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Proper financial disclosures stressed

FE Report | 2015-08-30 00:00:00

Discussants have stressed on proper financial disclosures, intellectual capital and corporate governance of listed companies for accelerating their steady growth. Their observations came Saturday at a symposium titled 'International Symposium on Accounting, Auditing and Governance in Asia' held at Department...

Photo: amuna Bank Limited

2015-08-30 00:00:00

RACE discloses NAVs of 10 mutual funds

FE Report | 2015-08-30 00:00:00

Bangladesh RACE Management PCL, a private asset management company, has disclosed the weekly net asset values (NAVs) of 10 mutual funds (MFs) calculated as of August 27 this year, a statement said. The NAV of EBL First MF is Tk...

CAPM Unit Fund NAV declared

2015-08-30 00:00:00

CAPM Company Limited has declared the Net Asset Value (NAV) of CAPM Unit Fund. The total NAV of CAPM Unit Fund stood at Tk 72,321,265.28 on the basis of cost price and Tk 73,117,642.73 on the basis of market price...

Photo: Bangladesh Development Bank Limited

2015-08-30 00:00:00

AGM/EGM/Record Date

2015-08-30 00:00:00

DBCCI team to explore trade prospect in Benelux region

2015-08-30 00:00:00

A 14-member business delegation of the Dutch-Bangla Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DBCCI) will visit Benelux region - Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg - from September 6-12 to explore fresh trade and investment opportunities for Bangladesh, reports UNB. DBCCI President...

‘Disburse agri-loans considering losses caused by heavy rains\\\'

2015-08-30 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Aug 29 (BSS): Chairman of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) Professor Dr Shah Nawaz Ali Saturday directed its officials for disbursing easy-term loans among farmers considering  losses they incurred due to heavy rains. He was addressing a special workshop...

Increase in per capita debt likely to lower dev finance: Think-tank

2015-08-30 00:00:00

The Unnayan Onneshan (UO) revealed that increases in per capita debt and debt service payment are likely to lower development finance and escalate intergenerational debt burden in the future, reports UNB. The independent multidisciplinary think-tank in its monthly publication of...

Photo: State minister for finance MA Mannan speaking at the inaugural ceremony

2015-08-30 00:00:00

BNP strongly opposes gas, power tariff hike

2015-08-30 00:00:00

Terming illogical and unacceptable the government's decision to raise the prices of gas and power, BNP demanded on Saturday its immediate annulment, reports UNB. The party also urged the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) to revise the power tariff in...

Ashraf attributes Bar election victory to AL lawyers\\\' unity

2015-08-30 00:00:00

Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam said on Saturday pro-Awami League lawyers swept the recent election to Bangladesh Bar Council as they all worked together, reports UNB. "Bar Council is the largest organisation for lawyers…we couldn't win the last...

Decision of hike in gas, power prices anti-people: CPB

2015-08-30 00:00:00

Speakers at a protest rally organised by the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) said on Saturday the hike of gas and power prices has come as an electric shock for the mass people of the country, reports UNB. "This is...

\\\'One of blogger Niloy\\\'s killers identified\\\'

2015-08-30 00:00:00

Detective Branch (DB) of police claimed on Saturday they have identified one of the killers of blogger Niladri Chatterjee Niloy, reports UNB. He was identified from among the four people arrested earlier from different places at different times in connection...

Kazi Zafar laid to rest in Comilla

2015-08-30 00:00:00

COMILLA, Aug 29 (UNB): Jatiya Party (Z) chairman Kazi Zafar Ahmed was laid to eternal rest beside his parents' graves at Cheora village in Chauddagram upazila of the district on Saturday. Earlier, his namaz-e- janazas were held at central Eidgah...

ALCWC meeting on Sept 5

2015-08-30 00:00:00

A meeting of Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) will be held on September 5 (Saturday) at Prime Minister's official residence Ganobhaban, reports UNB The meeting will begin at 5:00 pm with Prime Minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina...

Quader asks AL leaders to speak with one voice

2015-08-30 00:00:00

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader urged on Saturday Awami League (AL) leaders to speak with one voice in line with the party stance on any issue, reports UNB. "Now we're speaking in different tones, creating problems. This is...

15 hurt in BCL infighting at Comilla varsity

2015-08-30 00:00:00

COMILLA, Aug 29 (UNB): At least 15 activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Comilla University unit were injured, among them two bullet-hit, in a clash between two factions of the unit over establishing supremacy on the campus on Friday night....

Photo: Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sayeed Khokon speaking

2015-08-30 00:00:00

Photo: Bangladesher Workers Party brought out a procession

2015-08-30 00:00:00

Most officials not aware of Secrecy Act: Cabinet Secy

FE Report | 2015-08-30 00:00:00

Most of the government officials are not still aware of what information they should give to those who seek it and which info is not to be dished out under the official secrecy law, said one of the country's top...

NBR desk at FBCCI planned

FE Report | 2015-08-30 00:00:00

The revenue board is adequately empowered to make itself a modern, accountable, transparent and taxpayers' friendly entity, said its chief Saturday. It is now a complete organisation, which has also created an enabling environment for ensuring business-friendly atmosphere, Md Nojibur...

Ensuring transparency in public auditing

Asjadul Kibria | 2015-08-29 00:00:00

The importance of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (OCAG) of Bangladesh is yet to be properly acknowledged, especially by the policy makers. Despite recognised by the Constitution and known as the Supreme Audit Institution of the country,...

Tapping potential of light engineering clusters

Md. Joynal Abdin | 2015-08-29 00:00:00

Light engineering is known as the mother of heavy industries. There is no universal definition of light engineering industry. It usually refers to the small and medium enterprise (SMEs) with comparatively lower capital investment and operating with manual to semi-automated...

Facilitating the leather sector

2015-08-29 00:00:00

Growth in export of leather and leather goods in two successive years including the last fiscal is no doubt good news. Although the growth is modest, the task was quite challenging given the turbulent political climate at home and the...

Let BBIN MVA deliver the goods

Rahman Jahangir | 2015-08-29 00:00:00

Bangladesh has given go-ahead to a historic move for four-nation road connectivity in South Asia. The cabinet on August 22 ratified 'The Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA) for the Regulation of Passenger, Personal and Cargo Vehicular Traffic between Bangladesh, Bhutan, India...

Dealing with railway maladies

Syed Mahbubur Rashid | 2015-08-29 00:00:00

The railway was introduced in Britain in 1825. It immediately spread on both sides of the Atlantic, thereafter the whole world. Rail transport is people's transport in the real sense of the term. It is comfortable, far less risky and...

Communication scene

2015-08-29 00:00:00

Billions of takas are allocated in our national budget every year for roads and highways and railway projects. How road accidents happen everyday leading to deaths of several people should be critically as well as technically examined. In most cases...

Let us show respect to elderly people

2015-08-29 00:00:00

The other day I was returning home at Rampura from my workplace at Motijheel. I got into a bus from Kamalapur to reach Rampura. The bus was jam-packed and there was no seat available in the bus. I kept standing...

Skyrocketing price of onion

2015-08-29 00:00:00

A sudden price hike of onions in the kitchen market has left the common people in the lurch. Price of onion has gone up by almost 150 per cent and there is a fear that the price may go up...