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TK OD-Sight: 76.88 TK | TC-Selling: 78.1 TK

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Daily Business News Flash February 10, 2022

Shipping Corporation’s half-yearly profits exceed Tk100cr for the first time

The profit of the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation – the state-owned oceangoing vessels management authority – have surpassed Tk100 crore in the first half of the current fiscal year, for the first time. The profit grew by 400% to Tk126 crore, and the earnings per share (EPS) rose to Tk8.28. It is the highest profit compared to the first half of any financial year since the inception of the corporation. It has also surpassed the nearly Tk72 crore annual profit for fiscal 2020-21. Its paid-up capital is Tk152.53 crore. It has Tk1,566.78 crore as long-term loans and Tk3.67 crore as short-term loans. The government-owned agency raised Tk313.70 crore through a repeat public offering in 2011 to buy a mother vessel and a cargo ship.

Source: https://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/banks/news/ncc-bank-wins-remittance-award-2956936

 bKash fetches freelancer’s remittance in seconds

bKash has given the country’s burgeoning freelancer community reason to cheer as they can now receive payments through the mobile financial service (MFS) provider within a few seconds. bKash has already signed a deal with Payoneer, an online payment gateway service provider that allows users to send or receive payments from around the world. With the service set to launch today, bKash, which has about 5.85 crore customers, will become the country’s first MFS provider to offer an official channel for incoming remittance.This means that any incoming remittance will first be transferred to the lender via Bangladesh Bank through Payoneer before it is deposited in the recipient’s bKash account. The whole process will only take a few seconds though as all the steps are taken in real-time.

Source: https://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/news/bkash-fetches-freelancers-remittance-seconds-2958651

Ms. HumairaAzam one of top 10 influential women in Cambridge IFA’s report

Ms. Humaira Azam, managing director of Trust Bank, has been recognised as one of the top 10 influential women in Islamic business and finance in the world by UK-based financial intelligence house Cambridge IFA in its WOMANi Report 2021.

Source: https://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/news/team-group-targets-1b-export-2026-ships-garments-medicines-2956976

Local and Global Stock Indices *

Index NameClose ValueValue ChangePercentage Change
DJIA$ 35,768.06
↑305.28↑0.86%
FTSE100$ 7,643.42↑ 76.35↑ 1.01%
Nikkei 225$ 27,667.91↑88.04↑0.32%

World Commodities *

CommodityClose ValueValue ChangePercentage Change
Crude Oil (WTI)$ 89.63↓0.03↓0.03%
Crude Oil (Brent)$ 91.48↓0.07↓0.08 %
Gold Spot$ 1,834.34↑0.98↑0.05%

Major Currencies Exchange Rates Movement in Last Seven Days *

Exchange Rates
USD 1BDT 86.00
GBP 1BDT 116.4784
EUR 1BDT 98.1776

*CURRENCIES AND COMMODITIES ARE TAKEN FROM BLOOMBERG.<

AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM

EMRANUL HUQ

MANAGING DIRECTOR & CEO OF DHAKA BANK LIMITED

Dear Valued Patrons,

At the very onset, let me express my heartiest gratitude for allowing us to serve you and I also wanted to reach out to you directly with an assurance that Dhaka Bank is fully equipped to support you during this difficult time.

Last couple of weeks ago we all were living in a peaceful condition, performing our daily tasks freely and perfectly. Entire economy and business environment was also in a good shape, until COVID-19 put a forceful stoppage to the overall life style and economy of the world. We all know that social distancing and cleanliness are the keys to prevent this pandemic. Hence, we urge your conscious effort to limiting public interaction and suspending wherever possible.

YOUR SAFETY MEANS EVERYTHING TO US
In this current situation, Dhaka Bank and its employees are beside you where we are fully online, either working from home or at our offices under a robust Business Continuity Plan (BCP) to serve you with limited branch banking and a full-fledged alternate delivery channel services.

WE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOUR BANKING NEEDS
Our state of the art Mobile App, Dhaka Bank GO (Click https://bit.ly/2WVfieu) and Internet Banking - Dhaka Bank Direct gives you the freedom of banking online anytime from anywhere. You can check the balance and transfer money to any designated Banks including any Dhaka Bank or bKash Account, make utility bill payments and mobile top-up through our Mobile App and Internet Banking Services. Our ATMs are also running efficiently with availability of sufficient cash for your convenience where you can make cash withdrawals whenever the need arises. Mentionable, the withdrawal of cash from any ATMs within Bangladesh with Dhaka Bank Debit Cards are absolutely free of charges up till April 30, 2020 (Dhaka Bank will bear the cost). Our corporate customers can also use our completely safe and secured online platform Dhaka Bank C-Solution for Payments, Inter Bank Fund Transfers, etc.

Moreover, to fulfill your urgent requirement, we have a limited no. of branches up and running by ensuring all kinds of precautionary and safety measures for you.

GET IN TOUCH IF YOU ARE IN EXTREME EMERGENCY
In case of extreme emergency and facing difficulties in conducting banking transactions, please let us know through our 24/7 Contact Center number 16474 (or, dial +8809678016474 for ISD/Overseas Calls). We are always with you to combat your difficulties.

WE WILL FREQUENTLY UPDATE YOU
As you know we are going through a critical phase and the situation is novel to all of us. We are getting lot of new information from various sources everyday about COVID-19 which will be shared at www.dhakabankltd.com.

Thank you for your trust and continued support to us. I firmly believe that jointly we will be able to combat this situation and win against all the odds.

Please stay home, stay safe and take care of yourself and family.

Best regards,

Emranul Huq
Managing Director & CEO
Dhaka Bank Limited

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