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BD-China cooperation to help restore investors' confidence

Sino-Bangladesh cooperation will help revamp the country's ailing capital market that has failed to keep pace with the development in other areas of the economy, economists and capital market experts said.Speaking at a roundtable, they said the signing of the partnership agreement between the consortium of Shenzhen-Shanghai Stock Exchange and...

Most traders defy rates fixed by city corpns

Price hike of essentials, ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, continued as traders are selling those at much higher rates compared to those fixed by the two city corporations.According to the Department of Agricultural Marketing (DAM) survey on 34 essentials and Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) price chart, most...

Govt has to amend labour law further, ensure full execution

The government will have to amend the existing labour law further and ensure its full implementation in all sectors, irrespective of formal or informal, to get the GSP-plus facility in the European Union (EU), said participants at a dialogue on Tuesday. They also said the labour law improvement and its...

Biman now at financial risk

National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines is now at financial risk as its debt-equity ratio has gone up abnormally to 4:1 from the normal rate of 1.5:1, a Biman official said on Tuesday.After receiving four state-of-the-art aircraft Dreamliner 787 from Boeing this year, he said, the amount of loan will...

Israeli atrocities against Palestine HR violation, says Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina termed on Tuesday the process of pushing force by Israel upon the Palestine as violation of human rights, reports UNB.She also condemned the relocation of US Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.The Prime Minister said this when Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim phoned her in the...

Gazans bury dead after bloodiest day

GAZA-ISRAEL BORDER, May 15 (Reuters): Thousands of Gaza residents turned out on Tuesday for the funerals of Palestinians killed by Israeli troops a day earlier, while on the Gaza-Israel border, Israeli forces prepared to face the expected final day of a Palestinian protest campaign. Monday's violence on the border, which...

Why Destiny 2000 should not be wound up: HC

The High Court issued on Tuesday a notice asking the authorities concerned to explain to why directives should not be given to wind up Destiny 2000 Ltd, reports UNB.In the notice, a single HC bench of Justice MR Hasan also wanted to know why a petition filed by the multi-level...