DHAKA: Worldwide women participation in employment is still not up to the mark. And in ICT it is more inadequate than other sector. Bangladesh is transforming into digital where women participation is a must. Government is also very much keen to improve women participation in ICT

DHAKA: The Bangladesh Software Information Services (BASIS) Soft Expo is a regular ICT showcasing of local software development and its potentials towards the people of the country and abroad. This year the expo is set to focus the excellence of local software products and services

  DHAKA: The country’s largest electronics giant Walton exported for the first time locally-made various sorts of parts of fridge to Indonesia-an island country in Southeast Asian region.   On last Thursday (February 15), a container ship, loaded with fridge parts manufactured

CHITTAGONG: Young corporate icon Engr. Tanvir Shahriar Rimon recently joined Rancon Holding as CEO of Ranks FC Properties Ltd.  Before joining Rancon he served ANZ Properties Ltd. another reputed company for 12 years as Chief Operating Officer. Under his leadership, Anz handed over

DHAKA: Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said the government has taken initiative to bring 16 crore people of the country under the pension scheme. Muhith also said an outline of the national pension scheme will be presented in the next budget. He made the remark at a program

DHAKA: A new online market place named ‘eibazar.com’, has been floated with the aim of taking part in building the Digital Bangladesh. Shopping on online is being popular day by day in Bangladesh. In this backdrop, the ‘eibazar.com’ has begun its journey to provid service for

DHAKA: Grameenphone has evaded Tk 7 crore 25 lakh in Value Added Tax (VAT) without paying for the place and its establishments.  The Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU) has sent the final demand notice for payment of the vat.  A source of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) said that it has

DHAKA: Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has said that the budget for the 2018-19 Fiscal Year will be of approximately Tk 4, 68,000 crores. “Human resource development sector will be prioritized in the budget. Heath, education, sanitation and housing have included in it. The

DHAKA: The 23rd Dhaka International Trade Fair 2018 has been extended by four days following the demands of participating businessmen. Md Abdur Rouf, official of the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) and member secretary of the trade fair committee, confirmed the matter to the Banglanews

DHAKA: Regent Airways, the renowned airlines of Bangladesh, has announced that they have spread the wings on the sky of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Regent Airways has will start its journey from Dammam from February 22. The Regent Airways informed the matter through a press release

DHAKA: Former chairman of AB Bank M Wahidul Haque and two others were arrested on Thursday (January 25) over allegations of money laundering. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested them in the afternoon in the capital city. The two others are- head of treasury of the bank Abu

DHAKA: The ‘Bank Company (Amendment) Bill, 2018’ was passed in the Parliament on Tuesday (January 16) allowing the doubling of number of directors in a bank board from a single family and extending the tenure of directors. As per the amended law, four members of a single family

DHAKA: The 23rd Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)-2018 has begun at Sher-E-Bangla Nagar in the capital city, west side of the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC), on Monday (January 01). Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the month-long trade fair, jointly

DHAKA: The 23rd Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)-2018 will begin at Sher-E-Bangla Nagar in the capital city, west side of the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC), on Monday (January 01). Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate the month-long trade

DHAKA: Walton Group, one of the country’s electronics giant, is setting up a 3-storey premier pavilion to showcase and sell out its wide ranges of electronics and electrical appliances at upcoming Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF). The 23 rd edition of month-long DITF is

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank is considering suing the Manila-based Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) of Philippines over the heist of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank's account at the New York Federal Reserve. BB authorities have already discussed the matter with the

DHAKA: The 8th Berger Award for Excellence in Architecture (BAEA) exhibition will come to an end on Monday (December 4) in IBM centre of Agargaon in Dhaka. Earlier on November 30, Managing Director Rupali Chowdhury of Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited inaugurated the exhibition.

DHAKA: Business Leaders of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) expressed their deep shock at the Sad Demise of its Former President and DCC (north) Mayor Annisul Huq.   FBCCI President, First Vice President, Vice President, Directors, all District

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched its first annual public-private partnership (PPP) projects report, says a press release of the ADB issued from Manila in Philippines on Thursday (November 30).   According to the new report, countries in Asia and the Pacific with developed

DHAKA: Huntkey, a global power solution’s provider which has been in Bangladesh market for many years, has announced a big sale in Bangladesh that offers customers to get eight free gifts through buying one Huntkey product. The gift for the promotion is an eight-piece stationery set,