The local currency was stable last week against the greenback and was traded at around 77.80 levels. The market will start receiving more inward remittances in coming week. We feel that market will be experiencing soft tone next week as...
HONG KONG, May 22 (AFP): Asian markets rose Friday following another record close on Wall Street as the likelihood of a US interest rate hike in the near term dwindled, with Tokyo hitting a new 15-year high. Chinese shares were...
FE Report Import handling by private inland container depots (ICDs) has widened further as the government recently allowed eight more items to be released by them in favour of consignees. This is expected to facilitate import trade as the consignees...
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Two business groups are set to join the cement manufacturing market with about Tk 5 billion investment by the beginning of next year amid the sector's steady growth of around 15 per cent annually. Bengal Group of Industries and Aman...
FE Report The government is set to establish a new authority to spur the pace of industrialisation in the country, officials said. The proposed authority named 'Bangladesh Industrial Development Authority' (BIDA) will be formed soon. The name for the new...
Fair Food & Lifestyle recently signed an agreement with Arla Foods Bangladesh Limited. Md. Ruhul Alam Al Mahbub, Managing Director, Fair Food & Lifestyle and Mr. Peter Hallberg, Deputy General Manager, Arla Foods Bangladesh Limited signed the agreement on behalf...
FE Report A five-day-long workshop for the officials working in the life insurance companies’ underwriting and claim departments begins today (Saturday) in the city. The insurance regulator organised the workshop. Sultan-Ul-Abedine Molla, member at the Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority...
A day-long review meeting of Bangladesh Krishi Bank for the managers of 148 branches including AD branch was held Friday at the bank's staff college auditorium in the city. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the bank Mohammad...
Bangladesh in near future will be one of the largest e-commerce market places in Asia but achieving trust of customers is the biggest factor in attaining such success. "In sync with the flourishing digitisation of the developed world, e-commerce is...
Prices of many of commodities including fish, meat, spices, egg, vegetables and pulses registered fresh hike in the week ended Friday over the previous week, according the key kitchen markets. However, prices of rice, edible oil and chilli remained unchanged...
The 4th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Korea-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KBCCI) was held recently at the "Conference Hall" of Six Seasons Hotel at Gulshan in the city. The AGM was chaired by Mr. S. M. Kamaluddin, President...
Three players are sharing lead in the points table with full 2 points in men's section of the 1st SAARC International Deaf Chess tournament being held at the hall room of the Bangladesh Chess Federation in the city, reports BSS....
The seven-nation DBBL Asian Senior Men's Central Zone Volleyball Champion- ship, organised by the Bangladesh Volleyball Federation in association with International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), will begin at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium, Mirpur, at 3:00...
Chittagong Division retained title of the Development Cup Football beating Dhaka Division by a solitary goal Friday on the Physical Education College ground in city's Mohammadpur, reports BSS. Deputy Minister for Youth and Sport Arif Khan Joy was the chief...
FE Report The European Parliament has expressed its deep concern over the plight of Rohingya refugees and demanded credible investigation into the mass graves of migrants recently found in a jungle camp in southern Thailand. Lawmakers of the parliament also...
A group of United Nations human rights experts welcomed the Malaysian, Indonesian and Thai leaders' decision not to push back migrants and asylum seekers arriving in their territorial waters, reports UNB. They also urged the international community to assist the...
A police 'informant' who was injured in an attack by some miscreants died at a private hospital in Uttara of the capital on Thursday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Aminur Rahman Momen, 24, a resident of Auchpara...
The 12th International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH 2015) begins on Monday to exchange ideas and opinions among the urban health professionals at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city, reports BSS. Speaker of the parliament and chairperson of...
As per its Act, the Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) is supposed to fight corruption by identifying its underlying causes through conducting research, but the anti-graft body has never been able to practise it since its inception in 2004, reports UNB....
NOAKHALI, May 22 (UNB): A Bangladeshi expatriate was killed allegedly by some unidentified miscreants in Brazil's capital city Brasilia on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Solaiman Patowari Dulal, 45, son of Sayed Patowari, a resident of Fotepur village...
Noted educationist and former Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Professor Abdul Matin Patwary inaugurated a daylong convention of the Lions' Clubs International, Multiple Distirct-315 at a city hotel Friday, reports BSS. Past International Director of...
FE Report The 6th Social Business Day will be organised in Dhaka on May 28 next in a bid to meet, connect, discuss and collaborate with the global social business community with the purpose of developing effective solutions to society's...
FE Report The South Asian Tourism Federation was formed Friday under the Dhaka Declaration to promote regional tourism at a meeting held at a city hotel Friday. Presided over by Bangladesh International Hotel Association President HM Hakim Ali, the meeting...
BRAC University inaugurates chess club A BRAC University Chess Club was inaugurated at the BRAC University auditorium on Thursday. Vice Chancellor of BRAC University Professor Syed Saad Andaleeb was present in the programme as the chief guest. The first grandmaster...
Rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rangpur, Sylhet and Chittagong divisions and the regions of Tangail, Mymensingh and Dhaka in next 24 hours till 6pm today (Saturday),...
BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed said Friday their anti-government movement will continue until democracy is restored in Bangladesh, reports UNB. "The country is passing through a deep democratic crisis. We'll continue our movement under Khaleda Zia's leadership until...
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