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Chevron Bangladesh kicked off its blood donation drives for 2015 on June 8th to mark World Blood Donor Day. This year, 419 staff came forward to donate blood from Chevron’s Dhaka office and gas field locations of Bibiyana, Jalalabad, Moulavi Bazar and the Muchai Compressor Station. The daylong drive in Dhaka was inaugurated by Chevron Bangladesh President, Kevin Lyon. In his remarks he said, “This year’s theme, “Thank You for... »

The rate of inflation in May came down to 6.19 per cent after witnessing the rising trend in three consecutive months in the fiscal 2014-15 year. Point-to-point inflation in April was 6.32 per cent while it was 6.27 per cent in March. “Prices of all sorts of goods and items as well as fuel in international market pushed the country’s inflation towards backtrack in May,” Planning Minister A H M... »

Bangladesh economy has secured 44th position globally jumping 14 steps ahead as per the current prices of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) buoyed by the healthy and persistent growth in the last few years. In 2015, the size of country’s GDP expanded to US$ 205.3 billion, which was US$ 149,990 million in 2013 with the 58th position. Besides, based on the purchasing power parity 2015, Bangladesh also upgraded its position by... »

Bangladesh and India have signed 19 instruments to boost ties in the areas of trade, transit, investment and economic cooperation, The two countries also signed deals in the fields of telecommunication, security, infrastructure development, education, science and technology, information and communication technology and culture. The instruments include five agreements, 12 MoUs and three protocols and one letter of consent. The instruments were signed after the bilateral talks between Prime Minister... »

A red carpet was rolled out as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here this morning on a two-day state visit to Bangladesh at the invitation of his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina. This is Modi’s maiden visit to Bangladesh after his swearing-in as the 15th prime minister of India on May 26, 2014. An Indian Air Force jet carrying the Indian Premier and members of his entourage landed at Hazrat... »

A high-level legal team from Chevron, led by Mark Jones, General Counsel for Asia-Pacific, handed over a state-of-the-art x-ray machine to one of the three Smiling Sun clinics that Chevron supports around its operational areas in Northeastern Bangladesh. Also in attendance were Kimya Lyon, wife of Chevron Bangladesh President Kevin Lyon; Melissa Jones, wife of Mark Jones; Joseph Tomkiewicz, General Counsel for Chevron Asia-South; Chijioke Emole and Naser Ahmed, Chevron Bangladesh’s... »

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has proposed to allocate Tk18,540 crore for power, energy and mineral resources ministry for fiscal 2015-16. The government is going to take a number of steps aimed at lasting and sustainable solution for resolving the long pending problems of power sector, the minister mentioned in his speech. Muhith also stated that discussion on importing hydro electricity from Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and north-eastern region of India is... »

Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith Thursday proposed Tk 2.95 trillion (Tk 2,95,100 crore) national budget with a deficit of Tk 86,657 crore in parliament. He sets the target of attaining economic growth at 7 per cent at the end of the 2015-16 fiscal. “Our main objective in this fiscal year’s budget will be to break free of the 6 per cent growth trap, and climb up to higher growth... »

Bangladesh joined 74 countries in signing the Energy Charter in The Hague recently. The Charter is expected to help attaining sustainable energy development, improving energy security and maximizing the efficiency of production, conversion, transport, distribution. Bangladesh Ambassador to the Netherlands, Sheikh Mohammed Belal, signed the charter on behalf of the Government of Bangladesh during the Ministerial Conference on the International Energy. The Charter emphasizes working towards access to energy for... »

DHAKA, May 26, 2015 – The new building of BIAM Laboratory School in Habiganj was formally declared open at a ceremony, presided over by the Habiganj Deputy Commissioner, M. Joynal Abedin. Chevron was a major financial contributor towards the construction work of these new premises that now stand as an example of a successful public-private partnership. The new building now includes four classrooms for over 350 students in Grades I-V,... »