 2018
Another deal between the Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF) and the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) aims to open doors for Singapore companies going into Bangladesh, providing them with a source of business contacts in the country, as well asÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
March 12, 2018
Another deal between the Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF) and the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) aims to open doors for Singapore companies going into Bangladesh, providing them with a source of business contacts in the country, as well asÃâà...
Dhaka Tribune
March 12, 2018
Bangladesh is ahead in the number of frigates. Myanmar has five while Bangladesh has six. Bangladesh is ahead of Myanmar in terms of mine warfare craft and commercial vessels. According to the report, the world's most powerful military belongs to the US, followed by Russia, China and India. The topÃâà...
New York Times
March 12, 2018
KATHMANDU, Nepal — A passenger plane from Bangladesh slammed into an empty field and erupted in flames just beyond the runway at the airport in Nepal's capital on Monday, and officials said at least 49 of the 71 people on board had died. Huge, dark gray columns of smoke uncoiled from the field asÃâà...
Viet Nam News
March 6, 2018
With a large network of chambers of commerce and industry, including the Bangladesh-Vietnam Business Council, FBCCI has a strong and important role to play in the promulgation of policies on economy and trade of the Bangladeshi government, especially the policies for foreign businesses to invest inÃâà...
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
March 2, 2018
... Bangladesh's fourth and largest floating LNG import facility. “We are expecting to sign an agreement in the first half of 2018, and commercial operations to start in June 2019,” RPGCL managing director Md Quamruzzaman said. The companies are BP, Excelerate Energy, Mitsui OSK Lines , PT Pertamina,Ãâà...
bdnews24.com
March 2, 2018
Petrobangla is proceeding to push up the price while Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission or BERC is following suit. State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid also hinted at a possible rise. “Prices for industrial and commercial gas supplies as well as power have to beÃâà...
Dhaka Tribune
March 1, 2018
Funds held in taka can be spent on purchasing products from Bangladeshi e-commerce websites, pay for services such as mobile balance top-ups, or be sent to other Payza members ... The user agreement on Xoom's website specifically points out that Xoom can only be used for non-commercial purposes.
bdnews24.com
March 1, 2018
Regional Manager from the US Department of Commerce's Advocacy Center Malcolm Burke told bdnews24.com American technology and materials can ... “In this way and others, I see great opportunity for US industry in Bangladesh and look forward to a growing commercial relationship in the years toÃâà...
Dhaka Tribune
March 1, 2018
The 25th US Trade Show-2018 began at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka on Thursday. The American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham) and the United States embassy in Dhaka have organized the event. Addressing the event as its chief guest, Bangladesh Commerce Minister TofailÃâà...
bdnews24.com
March 1, 2018
“I would like to propose an FTA between Bangladesh and the United States as we are not getting duty-free quota-free access,” Commerce Minister Tofail ... a booth with the representatives from the USAID, Education USA, US Department of Agriculture, consular affairs team and the commercial section.
bdnews24.com
December 31, 1999
The Bangladesh embassy in Tashkent has organised a business seminar to generate interest among the Uzbek businesspeople. ... Commerce and Industries of Uzbekistan also attended the seminar on “Prospects of Business and Economic Cooperation between Bangladesh and Uzbekistan” on Tuesday.
Dhaka Tribune
December 31, 1999
“Nearly all Bangladeshi imports were subject to US duty,” reads the Pew report, “and the tariffs on them were equivalent to 15.2% of the total value of that country's shipments to the US—the highest such average rate among the 232 countries, territories and other jurisdictions in the ITC database.”.
Livemint
December 31, 1999
If that happens, send out a silent prayer of thanks to Bangladesh batsman Mushfiqur Rahim. The former skipper and now his country's wicket keeper followed up his blistering knock of 72 in 35 balls comprising four sixes and five fours to win a key game against hosts Sri Lanka in the recent Nidahas T20Ãâà...
