Our Correspondent | 2015-09-13 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Sept 12: Dhenki, once a widely used indigenous wooden tool used to thrash paddy is almost disappearing from Rajshahi and from the country as well. This traditional tool is only seen in the households of few villagers now-a-days. Though...
JAMALPUR, Sept 12 (BSS): Overall flood situation has improved significantly in the district as water-level started receding in the river Jamuna. Water Development Board sources said during the past 24 hours the Jamuna dropped 18 cm and was flowing 23...
RU Correspondent | 2015-09-13 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Sept 12: The teachers, students and officials of Applied Mathematics Department, Rajshahi University (RU), observed its 12th founding anniversary with much enthusiasm and fanfare at the campus Saturday. Earlier Saturday at 9.30am RU vice chancellor Prof. Muhammed Mizan...
MAGURA, Sept 12 (BSS): Three people, including two sisters, allegedly committed suicide in Magura Sadar upazila last night. The deceased were Antara, 18, a student of Magura Government Women College and her sister Chaiti, 16, a student of Ramnagar Haripado...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-13 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Sept 12: A meeting on the occasion of distribution of certificates, sewing machines and beautification boxes among some young women trained on the trades was held recently at the local Shilpakala Academy. The materials were provided by the Ministry...
COX'S BAZAR, Sept 12 (UNB): Police in a drive arrested two human traffickers from Shah Parir Dwip in Teknaf upazila on early Saturday. The arrestees were identified as Dil Mohammed, 35 and his brother M Yunus, 35, son of late...
Mobile court seizes current net in Faridpur A mobile court here on Friday seized a huge quantity of banned current net from Kanaipur Bazar on Dhaka-Khulna Highway under Sadar Upazila of the district. Acting on a tip off, the mobile...
Siddique Islam | 2015-09-13 00:00:00
The central bank is set to boost purchase of the US dollar from banks ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha festival in an attempt to keep the inter-bank foreign exchange market stable, officials said. "We may expedite purchase of the US currency...
FE Report | 2015-09-13 00:00:00
Listed Non-Banking Financial Institutions (NBFIs) showed mixed performance over the week amid declining trend of the stock prices. The sector closed the week 0.89 per cent lower although market insiders said the government's latest decision to allow 13 financial institutions...
Doulot Akter Mala Back from Bibiyana, Sylhet | 2015-09-13 00:00:00
None of the micro-credit borrowers is a defaulter in Bibiyana, unlike many who have gone far deeper in debt after taking such small loans elsewhere in Bangladesh. They happen to be fortunate ones, who are able to run successful, profitable...
Prime Finance Asset Management Company Limited (PAMC) has declared the Net Asset Values (NAV) of the unit funds managed by them. The total NAV of Prime Financial First Unit Fund stood at Tk 210,446,390 on the basis of cost price...
CAPM Company Limited has declared the Net Asset Value (NAV) of CAPM Unit Fund. The total NAV of CAPM Unit Fund stood at Tk 72,369,367.70 on the basis of cost price and Tk 73,315,424.11 on the basis of market price...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-13 00:00:00
KHULNA, Sept 12: Fattening of cattle ahead of Eid-ul-Azha has become popular among the rural people of Khulna, Satkhira and Bagerhat districts, as it has proved quite profitable. According to the sources, about 120,000 people of Dumuria, Terokhada, Chuknagor, Satkhira...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-13 00:00:00
SYLHET, Sept 12: The local food department has so far procured 7,148 tonnes of Boro paddy against the target of 8,912 tonnes in Sylhet division. However, the procurement time has been extended until September 30, the official sources said today....
FE Report | 2015-09-13 00:00:00
Deshbandhu Group has taken a move to set up the nation's first Polyester Staple Fibre (PSF) production plant in Bangladesh, which could meet 40 per cent out of the country's annual demand. This fibre is a key raw material for...
FE Report | 2015-09-13 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said the public and private sectors have played a key role in Bangladesh's progress. Recognising the role of the private sector that comprises 80 per cent of the country's economic activities, he said the pursuit...
Pankaj Dastider | 2015-09-13 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Sept 12: Garment manufacturers and exporters have voiced concern over realisation of enhanced detention and demurrage charges by shipping agents and main line operators (MLOs) while delivering containers after free time. BGMEA leaders told the Port Users Forum (PUF)...
NetApp storage drives Southeast Bank growth Southeast Bank, a leading private commercial bank in Bangladesh, chose NetApp as its storage vendor to help cut operating costs and optimise business performance. With NetApp's storage, the bank was able to improve speed...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-13 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Sept 12: The Chittagong port will fail to cope with the enhanced export-import growth by 2020 if the port authority does not take initiatives right now to build the proposed Bay Terminal. Port experts are of the opinion that...
Textiles and Jute Minister M Emaj Uddin Pramanik has urged the US business leaders having Bangladesh origin to explore market for Bangladesh jute products in the USA, reports UNB. The minister also stressed maintaining the international standard of Bangladeshi jute...
Rezaul Karim | 2015-09-13 00:00:00
The government will sit with stakeholders on September 20 next to fix the procurement prices for rawhide of sacrificial animals amid strong opposition from the tanners, sources said. The procurement prices of rawhide are likely to be fixed at the...
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