Brac Bank Limited

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Name: Brac Bank Limited (BRAC Bank Limited)
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Samsung appoints CSL as distributor

Computer Source Limited (CSL), the leading IT distributor and service provider of the country, has been appointed as authorised distributor of world’s largest IT manufacturing company Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.CSL and Samsung Bangladesh have formally ... [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 17 2013]
First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

ACC requested to ask for wealth statement

Probing Sohel RanaThe Anti-Corruption Commission’s probe body investigating how Sohel Rana, owner of collapsed Rana Plaza, amassed his wealth submitted its report yesterday recommending the commission asks for Rana’s and his father’s wealth statement ... [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 15 2013]
First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 2 reports

UK visa application goes online

The British High Commission in Dhaka announced that on Sunday it began receiving visa applications online.The High Commission said that it introduced the online service in a further step to improve the visa application process.From Sunday all applications ... [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 12 2013]
First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Bangladesh building toll at 1042

Dhaka, May 10 (IBNS): More than two weeks after a nine-storey building collapsed at Savar area in Bangladesh capital Dhaka, the death toll in the tragedy touched 1,042 on Friday, officials said. Rescue workers said they have pulled out more bodies on ... [Published India Blooms - May 10 2013]
First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

SME credit makes borrowing enterprises more robust, and raises environmental standards

To download the complete study click here . Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV) founding member, BRAC Bank, has released a groundbreaking study to measure the impact of its lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Bangladesh. ... [Published Global Alliance - For Banking on Values - May 08 2013]
First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Brought to knees

The ATM booth of Brac Bank at Motijheel was vandalised and attempts had been made to loot the cash during Sunday’s violence centring on the Hefajat-e Islam rally. Photo: Amran HossainWhat is typically a bustling part of Dhaka city lay in a sorry state ... [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 06 2013]
First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 2 reports

US raises Bangladeshi workers’ safety issue

In the aftermath of a building collapse that killed nearly 400 people in Bangladesh, the US has raised with its companies issues related to safety and working conditions of workers at their factories in that country. ?The US actively directly engages ... [Published Hindu Business Line - May 02 2013]
First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 2 reports

Many still missing in Dhaka building collapse; death toll at 388

With decomposed bodies still stuck in the concrete slabs of the collapsed Rana Plaza in Dhaka's Savar subdistrict, rescuers yesterday recovered four more bodies while removing the debris.With this, the number of bodies recovered rose to 388, seven days ... [Published Asia News Network - May 01 2013]
First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Evaluating poverty outreach of small business lending: a study of BRAC Bank, Bangladesh

Relatively little is known about the profile of employees in small businesses in developing economies or how to track a lending programmes poverty outreach. Poverty outreach is considered one useful indicator of social performance.To shed more light ... [Published Zunia.org RSS - Apr 30 2013]
First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 3 reports

Bangladesh building collapse toll at 233

As rescue workers continued to pull out more bodies from the debris, the death toll from Wednesday's building collapse at Savar area in Bangladesh capital Dhaka touched 233 on Thursday.Over 1,200 people were injured as a nine-storied building - Rana Plaza ... [Published Sify - Apr 25 2013]
First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 10 reports

Bangladesh building collapse kills 160

Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN) -- The death toll from the collapse of a Bangladeshi building rose to 160 on Thursday as rescuers frantically combed through the mangled heap of the eight stories that housed a garment factory.The building on the outskirts of the ... [Published CNN - Apr 25 2013]
First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Banking rules defied

BRAC Bank charging 9 pc spread. Kazi Zahidul HasanThe spread between deposit and lending rates at BRAC Bank is the highest among all local private commercial banks beating back all rational justifications to protect commercial borrowers from becoming ... [Published The New Nation - Apr 18 2013]

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"From Sunday (19 May) all applications under the UK's points-based system will go online, including those for dependents, with all other applications online from Sunday (02 June)" said a press release. From these dates, manually completed application forms will no longer be accepted, it said
"The rescuers have information that nearly 45 cars were parked at the basement" The Daily Star reported
"The supplies of vegetables that arrived in Dhaka last Saturday were adequate enough to meet the demand on Monday since very few people came to the retail markets on Sunday. Even the prices of some items went down since many of those are perishable ones" a trader at city's Karwan Bazar told the FE
...TEB especially worked to introduce the CSR concept to companies operating in the automotive and textiles sectors in a conference entitled "Branding in the Automotive Sector and Understanding Responsibility in Institutionalization" held in Bursa and in the conference entitled "Responsible Supply Chain Management in Textiles" held in Kahramanmara$...

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Samsung appoints CSL as distributor [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 17 2013]
ACC requested to ask for wealth statement [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 15 2013]
The follies of tadonto committees [Published Bdnews24.com - May 13 2013]
UK visa application goes online [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 12 2013]
Online UK visa from May 19 [Published The New Nation - May 12 2013]
Bangladesh building toll at 1042 [Published India Blooms - May 10 2013]
Bangla building toll touches 930 [Published Sify - May 09 2013]
Bangla building toll touches 930 [Published India Blooms - May 09 2013]
SME credit makes borrowing enterprises more rob... [Published Global Alliance - For Banking on Values - May 08 2013]
BGMEA seeks tax relief on destroyed products [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 07 2013]
Bangladesh building collapse: Toll at 697 [Published India Blooms - May 07 2013]
Thin transactions in bank branches of Motijheel [Published Financial Express Bangladesh - May 07 2013]
2 Savar engineers sent to jail [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 07 2013]
Brought to knees [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 06 2013]
Bangladesh building collapse toll at 509 [Published India Blooms - May 04 2013]
Whither disaster risk reduction? [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 04 2013]
Shop owners become paupers [Published The New Nation - May 03 2013]
Bangladesh building collapse toll at 509 [Published Sify - May 03 2013]
26 banks fail to comply with BB order on intere... [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 02 2013]
Turk Ekonomi Bankasi A.S. - Annual Financial Re... [Published Morningstar UK - May 02 2013]
Annual Financial Report [Published TrustNet - May 02 2013]
US raises Bangladeshi workers’ safety issue [Published Hindu Business Line - May 02 2013]
Dhaka building collapse death toll at 407; 149 ... [Published Asia News Network - May 02 2013]
US raises workers' safety issue after Banglades... [Published DDI News - May 02 2013]
Bangladesh building toll reaches 405 [Published India Blooms - May 01 2013]
Many still missing in Dhaka building collapse; ... [Published Asia News Network - May 01 2013]
Tears for missing victims [Published The New Nation - May 01 2013]
SCBs, specialised banks reluctant to promote on... [Published New Age Bangladesh - Apr 30 2013]
Evaluating poverty outreach of small business l... [Published Zunia.org RSS - Apr 30 2013]
B'desh Building Collapse: Owner's Property to B... [Published Outlook India - Apr 30 2013]
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SME credit makes borrowing enterprises more rob... [Published Global Alliance - For Banking on Values - May 08 2013]
To download the complete study click here . Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV) founding member, BRAC Bank, has released a groundbreaking study to measure the impact of its lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Bangladesh. ...
Evaluating poverty outreach of small business l... [Published Zunia.org RSS - Apr 30 2013]
Relatively little is known about the profile of employees in small businesses in developing economies or how to track a lending programmes poverty outreach. Poverty outreach is considered one useful indicator of social performance.To shed more light ...
Can Technology End Poverty? [Published HBR Blog Network - Mar 21 2013]
If you believe the hype, technology is going to help us end global poverty. Advances have indeed made a huge difference in the lives of the poor, but there's also a healthy amount of skepticism out there. Berkeley researcher Kentaro Toyama has a blog ...
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UAE Exchange Partners BRAC Bank in Bangladesh f... [Published PR.com Press Releases - Jan 26 2013]
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