BGMEA attends fall summit in New York

Anwar Hossain, Administrator of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), participated in the prestigious Fall Summit of the Sourcing Journal held in New York on November 12. Miran Ali, Member of the Support Committee of BGMEA, also joined the summit which gathered key industry leaders, experts, and stakeholders from

New York, Orlando advance in MLS playoffs

Sixth seeds New York City upset FC Cincinnati on penalties on Saturday to advance to the Eastern Conference semi-finals of the MLS Cup playoffs. After sharing the opening two games of their best-of-three first round series, City and Cincinnati finished Saturday's decider deadlocked at 0-0 after 90 minutes. That set up a

BRAC Bank promotes ‘Bondhon’ among in New York

BRAC Bank has promoted its offshore banking deposit product ‘Bondhon’ among expatriate Bangladeshis in New York. At the Offshore Banking Fixed Deposit Outreach Program in New York City on May 24, Selim R. F. Hussain, Managing Director and CEO of BRAC Bank, highlighted the lucrative benefits of the product, specially designed

Trump unable to post $464mn bond in New York civil case

Donald Trump faced having assets seized in a humiliating blow to his carefully cultivated image as a self-made tycoon as his lawyers acknowledged Monday he doesn't have the cash to appeal a $464 million fine for fraudulently inflating his wealth. Trump -- the Republican candidate for November's US presidential election --

Trump set to take stand in New York civil fraud trial

Donald Trump rose to political power touting the business acumen he says made him a fortune. On Monday, the 77-year-old once and potentially future president is expected to take the stand at a civil trial in which he stands accused of fraudulently inflating those famous assets to advance his real estate

New York stunned by record-breaking rainfall

One of New York's wettest days in decades left the metropolitan area stunned and swamped Friday after heavy rainfall knocked out several subway and commuter rail lines, stranded drivers on highways, flooded basements and shuttered a terminal at LaGuardia Airport for hours. Some 8.65 inches (21.97 centimeters) of rain had fallen

PM NY for 78th UNGA session

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reached New York to attend the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The premier and her entourage flew by a regular flight of British Airways to land at the JKF International Airport, New York on Sunday night at 10:42pm (New York time). Bangladesh Ambassador

PM at NY to attend 78th UNGA session

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for New York on Sunday morning to attend the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:10am. The flight is scheduled to land