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Restaurant owners passing hard days as number of customers falls by 60pc

FE Report | 2015-02-23 00:00:00

The number of customers in the restaurants has marked a fall by more than 60 per cent in the capital and other cities outside Dhaka due to the ongoing blockade and hartal causing heavy loss to the eatery owners as...

Nigeria can import medicines, other products from BD

2015-02-23 00:00:00

President Abdul Hamid Sunday said Nigeria can consider importing medicines from Bangladesh at a competitive price and its thriving pharmaceutical industry is now exporting quality drugs to a number of countries in the world, reports BSS. "Bangladesh has a thriving...

2015-02-22 00:00:00

Bus helper burnt in Rampura petrol bomb attack dies at DMCH

2015-02-22 00:00:00

KOICA donates US$8m to reduce preventable deaths

2015-02-22 00:00:00

Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has donated US$8 million (Tk 620 million) to Unicef Bangladesh to help reduce preventable deaths in children and women by improving maternal, newborn and child health interventions. Kim Bok-Hee, resident representative of KOICA Bangladesh Office...

Examination and free text books

2015-02-21 00:00:00

It was normal in earlier days to hold matriculation examinations (now known as SSC) with a frequency of two subject papers a day. The exam was hardly allowed to stretch beyond five days, starting on Mondays and finishing on Fridays,...

An open letter to the Pope

2015-02-21 00:00:00

The US Alliance to End the Hitting of Children and StopSpanking.org share with Pope Francis the vision of a world in which all children, irrespective of race or creed, are treated with dignity, respect, and compassion. We support these values...

Diversifying SME financing models

Ferdaus Ara Begum | 2015-02-21 00:00:00

The small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are facing problems in financing themselves by existing financing solutions. Venture capital (VC) has come forward to solve these problems. As SMEs lack expertise in the field of accounting, marketing, finance and management, VC...

BICM: Building a knowledge centre

Md Toufique Hossain | 2015-02-21 00:00:00

All over the world the capital market is a risky venture. Ups and downs are very common here. This type of price fluctuation leaves little impact on the market. But when the market crashes, it happens like a big bang....

Stocks return to red amid thin trading

Babul Barman | 2015-02-21 00:00:00

Stocks returned to the red last week that ended Thursday after previous week's sharp gain as worried investors booked some profit amid prolonged political turmoil. Brokers said that the investors remained concerned over country's macro-economic landscape, hit hard due to...

The inauguration ceremony of the Secondary Education Quality

2015-02-21 00:00:00

Local currency remains stable

2015-02-21 00:00:00

The local currency maintained stable tone during the week of February 15 to February 19 last. The central bank purchased the greenback from interbank to mop up excess liquidity. Bangladesh has received $1.23 billion as inward remittances in the month...

Grim outlook for B’desh-Australia match today

2015-02-21 00:00:00

If the sky hasn't quite fallen in on Brisbane, there has been more than enough rain to place today's (Saturday's) fixture between Australia and Bangladesh at 9.30 am at the Gabba in grave doubt. An A-League football match scheduled for...

Our team ready to play full game, says Mashrafe

2015-02-21 00:00:00

Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza said his team were preparing for a full game against Australia Saturday, although the chances of a 50-over game are minimal after Cyclone Marcia made landfall on the Queensland coast in the early hours of Friday....

SK Jamal trounce Team BJMC 7-0

2015-02-21 00:00:00

Defending champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club moved to the quarterfinals of the Federation Cup with an emphatic 7-0 victory over Team BJMC at the Bangabandhu National Stadium Friday, reports UNB. Haitian forward Wedson Anselme made the first hat-trick of the...

Zia emerges champion in Int\\\'l Rating Chess

2015-02-21 00:00:00

GM Ziaur Rahman of Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited emerged unbeaten champion in the Shaheed Sheikh Moni Memorial International Rating Chess Tournament that concluded Friday at the NSC Tower Auditorium Lounge in the city, reports BSS. Zia earned 8 points...

Siddikur secures 2nd place

2015-02-21 00:00:00

Celebrated Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman secured the second place after the second round of the Hero Indian Open Golf at the Delhi Golf Club Friday, reports UNB. Siddikur scored overall nine-under-par 133, played six Birdies, one Bogey and one Double...

Prudent guidelines a sine qua non to dev HR in banks

FE Report | 2015-02-21 00:00:00

Experts at a workshop on Thursday feared a shortage of talented HR in the country's banks and financial institutions (FIs) due to the ‘employee turnover’, a new phenomenon that recently emerged in the sector. To overcome the problem, many of...

Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman

2015-02-21 00:00:00

BB governor delivers lecture at AIT

2015-02-21 00:00:00

Dr. Atiur Rahman, Governor, Bangladesh Bank highlighted the success story of Bangladesh at a lecture delivered at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok recently, said a statement.  With the Ambassador of Bangladesh to Thailand, Ms. Saida Muna Tasneem...

Recently HeidelbergCement arranged a programme

2015-02-21 00:00:00

New market unit head for Europe of Mahindra

2015-02-21 00:00:00

Mahindra Comviva, the global leader in providing mobility solutions, recently announced the appointment of Steve Summers as Market Unit Head for the Europe region. Steve will be based out of London office. Steve will be responsible for formulating and implementing...

EXIM Bank\\\'s Annual Business Development Conference 2015

2015-02-21 00:00:00

NAV of CAPM Unit Fund disclosed

2015-02-21 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 92,227,209.21 on the basis of cost price and Tk 92,071,330.45 on the basis of market price...

No kitchen mkt monitoring as focus shifts to blockade

Rezaul Karim | 2015-02-21 00:00:00

The disruption in kitchen market monitoring has led to a rise in prices of some key items amid the ongoing transportation blockade coupled with frequent hartal calls. "Presently no law-enforcer is available for conducting the kitchen market monitoring in the...

National Bank Limited

2015-02-21 00:00:00

Mixed trend witnessed

2015-02-21 00:00:00

FE Report Prices of chilli and local variety of onion witnessed fresh hike while potato and ginger prices declined Friday compared to the previous week. The city markets witnessed the early presence of variety of summer vegetables with higher prices....

PMT Beneficiary Cash Card service in the offing

2015-02-21 00:00:00

The inauguration ceremony of the Secondary Education Quality and Access Enhancement Project was held in the city recently. Agrani Bank and ITCL are providing the technical support to this World Bank-funded project. PMT Beneficiary Cash Card service will be a...

Muhith inaugurates handicraft exhibition

2015-02-21 00:00:00

Finance Minister Abul Mal Abdul Muhith Friday inaugurated a five-day handicraft exhibition at the National Museum in the city aimed at promoting traditional products. The minister applauded the initiative for holding the fair saying it gave a big opportunity to...

2,036 MW power to be added to nat’l grid this year

2015-02-21 00:00:00

The seven under-construction power plants would go on operation for generating 2,036 megawatt (MW) electricity this year and the country would get 13,301 MW electricity. With the new power production, the government is expecting to generate 13,301MW power at the...