SEZs are changing country’s industrial landscape: Paban Chy

“The Special Economic Zones are changing the industrial landscape of Bangladesh and to raise the contribution of the SMEs to the GDP, and the government mulls to establish a separate SME zone in Bangabandhu Shilpanagar in Mirsarai”, said  Paban Chowdhury, Executive Chairman, BEZA s.He was addressing a webinar titled ‘Enabling Investment Climate to Realize Great Potential’ hosted by  Citibank N.A. Bangladesh recently in partnership with Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) & Bangladesh Center of Excellence (BCE).  Speakers mainly focused the diversification of investment, readiness of economic zones to facilitate such diversification and determining potential sectors for investment while addressing the webinar. Paban Chowdhury, Executive Chairman, BEZA joined the session as Chief Guest and panelist while the session was chaired by Mahbubul Alam, President, CCCI and moderated by N. Rajashekaran (Shekar), Citi Country Officer a...

‘Singer Jhotpot Iftar’ Show on NTV

Leading home appliances and electronics retailer Singer Bangladesh is starting new Iftar Recipe show titled ‘Singer Jhotpot Iftar’ on country’s leading TV channel NTV. The ‘Singer Jhotpot Iftar’ show is comprised a total of 30 episodes and it will get on-aired at 04:50 PM on NTV on each Ramadan day from the first day to the last day of the Ramadan month. The show will be conducted by cooking expert Anne Reshma. She will prepare & demonstrate various de...

E-Desh signs deal with Maslin Capital for raising investment

E-Desh Limited, a premiere homegrown E-commerce logistics company, provides Nation-wide delivery, cross border logistics, International commercial freight & courier services have recently raised Investment from Masli...

DB nabs PM’s fake ‘staff’

Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Wednesday arrested two fraudulences who claimed themselves as staff of Prime Minster.Talking to the Bangladesh Post, Moshiur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner of DB’s Gulshan Division confirmed it on Thursday.They were identified as MdAyub Ali,53 and Md Masud Rana, 37.Ayub and Masud were cheating various people introducing themselves as PM’s Personal Secretary-2 and Masud Protocol Officer respectively.DC Moshiur said, “ Getting secret information, a team of DB led by ADC Golam Saklain raided at Mirpur area in the city on Wednesday night and nabbed the two fraudulences along with a private car.”We also seized huge numbers of visiting cards including of Sheikh Javed Iqbal Tinku, Presidium Member of Awami League backed Ju...

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Tigers fly to SL for series

Bangladesh national cricket team departed for the upcoming two-match Test series against Sri Lanka. Mominul Haque's team left Dhaka at 12:40 pm on Monday.Bangladesh set to tour outside the country for the second time during the Corona pandemic. Earlier, the Tigers toured New Zealand to play three ODIs and T20s.Bangladesh will be in quarantine for 3 days after reaching Sri Lanka. Then the cricketers will get a chance to practice. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced a 21-member squad as SLC refused to provide net bowler for practice.All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will not be available in this series as he is playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He has taken a leave of absence from the tour of Sri Lanka to prepare for the T20 World Cup.Apart from Shakib, Mustafizur Rahman will not be seen in Sri Lanka. The left-arm pacer will play for Rajasthan Royals in this year's IPL.The Tigers will play a two-day warm-up match on April 17 and 18 at the end of the quarantine in Sri Lanka. The first test will start on April 21, the second will be on April 29. Both matches will be played at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.The series against Sri Lanka was originally scheduled for July last year but was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Another attempt was made to play the series in October-November but it did not materialize as Bangladesh were not ready to comply with 14-day quarantine in Sri Lanka.Bangladesh can take few positives from their previous outings in the island nation. A historic win in Bangladesh's 100th Test against the hosts in 2017...

Agri quality must to compete globally

In our country, agriculture has always been one of the most vital parts of our economy. In other words, we can say, that it has been the pillar of progress since our independence. Now in order to...

Womenfolk triumph in e-commerce

The booming e-commerce sector in our country amid the pandemic has encouraged many new entrepreneurs to start their own business. Women open new business ventures with the help of various social media platforms and are now reaping benefits from it.Wi...

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