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52 CA firms apply for enlistment in BSEC audit panel

Mohammad Mufazzal | 2015-02-10 00:00:00

A total of 52 audit firms have applied for enlistment in the securities regulator's auditors' panel which will be formed for ensuring proper and standard auditing of the listed companies, officials said.    The officials said the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange...

Stocks inch up again

FE Report | 2015-02-10 00:00:00

Stocks posted slight rise Monday for the fifth running sessions as investors continued to buy lucrative stocks despite ongoing political turmoil across the country. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) went up further by 10.96 points...

DSE News in Brief

2015-02-10 00:00:00

Spot trading The Peninsula Ctg Trading of the shares of the Company will be allowed only in the Spot Market and Block/Odd lot transactions will also be settled as per spot settlement cycle from today (Tuesday) to February 11, 2015....

News Briefs

2015-02-10 00:00:00

Declaration of sale by sponsor Emerald Oil Industries Anjana Basak, one of the Sponsors of the Company, has expressed her intention to sell 42,500 shares (Bonus shares) out of her total holding of 8,92,500 shares of the Company at prevailing...

Photo: Shahjalal Islami Bank Ltd.

2015-02-10 00:00:00

Photo: Head of Consumer Banking, Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL)

2015-02-10 00:00:00

Call for transparent spectrum auction process

FE Report | 2015-02-10 00:00:00

Grameenphone Ltd, the country's leading telecom operator, earned revenues worth about Tk. 102.7 billion in the year 2014 registering a growth of 6.3 per cent as compared to that in the previous year. "Despite competitive intensity and reduction of international...

Greek markets plunge after defiant PM\\\'s speech

2015-02-10 00:00:00

LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters): Greek financial markets sank further on Monday after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made a speech showing little intention of sticking to the terms of the international bailout keeping Greece afloat. Other European markets also felt some...

China shares rebound as first stock options debut

2015-02-10 00:00:00

SHANGHAI, Feb 9 (Reuters): China stocks closed up on Monday, recovering from slides the previous week, as excitement around the launch of the country's first stock options offset worries over the economy following worse-than-expected trade data. Index heavyweights including banking...

Apollo Tyres slips nearly 17pc

2015-02-10 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Feb 9 (Economic Times): Apollo Tyres Ltd plunged nearly 17 per cent in trade on Monday, after the tyre maker posted a 45.49 per cent decline in its consolidated net profit at Rs 1.84 billion for the third...

Mobile-based trades grow nearly 3-fold at NSE

2015-02-10 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Feb 9 (PTI): In growing use of technology, trading through mobile phones soared nearly three times last year at the National Stock Exchange, while Internet-based trades rose by 52 per cent. As per the latest data compiled by...

Nikkei edges up

2015-02-10 00:00:00

TOKYO, Feb 9 (Reuters): Japan's Nikkei share average edged up on Monday as the yen weakened against the dollar after strong US jobs data, but gains were limited as weak Chinese trade numbers capped risk appetite. The Nikkei ended up...

Sensex falls for seventh day

2015-02-10 00:00:00

MUMBAI, Feb 9 (Reuters): Domestic shares fell over 1.5 per cent on Monday, falling for a seventh consecutive session, as exit polls showed Prime Minister Narendra Modi facing electoral defeat in Delhi, raising concerns that the government may not gain...

Photo: Rupali Insurance Company Limited

2015-02-10 00:00:00

Photo: Bangladesh Society for Human Resources Management (BSHRM)

2015-02-10 00:00:00

Nagorik Samaj moves ahead for dialogue

2015-02-10 00:00:00

Nagorik Samaj, a platform of a group of leading eminent citizens of the country, sent a letter Monday to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia as part of its initiative for holding a 'national dialogue' to overcome the ongoing political crisis, reports...

SL threatens to grab Khaleda’s office

2015-02-10 00:00:00

Leaders and activists of Sramik League (SL) warned on Monday that they will take position inside the BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office if she does not call off the ongoing transport blockade and hartal, report agencies. They issued the...

It’s low-grade insurgency, not political crisis: Suranjit

2015-02-10 00:00:00

Dismissing the present crisis as a political one, Awami League (AL) stalwart Suranjit Sengupta reiterated on Monday that the ongoing countrywide crisis is a low-grade insurgency, not a political one, and it requires a special trained force to curb it,...

Movement to shatter govt’s dream of perpetuating power: BNP

2015-02-10 00:00:00

Calling upon the prime minister (PM) to quit forthwith, BNP warned on Monday that the government's dream of perpetuating its power by force would be shattered soon in the face of the ongoing mass movement, reports UNB. In a statement,...

Terrorism not the way to realise demand: Hanif

2015-02-10 00:00:00

Awami League (AL) joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif said on Monday terrorism is not the way to realise demand from the government. "It'll remain as a bad example if any demand is realised through terrorist acts in the name of...

Fakhrul’s remand, bail petitions rejected

2015-02-10 00:00:00

A Dhaka court asked police on Monday to interrogate BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at jail gate within 10 days in a case filed with Paltan police station, reports UNB. Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Asaduzzaman Nur passed the...

Two local AL men murdered in Bogra

2015-02-10 00:00:00

BOGRA, Feb 9 (UNB): Two local Awami League (AL) leaders were murdered in the district in 24 hours. One of the deceased was identified as Shamsul Hoque, 50, resident of the village and vice president of Elangi union AL committee....

Suspected JMB member held

2015-02-10 00:00:00

JOYPURHAT, Feb 9 (UNB): Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a suspected member of banned Islamic outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) along with 18 grams of gun powder and a sharp weapon from Shantinagar area in the municipality area...

Jamaat enforces 36-hr hartal in Satkhira

2015-02-10 00:00:00

SATKHIRA, Feb 9 (UNB): The first day of the 36-hour hartal in the district, enforced by the local Jamaat-e-Islami in protest of the arrest of its district unit ameer and former member of parliament Abdul Khalek Mondol, passed peacefully on...

Pro-BNP, AL lawyers hold programmes

2015-02-10 00:00:00

Pro-BNP and Awami League (AL)-leaning lawyers organised parallel programmes on the former's demand to halt the High Court proceedings in view of the ongoing political turmoil, reports bdnews24.com. Anti-government lawyers visited different courts under the umbrella of 'Ainjibi Samity' (lawyers'...

Sec 144 imposed in Dharmapasha

2015-02-10 00:00:00

SYLHET, Feb 9 (UNB): The local administration imposed Section 144 in Dharmapasha upazila of Sunamganj district on Monday as local Awami League (AL) and BNP called their meetings at the same venue and time on the day. The restriction will...

Faruk Murder Day observed at RU

RU Correspondent | 2015-02-10 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Feb 9: The leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), Rajshahi University (RU) unit today observed the Faruk Murder Day on the campus through different programmes. Marking the day, BCL leaders and activists brought out a mourning...

Nahid urges private varsities to provide better education

2015-02-10 00:00:00

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid urged the private universities Monday to do more for improving academic atmosphere as well as enhancing quality of education to build competent workforce in the country, reports BSS. "Some private universities are doing better while...

Six DU students get fellowship

FE Report | 2015-02-10 00:00:00

Six students of Dhaka University (DU) have been awarded 'Development Communication Fellowship' by the Centre on Budget and Policy to conduct field level study on different promising areas, including renewable energy, leather and ICT.   Asia Foundation, a non-profit international development...

FS to attend US anti-extremism summit

2015-02-10 00:00:00

Foreign Secretary (FS) M Shahidul Haque will visit the United States (US) to attend an international summit on countering violent extremism to be held on February 18, said an official at the foreign ministry, reports UNB. US Secretary of State...