DSE turnover falls to nine-month low
Daily trade turnover on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) slumped to nine months' low on Monday, as investors were reluctant to inject fresh funds into the stock market amid growing political tension.The daily turnover on the country's prime bourse, one of its crucial indicators, stood at Tk 3.14 billion, plunging by...
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Reforms, other major issues come into focus
Jatiya Oikya Front (JOF), an alliance of opposition political parties, on Monday unveiled its election manifesto attaching priority to at least 14 major national issues.It promised to remove age bar for government jobs except those in police and army, strike a balance of power between the President and the Prime...
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Grain import plunges 75pc on bumper rice output
The country's food-grain imports plunged by over 75 per cent to US$ 386 million during the first quarter of this year in terms of letters of credit (LCs) opened after the bumper rice output.LCs worth $1.56 billion were opened during July-September of 2017 as rice prices soared following loss of...
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BD decides to cancel Dhk-Ctg rail project
The government has decided to scrap the Dhaka-Chattogram high speed rail line project as China complained that the signing of a MoU on the scheme between Bangladesh Railway (BR) and a Chinese company was illegal and invalid.In a rare incident, China has expressed its shock over the signing of the...
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Election to be credible, peaceful, hopes Miller
Newly appointed US Ambassador in Bangladesh Earl Robert Miller expressed the hope on Monday that the next general election in Bangladesh will be credible and peaceful, reports UNB."We hope the next election will be free, fair, credible and peaceful," he said when he met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her...
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Man ‘takes own life after killing wife, two kids’
CHANDPUR, Dec 17: A young man reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself after killing his wife and two minor children over a family feud in Debpur village of Sadar upazila early on Monday. The deceased were identified as Mainuddin, 30, son of Miazi Sarder, his wife Fatema Begum, 24, their...
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Ctg airport customs seize gold bars, nab Biman passenger
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 17: The airport customs in Chattogram today seized 4.9256 kg of gold bars and arrested a passenger of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. Acting on a tip-off, the personnel of the Chattogram Customs searched the baggage of Shawkat Akbar when a Biman flight from Dubai landed. — Our Correspondent
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