Our Correspondent | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
BOGRA July 28: HarvestPlus Bangladesh arranged a two-day training on 'Calibration of XRF machine and micronutrient analysis in crops''. The training was held at HarvestPlus Laboratory office, Bogra. This training will cover the basic principle and application of XRF as...
GAIBANDHA, July 28 (UNB): A man was killed under the wheels of an oil tanker in Kaderi & Sons Oil Pump area of the district town on Monday night. The deceased was identified as bus helper Azam ali (65), hailing...
Fake cigarette factory unearthed in Rajshahi Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) unearthed a fake cigarette factory in Bagsara area under Paba Upazila of the district Tuesday, RAB Sources here said. On a tip-off, a team of the elite force...
Imrul Kayes said the greater freedom given by coach Chandika Hathurusingha has helped the Bangladesh batsmen perform better, reports Cricinfo. They took on a full-strength South African pace attack and claimed 78-run first-innings lead in the Chittagong Test and Kayes...
Bangladeshi swimmer Parul Akter Tuesday clinched the gold medal in the women's 100-metre freestyle in the ongoing Special Olympics Summer World Games clocking 01:31.06 seconds being held in Los Angeles, USA, reports UNB. Mohammad Shahin of Bangladesh won the silver...
Rangpur District team tasted the first victory in their 2nd match of the JFA U-14 National Women's Football Championship outplaying Rajshahi District team by 6-0 goals in a Group B match at the BFF artificial turf in the city Tuesday,...
FE Report | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) is set to release three varieties of Bt Brinjal this year and two other varieties by next year despite controversies regarding its production and harmful effects on human body, officials said. The five varieties...
Political unrest, economic crisis in destinations and weak Euro resulted in the slowest export growth in more than decade, an elite chamber said. In the fiscal year 2015, exports rose only by 3.36 per cent year-on-year to more than US$31...
Badrul Ahsan | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
The postal cash card has become a dead horse as stiff competition from private operators and slow decision-making have hit sales, sources said. Data available with the Bangladesh Post Office (BPO), showed that both sales of cards and total income...
Yasir Wardad | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
Farmers are getting better prices for their raw jute as the cash crop has started arriving in the market. Early harvesters in Pabna, Rangpur, Rajbari, Kushtia and Faridpur districts are making profits by selling Tosa variety at Tk 1500-1700 and...
FE Report | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has agreed to start the process of conducting feasibility study on mass rapid transit (MRT) line-1 and eastern bypass - two projects of the government to ease traffic congestion in and around the capital....
FBCCI mourns APJ Abdul Kalam death Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Tuesday expressed deep shock at the demise of former Indian President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. The 11th President of the neighbouring country who was...
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam has put emphasis on opening direct shipping link between Bangladesh and the Maldives and also removing some trade barriers by the Maldivian government, reports BSS. The state minister was speaking in a...
RANGPUR, July 28 (BSS) : Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu said trade licence fee rates will remain unchanged during the current fiscal like last fiscal and asked new traders for availing the same soon. The City...
A three-day international symposium on HP Technology began in the capital Tuesday. Hewlett Packard (HP) Enterprise Group, the US global information technology company, is organising the event at Hotel Six Seasons, Gulshan to showcase many cutting edge technologies and solutions,...
FE Report | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
A core committee has recommended for launching Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) as a collective investment scheme under the existing Securities and Exchange Commission (Mutual Fund) Rules, 2001, officials said. The three-member core committee headed by M. Hasan Mahmud, an executive...
FE Report | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
Stocks returned to green Tuesday after witnessing marginal correction in the last two consecutive sessions as investors went for buying spree on large-cap stocks amid optimism. The market opened with an upward trend and the positive momentum sustained throughout the...
The capital market remained almost at the same dull state with no significant improvement or deterioration during the immediate-past fiscal year (FY15), despite several initiatives by the government to boost the market. According to a review of Economic Situation in...
FE Report | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
LankaBangla Securities Ltd, a subsidiary of LankaBangla Finance Ltd, has decided to issue Zero Coupon Bond of Tk 2.0 billion, officials said. According to information of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the Board of Directors of LankaBangla Securities Limited has approved...
New chairman of NCC Bank elected The Board of Directors of NCC Bank Ltd. has recently elected S. M. Abu Mohsin as Chairman and Mrs. Sohela Hossain as Vice Chairman of the Bank. A reputed businessman and industrialist of the...
Rezaul Karim | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
The government has initiated a fresh move to mobilise fund from the capital market through offloading shares of the state-run power entities to finance power sector development projects, officials said. Under the move, a high-powered committee, comprising of representatives from...
The 15th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Takaful Islami Insurance Ltd (TIIL) was held in the city recently. Md Abul Hashem, Chairman of the company presided over the meeting, said a press release. Md Mofiz Uddin, Vice Chairman, Md Humayun...
FE Report | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
The major challenges facing the government now to achieve a middle-income country (MIC) status from the lower-middle-income ranking are to net vast increase in investment, bring momentum in economic activity and attain a higher economic growth. Such roadmap leading to...
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