BCIC needs to be restructured to save it from the brink

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BCIC needs to be restructured to save it from the brink

REPORT in a national daily on Saturday said Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) is on  the brink with staggering financial loses and outstanding bank loans. Its operational losses deteriorated over the years and the government has so far subsidized it with Tk 28.52 billion till last year when the bank ...

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Syed Waseque Md Ali, Managing Director of First Security Islami Bank Limited, inaugurating its 50th sub-branch at Maniknagar in the city recently through virtually. Abdul Aziz, Md. Mustafa Khair, AMDs, Md. Zahurul Haque, DMD of the bank, were present.

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Bangladesh Mahila Parishad President Ayesha Khanam passes away

Bangladesh Mahila Parishad President and valiant freedom fighter Ayesha Khanam passed away at a hospital in the city on Saturday. She was 74.Maleka Banu, General Secretary of the organisation, said in a statement that prominent woman leader Ayesha Khanam breathed her last while undergoing treatment.She said Ayesha Khanam had been ...

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Matt Henry replaces injured Neil Wagner for second Test

Cricinfo.com :A year after he last represented New Zealand, Matt Henry could add to his 12 Test appearances after being called up for the second Test against Pakistan in Christchurch starting January 3. Henry replaces Neil Wagner, who is recovering from "undisplayed fractures in both the fourth and fifth toes ...

International »

Myanmar insurgents say they released ruling party politicians

Reuters :Insurgents from western Myanmar on Friday released three ruling party politicians who had been kidnapped from conflict-torn Rakhine state, a spokesman for the insurgent group said, calling it a goodwill gesture to build trust with the government.The three - two women and a man - were abducted by the ...

International »

British PM Boris Johnson`s father seeks French citizenship

AFP :British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's father Stanley Johnson confirmed plans on Thursday (Dec 31) to seek French citizenship as the free movement of Britons in the EU comes to an end under the Brexit pact delivered by his son, reports AFP from Paris.Speaking to France's RTL radio in French, ...

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Fake OMS cards tell we have most things fake all around

SEVEN lakhs fake special OMS cards were distributed out of 50 lakhs as Covid-19  food aid to the poor and marginalized families in March last year as the pandemic hit hard and the poor were unable to buy food losing jobs and any source of earning through nationwide shutdown. Low ...

Entertainment »

Luipa starts New Year with TV, stage shows

Entertainment Report :2020 was not much satisfactory for the popular singer of present generation Zinia Zafrin Luipa. But she had an achievement in that year. Luipa rendered a song composed by Runa Laila was released on Runa Laila’s birthday under the banner of Dhruba Music Station. While talking about the ...

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Md. Mahbub ul Alam, outgoing Managing Director and CEO of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited, inaugurated its 55 agent banking outlets across the country through virtually on Thursday. Other top executives of the bank were also present.

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‘Needs of SME sector's entrepreneurs given priority’

Al Amin :NRB Commercial Bank Limited, a fourth generation's rising bank, is working for the marginal people side-by-side traditional banking. The bank is finding necessary capital to entrepreneurs in handicrafts, cottage, micro and small industries. Md Mukhter Hossain, Managing Director and CEO of the bank, talked to The New Nation ...

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Jatiya Party Chairman GM Kader inaugurates the 35th founding anniversary programme of the party releasing balloons at the party's central office in the city's Banani on Friday.

Art & Culture »

Battling climate change and the pandemic through hygiene

Zisan Bin Lieaquat: Climate change is getting worse. Flood, drought, and rising sea levels are threatening sanitation systems from toilets to septic tanks to treatment plants.Any infectious diseases are easily transmitted when people have inadequate access to water and sanitation, which unfortunately is the reality of 4.2 billion people, living ...

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TIB gives figures late after grabbers done the damage

ANTI-GRAFT watchdog body Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) revealed that 61 per cent of the funds for different forest department projects get embezzled. Besides, at least Tk 3 crore changed hands in 60 offices of the department for appointment, promotion, and transfer of officials. While disbursing project funds to the range ...

Cricket »

New Zealand's Williamson overtakes Smith, Kohli as top Test batsman

AFP, Christchurch :New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson has overtaken Australia's Steve Smith and India captain Virat Kohli to be the number one Test batsman in the world in the latest ICC rankings released Thursday.Williamson leaped from third to first after his player-of-the-match effort leading the Black Caps to a 101-run ...

Football »

Atletico extend La Liga lead after Real slip at Elche

Atletico Madrid extended their lead at the top of La Liga on Wednesday after Luis Suarez fired them to a 1-0 win over Getafe while Real Madrid could only draw 1-1 at Elche.Suarez struck in the 20th minute with a superb header from Yannick Carrasco's cross to move Diego Simeone's ...