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Aug262022 by No Comments

Banks urged to make banking open to drive financial inclusion

A roundtable dialogue on API and Open Banking: Way for New Service Innovation for Banks and Fintech companies was Organized by the BASIS Standing Committee on Fintech, the roundtable was held on 24th August 2022 at Lakeshore Hotel Gulshan. High officials of 20 leading commercial banks and over 30 fintech entrepreneurs attended the roundtable. Bangladesh Bank Executive Director Md. Khurshid Alam chaired the roundtable. Selim Hossain, Chairman of the Association of Bankers (ABB) was the Special Guest. In Lakeshore Hotel Gulshan moderated by Fahim Mashroor, Chairman of BASIS Committee on Fintech and CEO of Bdjobs.com in collaboration with BASIS. Discussants make suggestions for introducing API-based Open banking so that more people can be brought under banking services. Open and API bankin...

Aug242022 by No Comments

Aviation Challenge Bangladesh is going to be held with children for the first time in the Country

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Children will make their planes, learn the flying mechanism, and know the answers to many unknown questions of science. Bangladesh Innovation Forum and Space Innovation Camp are going to organize “Aviation Challenge Bangladesh” where children will construct their planes to promote scientific education among young people and inspire them to pursue enjoyable science projects that advance science and technology. By flying it, they will learn about the various aeronautical parts, the history of the plane, and how the plane flies. Through this program, they will learn about how a plane's engine works as well as how a plane can fly in the sky by doing various mathematical calculations. About 100 students aged 4 to 12 years from all over Bangladesh will participate in the workshop to be hel...

Aug242022 by No Comments

The land minister has directed to gradually cease the manual Dakhila

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Lands Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury has directed to take the initiative to completely ceasing the manual Dakhila (receipt) in land development tax system across the country. He instructed the concerned officers to take measures to bring applicable amendments in the land development tax system rules and regulations for this. Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury instructed this to concerned officials while presiding over the progress review (monthly) meeting of the annual development program for the financial year 2022-23 in the conference room of the Ministry of Land today. The Land Minister also hoped that the Digital Dalhila system could be put into action by completely stopping manual Dakhila in the land development tax system across the country by January next year (2023). Apar...

Aug212022 by No Comments

UCEP Bangladesh observes National Mourning Day

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Recently UCEP Bangladesh observed, the “National Mourning Day” and 47th Martyrdom anniversary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, with due reverence and solemnity. The program was presided over by the UCEP Bangladesh Executive Director, Md. Abdul Karim, Ph.D. Other high officials and Staff of UCEP Bangladesh were also present. In his speech, Mr. Md. Abdul Karim, Ph.D. recalled the sacrifice of the father of the nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. At the end of the discussion, Doa Mahfil was offered for the souls of all the martyred members of Bangabandhu and their families.

Aug192022 by No Comments

Training and Awareness Programme on Sustainable Financing

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GIZ Bangladesh organised a Sustainable finance training programme for 30 bankers of Sylhet, so they support the mobilization of climate and environment-friendly investment from the private sector. The training titled "Sustainable Finance for Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities" was jointly arranged by Sustainable Finance Department (SFD), Bangladesh Bank and GIZ BD at Rose View Hotel, Sylhet. The Improved Coordination of International Climate Finance (ICICF) project, implemented by GIZ Bangladesh, on behalf of the German Federal Government, is partnering with SFD to organise a series of training on sustainable finance in five out of eight divisions of Bangladesh. An awareness-raising event was also held for more than 50 business leaders and entrepreneurs of Sylhet, who are inter...

Aug182022 by No Comments

Wasfia Nazreen returns to Bangladesh after creating history

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Wasfia Nazreen, the first Bangladeshi to have summited the notorious K2 – the world’s second highest and most dangerous mountain – has just landed in her motherland. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight departing from Kathmandu, Nepal, has carried the 39-year-old mountaineer home today, on August 17, 2022. She became one of the 40 women or so in history since 1954 to have scaled the most dangerous mountain on the planet. This expedition was solely sponsored by Renata Limited. Shortly after her arrival, a press briefing was held at the Sheraton Dhaka, where Wasfia shared enthralling snippets of her two-month-long expedition to the Karakoram. This is the first time Pakistani authorities have granted a mountaineering and trekking permit to any Bangladeshi. “I had initiated the Seven Summits c...

Aug162022 by No Comments

BASIS observes the National Mourning Day

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Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS), the national trade body of the ICT sector, has organized a special prayer and discussion meeting on the occasion of the 47th martyrdom anniversary of the Father of the Bengali nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Mr. Mustafa Jabbar was the chief speaker at the prayer and discussion meeting which was held at BASIS Auditorium on Monday, 15 August 2022. The discussion meeting was presided over by BASIS President Mr. Russell T Ahmed, while, Vice President (Admin) Mr. Abu Daud Khan moderated the meeting. The Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mr. Mustafa Jabbar said that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the only leader who could think of an independent Bengali state when none o...

Aug132022 by No Comments

Call to Make Youth Free from Risks of Hypertension and Heart Diseases

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The prevalence of hypertension and heart diseases among youths in Bangladesh is increasing alarmingly. Consumption of unhealthy and trans-fat-laden food, lifestyles lacking sports and physical activities, tobacco use and obesity, etc. are reasons behind the increased risks of such diseases among youths. Speakers shared this information today on Saturday, 13 August 2022 at a webinar titled “Hypertension, Heart Diseases and Our Youths” marking International Youth Day 2022 organized by research and advocacy organization PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) with support from Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI). It was informed at the webinar that hypertension causes increased risks of heart diseases and related mortalities. It is quite alarming that one in every five adults in Bangladesh has...

Aug132022 by No Comments

Attractive offer on US-Bangla Airlines Bangkok Route

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US-Bangla Airlines is offering an attractive offer of "Buy Ticket and Hotel Free" on Dhaka-Bangkok flight starting after a long gap of two and a half years. Post-Covid Bangladeshi tourists are trending towards various attractive destinations in Thailand. US-Bangla Airlines will start operating flights on Dhaka-Bangkok-Dhaka route five days a week from September 1 to make the travel of tourists more attractive. US-Bangla Airlines, one of the leading private airlines of Bangladesh, is offering 2 nights’ hotel free offer with purchase 2 Dhaka-Bangkok-Dhaka tickets to Bangladeshi tourists from the first day of their journey. The offer will be valid from September 1 to till October 31. The offer included the very popular hotels in Bangkok are Manhattan Sukhumvit, Ambassador Hotel, Grand Pres...

Aug122022 by No Comments

BIAC signs MoU with BCCCI

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A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was concluded on Wednesday, 10 August 2022 at a simple ceremony between Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre (BIAC) and Bangladesh China Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCCI) at BIAC Secretariat in Dhaka.The MoU was signed by the Chief Executive Officer of BIAC, Kaiser A. Chowdhury and the Acting Secretary General of BCCCI, Al Mamun Mridha on behalf of their respective organisations. Under the terms of the MoU, BCCCI will recommend BIAC as a forum for Arbitration and Mediation to its members for resolving any dispute arising out of trade, commerce and investment made in Bangladesh and/or in China as well as contractual and other related matters. BIAC, under its own Rules of Arbitration and Mediation, will assist in the resolution of commer...