The 10th edition of the Ascent Corporate five-a-side Soccer Cup kicks off at STM Hall of Scholastica School in the city Friday, reports UNB. Defending champions Gemcon Group team will face Green Delta Insurance Company Ltd team in the opener...
Four players shared the lead in the Walton Amateur Rating Chess Championship after the fourth round games at the Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall Room in the city Thursday, reports UNB. Emdadul, Saymon Siddiqur, Jewel Khan and Noyon Kumar earned 4...
RANGPUR, Aug 13 (BSS): Thousands of people living in the remote char areas of ten north-western riverine districts are expecting better profits through selling their locally reared sacrificial animals before the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha festival. Prices of cattle have increased by...
FE Report | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
The government is going to introduce the Weather Index-Based Crop Insurance (WIBCI) in Bangladesh as an adaptation tool to reduce the risk of climate variability and extreme weather vulnerability in the agriculture sector. The state- owned insurance company Shadharan Bima...
FE Report | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
Small and medium enterprise (SME) women entrepreneurs Thursday again demanded that the present loan process of the banks and financial institutions should be made easier as it takes lengthy time to prepare required documents hindering their business growth. On the...
Talha Bin Habib | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
The government will start repairing three state-run jute mills on its own fund aiming to boost production while reducing incurring losses, officials said. With this end in view, the ministry of textiles and jute (MoTJ) held a meeting recently and...
FE Report | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat has said offering or restoring Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) facility to Bangladesh was not a political issue at all. She made the comments on Wednesday while briefing journalists after visiting two...
FE Report | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
The government is set to prepare a list of traditional and non-traditional export items aiming to diversify the export basket, officials said. The move has been taken with a view to increasing the country's export items and also providing government...
Smartphone, tab expo begins in city Robi Smartphone and Tab Expo 2015, one of the largest expositions of digital smart devices of the country, kicked off on Thursday at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the capital. State Minister for...
The BUILD (Business Initiative Leading Development) and UNDP Bangladesh on Thursday signed a pact at UNDP office in the city. They signed the deal to coordinate their approaches towards sustainable green growth and environment friendly business by facilitating public private...
Rezaul Karim | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
Asia-Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA) will conduct a research in Bangladesh with a view to evaluating its rural finance, officials said. A team commissioned by APRACA will visit the country to conduct the research on "Bangladesh Rural Finance...
Babul Barman | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
Profits in most of the textile companies tumbled in the first-half (January-June) of the year compared to the year-ago period as political turmoil and depreciation of the euro hurt earnings. Of the 41 listed companies in the textile sector that...
Branch managers and officials concerned of NCC Bank have been urged to put their sincere efforts to continue the growth of the bank and enhance the image of it as well. Managing Director & CEO of the bank Golam Hafiz...
FE Report | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
Stocks edged lower on Thursday a day after upturn, as late profit-booking sale wiped out early gains. The market opened on upbeat mood, but profit-taking selling-pressure mainly on food and allied, telecommunication and power stocks offset the early gains. At...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Aug 13: The capital market is playing a vital role in the economic development of Bangladesh. But thousands of investors have been severely affected by the share scam of 2010. Despite that collapse the investors started investing in the...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Aug 13: Minister for Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Nurul Islam BSc said on Thursday that over 50,000 Rohingyas have gone abroad on Bangladeshi passports. The Minister asked all concerned including the UP and Upazila chairmen and the passport...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid asked on Thursday the private universities, which are yet to start their academic activities on their own permanent campuses, to submit the latest progress reports by September 30, reports UNB. He made the directives while...
The combined medical and dental college admission test will be held on October 2, reports bdnews24.com. The decision was taken on Thursday at a meeting with Health Minister Mohammed Nasim in the chair. The hour-long MCQ exam would be held...
Family Planning Association of Bangladesh (FPAB) president Prof Khaleda Khanam called for enforcing the existing tougher law to prevent violence against children and women and give deterrent punishment to the perpetrators, said a press release. She made the appeal while...
Art exhibition begins in city today An 18-day art exhibition of 75 contemporary artists, titled 'Brave Heart', will begin in the city today (Friday) marking the 40th death anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Deputy Speaker...
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at many places over Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions with moderately heavy fall...
The United States of America (USA) assured on Thursday Bangladesh of cooperation when Bangladesh sought its support in bringing back Bangabandhu's self-confessed convicted killer Rashed Chowdhury and war crimes accused Ashrafuzzaman Khan, reports UNB. The assurance came when State Minister...
FE Report | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Sayeed Khokon inaugurated construction of public toilet in the city's one of the most busy places Karwan Bazar's Panthakunja Thursday aiming to provide public sanitation system for the pedestrians, travellers and women. He also...
The Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court (SC) fined on Thursday publisher and editor of the Bangla daily Janakantha Atikullah Khan Masud and its executive editor Shawdesh Roy Tk10,000 each for contempt of court, reports UNB. A six-member bench...
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