Prime Minister’s Adviser on Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury has underscored the need for an increased FDI inflow to Bangladesh to ensure higher growth, reports UNB. The adviser also considered the joint chambers as medium of FDI (foreign direct inflow) inflow to…

A 600-bed super specialised hospital will be set up at Uttara in the capital by the SHIP-AICHI Medical Service Ltd, a joint venture company of Japan’s leading medical service provider Ship Healthcare Holdings Inc and Aichi Medical Group. An agreement signing ceremony of SHIP-AICHI Medical Service…

PowerPac Economic Zone (Pvt) Ltd, a sister concern of local business house Sikder Group, has singed the final deal with Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) to develop an economic zone, PowerPac Economic Zone(PEZ), at Mongla, reports UNB. PEZ managing director Ron Haque Sikder and BEZA executive…

AFP, SHANGHAI: G20 finance ministers gather in Shanghai from today with the global economy assailed on multiple fronts, from China’s slowing growth…

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AFP, NEW DELHI: India yesterday said it will roll out wifi to hundreds of stations, install 17,000 hi-tech toilets on trains and professionalise its unskilled…

The United Kingdom and its business community can play a very ‘positive and important’ role in Bangladesh’s development stride helping it reach the next level of desired development stage, said a business delegation of the UK yesterday, reports UNB. “With longstanding friendship…

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali yesterday urged the newly elected leaders of Bangladesh Malaysia Chamber of Commerce (BMCCI) to play an active role in…

Ericsson has signed a five-year contract with Telenor Group for the  design and implementation of 4G/LTE networks and the transformation of existing 2G and 3G networks in Thailand, Bangladesh and Myanmar, a press statement said yesterday. The agreement includes hardware, software and services.…

Jadoo Digital, a consumer-facing brand of Digi Jadoo Broadband Limited, which started its operation in 2007, is planning to launch high-definition, premium TV and internet-based services, says a press release. A concern of Mohammadi Group, under the leadership of its Chairman, Annisul Huq, Jadoo Digital…

Walton registered 218 per cent growth in the sales of LED TVs during the last three months compared to the same period of previous year, the company said in a press statement yesterday. According to Walton, sales of its LED television swelled up by 66 per cent in 2015 when compared to the previous year.…