No outside pressure on Election Commission: CEC

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal Wednesday said that there is no pressure from the international community or foreign diplomats on the Election Commission (EC) regarding the upcoming parliamentary elections. “Comments of international community members or foreign ambassadors didn’t create any pressure on the EC regarding the next parliamentary elections.

SBAC Bank appoints Habibur Rahman as new MD & CEO

Renowned banker Habibur Rahman with years of rewarding multi-dimensional experience of banking has been appointed as the Managing Director & CEO of South-Bangla Agriculture and Commerce Bank Limited, a press release said Monday. Prior to his new appointment, he was serving the bank as additional managing director. Rahman has experience of working

Chevron funded Uttoron project ends

Uttoron- Skills for better life project funded by Chevron and implemented by Swisscontact completed its six years of journey with a closing ceremony on 30 November, 2022, a press release said. The project worked to capacitate promising youths, create access to training for youth and capacitate the government. In first phase

Govt’s cooperation needed to hold fair election: CEC

The government's willingness and overall cooperation are needed to hold a successful and fair election, said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Thursday.   "Without the govt's sincere will and cooperation, it may not be possible to make the election successful to the desired extent," he said in response

Failure to clear dues of foreign shippers risks external trade

The country’s external trade is at risk due to failure in clearing dues worth USD 150 million of the foreign shipping companies because of the ongoing dollar crisis, local shippers said at a roundtable meeting on Sunday. They said the country’s export-import activities would suffer badly if the local shipping lines

BRAC Bank hosts 13th conference of GABV in Dhaka

The Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV), a network of 70 independent banks, credit unions and microfinance institutions from 43 countries, is all set to hold a three-day conference in Dhaka from Tuesday to share ideas and find solutions as to how the financial industry can drive sustainability. Speaker Dr.