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Photo: Prime Minister\\\'s ICT Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy

2015-05-04 00:00:00

Photo: Participants pose for photograph

2015-05-04 00:00:00

NBR to sign convention

FE Report | 2015-05-04 00:00:00

The revenue board has decided to sign an international convention to introduce ATA carnet system for temporary import of goods for different purposes including display and use for commercial reasons. Conditions will be set by the authorities on re-export of...

Training helps BD cement position in overseas labour market

FE Report | 2015-05-04 00:00:00

Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said expansion of technical and vocational education and training for the youths has consolidated the position of Bangladeshis in Middle East, Malaysia and European labour markets. "The government is considering the country's huge manpower, a...

Cut-flower most profitable among 12 crops: Survey

FE Report | 2015-05-04 00:00:00

Cut-flower is the most profitable among 12 selected crops in rural areas of the country, a study has found. It is followed by tomatoes, onions, and mangoes. This was found in a baseline survey conduced by the US-based International Food...

Lack of tour guides hampers tourism promotion

2015-05-04 00:00:00

Though the government wants to make the economy stronger through a vibrant tourism sector, little attention has so far been given to creating qualified tour guides, which is considered essential to promote tourism, reports UNB. Industry insiders have identified the...

Uttara Motors looks at mid-level execs

Jubair Hasan | 2015-05-04 00:00:00

Local automobile group Uttara Motors Limited has introduced an 'affordable' four wheeler targeting mid-level executives and professionals, the company said. Officials said the company brought Alto K10, a new product of India's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki, into its existing product...

Shahriar for applying modern method in business management

2015-05-04 00:00:00

State minister for foreign affairs Md Shahriar Alam  Saturday laid emphasis on applying scientific and modern methods in business management, reports BSS. "By applying scientific and modern methods, we have to make our business organisations proficient and profitable. By this,...

Number of new BO accounts on rise

Babul Barman | 2015-05-04 00:00:00

The number of new beneficiary owner (BO) accounts are on the rising trend in recent months though the secondary market is going through a torrid time. Some 87,782 new BO accounts were opened in the first four months in 2015,...

IPO subscription of Aman Feed begins May 25

FE Report | 2015-05-04 00:00:00

The initial public offering (IPO) subscription of Aman Feed, a concern of Aman Group, will begin May 25 to raise a fund worth Tk 720 million from the public, officials said. The fisheries and livestock feed producer and supplier is...

PRAN hands over food products for Nepal quake victims

2015-05-04 00:00:00

Eleash Mridha, Director of PRAN handed over food products to Mr. Hari Kumar Shrestha, Ambassador of Nepal to Bangladesh at the Embassy of Nepal in Dhaka recently. Mr. Hari Kumar Shrestha, Ambassador of Nepal to Bangladesh expressed his gratitude to...

BB governor condoles death of MA Mazid

2015-05-04 00:00:00

Governor of Bangladesh Bank Atiur Rahman has condoled the death of former deputy governor of the central bank MA Mazid Khan. Mr Khan died at Appollo Hospitals in the city Saturday. He left behind wife, three daughters and lot of...

Photo: NCC Bank Ltd.

2015-05-04 00:00:00

Photo: ONE Bank Limited

2015-05-04 00:00:00

IPO Diary

2015-05-04 00:00:00

Asiatic Lab holds Annual Sales & Marketing Confce

2015-05-04 00:00:00

The Annual Sales and Marketing Conference-2015 of Asiatic Laboratories Ltd was held at Krishibid Institution Complex Audito­rium, Krishi Khamar Sharak, Farmgate, in the city recently, said a press release. All the field forces of Sales and Marketing Division from all...

AGM/EGM/Record Date (Last Updated on April 30, 2015)

2015-05-04 00:00:00

PCBs are doing better than state-run banks: Moody\\\'s

Siddique Islam | 2015-05-04 00:00:00

Bangladesh government needs around Tk 135 billion for recapitalisation of the state-run banks because of their weak financial health, the Moody's has said. The government in the first phase injected Tk 41 billion into the four state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs)...

Fear of patent right loss keeps local businesses cool

Yasir Wardad | 2015-05-04 00:00:00

The government's revenue earnings from patents, designs and trademarks remained almost static in the last calendar year despite marked expansion in socio-economic areas. Insiders, however, have attributed it to apathy of the business community and inventors over intellectual property rights...

Private co to set up quality control centre for apparels

FE Report | 2015-05-04 00:00:00

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) recently allowed a private company Ispahani Summit Alliance Terminals Ltd (ISATL) to set up a quality control centre in a bid to ensure export of quality apparel products. The customs wing of the NBR...

Embassy moves to identify BD victims

FE Report | 2015-05-04 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Embassy in Thailand has taken an initiative to identify Bangladeshis following media reports about discovery of a mass grave in a remote jungle near Malaysian border. Bangladesh Ambassador to Thailand Saida Muna Tasneem said the embassy had already...

Prayer Timings

2015-05-04 00:00:00

Youth shot dead in city

2015-05-04 00:00:00

A youth was shot dead by some unidentified miscreants in the city's Kodomtoli area on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Manik Miah, 30, a resident of Boubazar area under Kodomtoli police station. Police quoting witnesses said Manik who came...

One shot at Badda, dies at hospital

2015-05-04 00:00:00

  A young man succumbed to injuries after being shot inside the Jagaroni Sangsad at Badda in the city on Sunday night. The victim was identified as Mofazzal Hossain Ryan (30). He was rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital with...

President returns home today

2015-05-04 00:00:00

President Abdul Hamid will return home today from Singapore after a medical checkup for his rib pain. "The President will arrive in Dhaka from Singapore by a regular flight of Singapore Airlines at 10.40pm," President's press secretary Ihsanul Karim said.     ...

Photo: The picture shows unplanned installation of structures

2015-05-04 00:00:00

Extension of MoU for LNG import from Qatar sought

FE Report | 2015-05-04 00:00:00

The government has sought extension of memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Qatar by two more years to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) until it builds a receiving terminal, said officials. "We have proposed to Qatar for extending the time of...

Criticism of action plan on power unwarranted: PM

2015-05-04 00:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the criticism of the government's action plan for quick and rental power by a section of talk-show participants is unwarranted, reports BSS. "Those talk-show participants have forgotten previous sufferings of scorching heat sitting in...

Road conditions likely to aggravate due to fall in budgetary allocation

Munima Sultana | 2015-05-04 00:00:00

Budgetary allocation for road infrastructure development work is likely to drop significantly in the upcoming fiscal year. This has made the sector players worried about deterioration of the country's road networks. Sources said only six per cent increase in the...

BNP leader Pintu dies at RMCH

2015-05-04 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, May 3 (UNB): Former BNP MP Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu, a convict in BDR carnage case, died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) on Sunday afternoon. Assistant sub-inspector of RMCH police box Chanchal said Pintu was taken to the RMCH...