ICMAB and de tempête partner to open gulf career pathways for Bangladeshi accountants

The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) and de tempête, a global accounting BPO and business growth advisory firm, have signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand international career opportunities for Bangladesh's accounting professionals, with a focus on the UAE, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) markets.The partnership aims to bridge the gap between professional education and the requirements of international employers through career counselling, market-focused training, professional development and recruitment coordination.The agreement was signed in Dhaka by Md. Kausar Alam FCMA, President of ICMAB, and Mohsena Khanom FCCA, Founder and CEO of de tempête.Planned initiatives include workshops, webinars and country-specific courses covering taxation, VAT, anti-money laundering (AML), compliance, accounting and financial reporting. Participants may also receive support with CV preparation, intervie...

PM seeks Japanese investment in AI Data Centre, KAFCO-2

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday sought expanded investment from Japan’s Marubeni Corporation in Bangladesh’s information technology, fertiliser and energy sectors, including a proposed second plant of Karnaphuli Fertiliser Company Limited (KAFCO) and an artificial intelligence-based data centre.He made the request when a high-level Marubeni delegation, led by the company’s President and CEO Masayuki Omoto, met him at his office in the Secretariat, according to Prime Min...

HONOR opens its first Alpha Store in Bangladesh, bringing its smart ecosystem to life

HONOR has officially launched its highly anticipated Alpha Store at Jamuna Future Park in Dhaka, bringing the brand’s latest innovations, smart devices and AI-powered ecosystem together under one roof.Located on th...

BBCAF to hold dialogue, pink rally at BMU marking Breast Cancer Awareness Day on Saturday

Health DeskThe Bangladesh Breast Cancer Awareness Forum (BBCAF) has been observing 10 October as Breast Cancer Awareness Day every year since 2013 through a non-government initiative.To mark the day and raise public awareness throughout October about breast cancer prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment, the Forum organises a range of activities. The program include printing and distributing breast cancer awareness leaflets, organising awareness discussions, street meetings, and pink rallies at educational institutions, workplaces, and within local communities, arranging pink road rallies along various routes across the country using a bus decorated in pink, accompanied by leaflet distribution and street meetings, printing and distributing four-colour awareness leaflets c...

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Bangladesh tighten grip on Afghan Test after Hasan’s hat-trick

Bangladesh took the stranglehold of the one-off Test against Afghanistan on Day 3, after some individual performances lit up Sheikh Jayes Stadium of Abu Dhabi, UAE today.Hasan’s hat-trick was the most pivotal in those performances to take the side to the top before eighty plus knock from Mushfiqur Rahim and captain Najmul Hossain Shanto rounded off the day.Bangladesh ended the day with overall lead of 329, after reaching 223-6 in its second innings at stumps.Liton Das was batting on 5 with Mehidy Hasan Miraz yet to score as Bangladesh would look to have 400 plus lead next day.After bowling out Afghanistan for 240 innings, following a pace-burst from Darwin Test hero Hasan Mahmud, Bangladesh started the second innings watchfully.Tanzid Hasan Tamim who hammered 71 ball-83 in the previous innings, got a start to cherish again but failed to capitalize on it after being out for 31. His fellow opener Shadman Islam also was dismissed cheaply before Mominul Haque was out for 7 to leave Bangladesh at precarious 53-3.With Afghanistan hinting to claw back into the contest, resistance from skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mushfiqur Rahim took Bangladesh in advantageous position.They combined for 159-run for the fourth wicket, with both missing out the deserved century.Mushfiqur Rahim who made a duck in the first innings, vindicated the failure with 81 off 148, an innings featuring nine fours.His dismissal ended the typical Test-like partnership, leaving Shanto to dig in deep.However, the skipper too was out for 82 after hitting five fours in 191 balls.But both of them ensured to...

Law and order: No room for impunity

The vandalism at content creator Salman Muqtadir’s BrownFish Studio in Dhaka’s ECB Chattar and the subsequent destruction of the Radda MCH-FP Centre in Mirpur raise a much larger question ...

Justice for July: Now the verdict must be enforced

The International Crimes Tribunal-2’s verdict sentencing Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader and six other senior leaders to death over crimes against humanity during the July-August 2024 mass uprising marks a significant moment in th...

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