AR Malik, Managing Director of Nam Dhari Malik Seeds Pvt Limited and Sajjad Alam, Additional General Manager of GrameenPhone, posing for photograph at the agreement signing ceremony.
Aircraft being bought directly from manufacturer for the first time
The national carrier, Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd, on Tuesday signed an agreement with US aircraft maker Boeing to buy eight new planes for $1.26 billion as part of a fleet overhaul to make the airline profitable.( The New Age BD)
33 countries face potential social unrest
The World Bank on Wednesday called on the international community to mount a wide- ranging fight against hunger as skyrocketing food prices critically threaten the world's poor. "We need a New Deal for Global Food Policy," World Bank president Robert Zoellick said in a speech to a Washington(New NationBD)
Bangladeshi and Indian negotiators at a meeting in Dhaka Wednesday finalised the agreement to launch Dhaka-Kolkata passenger trains from April 14, the Bengali New Year, an official said.
Chief of Bangladesh delegation ATKM Ismail told the media that all formalities including signing of the agreement will be complete by the April 14 deadline.
The government is going to cancel today the process of Rupali Bank sale to Saudi Prince Bandar Bin Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Saud after deals and negotiations for two years.
A proposal to cancel the overall sale process will be placed at the Advisory Committee on Economic Affairs meeting today.
