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Emirates appoints new County Manager in BD
Business Desk
Mohamed Alhammadi, joined as the Country Manager of Emirates Airlines for Bangladesh. He replaced of Saeed Abdulla Miran, Country Manager in Bangladesh on the role as Area Manager Hong Kong, said a press release.
In his new role, Alhammadi is responsible for Emirates’ operations in Bangladesh, supporting the airline’s commercial strategy and business operations in the country.
Alhammadi joined Emirates in 2016 as part of the company’s UAE National Commercial Management Trainee programme and since then, has held positions as Commercial Support Manager in Egypt and Bangladesh. In 2018, Alhammadi was promoted as Commercial Manager Far East, supporting commercial operations and successfully driving the airline’s strategic initiatives across the region.
Emirates has held strong ties with Bangladesh since 1986 and the airline remains committed to its long-term commercial strategy in the country. Emirates currently serve Dhaka with a double daily flight, offering customers enhanced connectivity to nearly 100 destinations via Dubai.

Agrani Remit wins ‘2020 Fintech Award’
Business Desk
“Agrani Remit” a mobile app recently launched by Agrani Exchange House Pte. Limited, Singapore, collaboration with local fintech company FlexM, has won the ‘Fintech Award-2020 in 2020 Fintech Festival organized by Monitory Authority of Singapore (MAS) recently, said a press release.
The App ranked 3rd in the Asian Fintech category out of 326 innovations from 55 countries. Agrani Exchange House Pte. Ltd., Singapore a flagship remittance company of Agrani Bank Limited launched the app in last year to mark the auspicious occasion of the 100th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The app allows Bangladeshi expatriates living in Singapore to send their hard earned money using the mobile phone from home quarantine during the age of Novel Corona Virus pandemic.

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