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Muhith approves creation of Tk 9.0b capital mkt fund
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Finance Minister AMA Muhith approved Tuesday a fund worth Tk 9.0 billion to revive the moribund capital market, a top finance official said.
The fund would be created with resources in the revenue budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2013-2014, he added.
The Bank and Financial Institution ...read more
News Analysis
Differing approach in setting priorities
Shamsul Huq Zahid
Choices differ from man to man, from organisation to organisation. The validity of the foregoing statement has ...read more
Editors' Council demands withdrawal of import duty on newsprint
FE Report
The Editors' Council demanded Tuesday withdrawal of the proposed 25 per cent import duty on newsprint.
A meeting ...read more
Workers' Participation Fund
Businesses for more studies on proposed draft bill
Shamsul Huda
Business people want the government to undertake more rounds of studies on the proposed Labour Act (Amendment) Bill, ...read more
Five new power plants to start operation in late July
No respite from outage in one month
FE Report
There will be no respite from the current electricity load-shedding at least until early July next as no ...read more
EDITORIAL
TICFA at long last
With the Cabinet's nod to give it a go ahead, the proposed Trade and Investment Cooperation Framework Agreement (TICFA) between ...read more
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Two exhausted vendors taking a nap in the sweltering heat under a tree at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city Tuesday. — FE PhotoA traffic policeman collecting toll from a truck driver under the veil of darkness hours after Monday midnight at Jatrabari. Such extortion has been a regular phenomenon at various points across the city. —Banglanews24.com Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office Tuesday. — PIDFreda Miriklis, president of the International Federation of Business and Professional Business Women, addressing a press briefing in the city Tuesday. — FE PhotoThe activists of Bangladesh Communist Party and Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal brought out a procession in the city Tuesday protesting against the proposed TICFA agreement with the US.— FE PhotoDav Whatmore EASTBOURNE, (United Kingdom): Britain's Heather Watson thanks the crowd after her women's singles 1st round victory over Varvara Lepchenko of the US on the third day of the AEGON International Tennis Tournament here Monday. — AFP PhotoBritain's Prime Minister David Cameron sits with (L-R) Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, US President Barack Obama and France's President Francois Hollande during the second Plenary Session of the G8 Summit, at Lough Erne, near Enniskillen, in Northern Ireland Tuesday.IRAN : Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad greeting Iranian president-elect Hassan Rowhani in Tehran Tuesday. Iran's newly-elected president Hassan Rowhani ruled out any halt to the nuclear activity that has drawn UN sanctions but said he hoped an early deal could be reached to allay the concerns of major powers. — AFP Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina receiving wheel chairs donated by Modhumoti Bank Limited recently to help Savar Rana Plaza victims. A total of 100 wheel chairs were handed over to Prime Minister's Relief Fund by Chairman of the bank Humayun Kabir.Vice-Chairman Sheikh Salauddin Jewel, Directors Barrister Fazle Nur Taposh, Didarul Alam and Managing Director Md. Mizinur Rahman were present on the occasion. Export Import Bank of Bangladesh Limited inaugurated its shariah-based Mobile Banking Service "Exim Cash" in a programme Tuesday. Governor of Bangladesh Bank Dr. Atiur Rahman inaugurated the Exim Cash Mobile Banking as the Chief Guest while Dr. M. Aslam Alam, Secretary, Banks & Financial Institutes Division (BFID), Ministry of Finance and Md. Nazrul Islam Mazumder, Chairman of Exim Bank were present as Special Guests. Managing Director of Exim Bank Dr. Mohammed Haider Ali Miah presided. The 15th AGM of MJL Bangladesh Limited was held recently. The meeting was presided over by the Chairman of the company Mr. Md. Mozzammel Haque Khan. Managing Director, Mr. Azam J. Chowdhury and Board of Directors Mr. Abdul-Muyeed Chowdhury, Mr Md. Aminur Rahman, Mr. Alim Uddin Ahmed, Mr. Tanjil Chowdhury and Independent Director Prof. Dr. Tamim were present in the meeting. The AGM approved 25% cash dividend.Chairman of the board of directors of Social Islami Bank Limited Mr Md Anisul Hoque inaugurated the bank's 89th branch at Mouchak in the city on Tuesday. Directors and Managing Director Mr Md Shafiqur Rahman, among others, were present on the occasion.Md Nurun Newaz Salim, Chairman of NCC Bank Ltd attended the conference of the executives of head office and managers of Dhaka-based branches as the chief guest. Managing Director Mohammed Nurul Amin, Additional Managing Director Golam Hafiz Ahmed, Deputy Managing Directors and senior executives and managers of different branches attended the function.The members of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) celebrated its 3rd anniversary and succession night at a city hotel recently. The programme was attended by former Commerce Minister Mr Faruk Khan and ICSB President Mr Mohammad Sanaullah, among others.Mustafa Anwar, Vice Chairman of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited addressing as the chief guest the orientation programme for RDS field officers of the bank organised by Islami Bank Training & Research Academy in the city on Monday. Presided over by Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director of the bank, the inaugural session was addressed, among others, by Rafi Ahmed Begh, Deputy Managing Director, Md Mahfuzur Rahman, Executive Vice President & Director General of IBTRA and Asheque Ahmad Jebal, Executive Vice President & Head of Rural Development Division. Md. Mahboob Alam and Md. Habibur Rahman, Senior Vice President of Rural Development Division were present in the programme.Managing Director & CEO of South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce (SBAC) Bank Limited Md Rafiqul Islam, other guests and participants pose for photograph at a day-long workshop organised by the SBAC Bank at a city hotel recently. General manager, Payment System Department, Bangladesh Bank Md Humaun Kabir attended the workshop, among others.A promoter displaying Huwei's Ascend P2 Android smartphone at the CommunicAsia2013 exhibition show in Singapore on Tuesday. CommunicAsia is one of the region leading expo on mobile and broadcast communications. — AFPChairman of the board of directors of Uttara Bank Azharul Islam presiding over the 30th annual general meeting (AGM) of the bank at Gazipur recently. The AGM approved 10 per cent stock and 15 per cent cash dividends for the year that ended on December 31, 2012.BEIRUT, Lebanon: File photo shows Lebanese entrepreneurs from different internet start-up companies working in the offices of "accelerator" Seeqnce in Beirut's Hamra district, on April 24, 2013. Lebanon, a country plagued for years by slow internet and crumbling infrastructure, is seeing a new interest in internet start-ups. Young Lebanese inspired by Western tales of start-up success, including Facebook, are taking advantage of projects intended to guide their budding businesses, as well as innovative loan models to help them finance their dreams. — AFP PhotoBEIJING: Chinese products at the China International Food Safety Technology & Innovations Expo in Beijing Tuesday. China has recently been hit by a string of food scandals including one selling rat and fox meat as beef and mutton and others selling recycled cooking oil to restaurants and using dangerous chemicals in baby milk powder. — AFP PhotoAdvocate Sheikh Md Abdullah, MP, inaugurating the 1014th branch of Bangladesh Krishi Bank at Bhangerhat of Kotalipara uder Gopalgonj district recently. Managing Director of the bank Md Abdus Salam and and Kotalipara Upazila Chairman Bimal Krishna Biswash, among others, were present on the occasion. SUNAMGANJ: A villager returning home after a day's work of catching fish in shallow waters. <br /><br />— Focus Bangla SYLHET: Townspeople of Chouhatla quenching thirst with coconut water in an unbearable sultry weather condition prevailing here over last few days. — Focus BanglaEducation Minister Nurul Islam Nahid addressing the 16th convocation of North South University in the city Tuesday.Colleagues, friends and people from all walks of life paid their last respect to late dramatist Atiqul Haque Chowdhury at Central Shaheed Minar in the city Tuesday.— FE PhotoRickshawpullers illegally occupied footpath in the city's Tejgaon area. The Photo was taken from Tejgaon Tuesday. — FE Photo
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