LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters): Copper rose on Friday, edging further away from 5-1/2 year lows hit this week, after China's move to boost lending measures helped ease fears about the outlook for demand, but the metal was still heading for...
FE Report Dhaka stocks passed the last week without a significant fall as investors' participation in small cap companies was noticeable throughout the week, defying blockade, stock brokers said. They said investors' cautious stand on fresh fund injection was also...
The 'Business Development Conference 2015' of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Ltd. was held at a city hotel Friday. Chairman of the bank Badiur Rahman inaugurated the conference as the chief guest. The meeting was presided by Managing Director of the bank...
CAPM Company Limited has declared the Net Asset Value (NAV) of CAPM Unit Fund. The total NAV of CAPM Unit Fund stood at Tk 92,111,622.92 on the basis of cost price and Tk 92,474,976.00 on the basis of market price...
HONG KONG, Jan 16 (Reuters): The Hong Kong stock exchange has proposed a closing auction and other trading controls to help bring its outdated market structure in line with major exchanges elsewhere and restore the city's lustre as an international...
GENEVA, Jan 16 (AFP): Swiss stocks shed more than three per cent minutes after trading began Friday, a day after the central bank stunned markets by scrapping its three-year bid to hold down the value of the franc. Only 17...
COLOMBO, Jan 16 (Reuters): Sri Lanka's main stock index fell to a one-week low on Friday, led by Ceylon Tobacco Company Plc even as investors waited for clarity in economic policy from the new government led by President Maithripala Sirisena....
The local currency maintained a bullish tone during the week ending Thursday. The week started at 77.95/USD and gradually came down to 77.85/USD. Increased amount of inward remittances and export volume in the beginning of month eased the market. Bangladesh...
TOKYO, Jan 16 (AFP): Tokyo investors will be keeping an eye on next week's policy meeting of the European Central Bank after Switzerland's decision to remove its currency cap with the euro, while expectations are high for a new round...
BRUSSELS, Jan 16 (agencies): Belgian police raided an Islamist cell planning attacks against police Friday as dozens of people were arrested in sweeps across Europe, keeping the continent on alert one week after the Paris attacks. Two suspected jihadists were...
YANGON, Jan 16 (AFP): A top American diplomat Friday decried growing religious intolerance in Myanmar and warned the use of faith for political ends was "playing with fire" in a crunch election year for the former junta-run country. His comments...
MOSCOW, Jan 16 (AFP): Russia's media watchdog on Friday warned publications that printing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad was against the country's law and ethical norms following the Charlie Hebdo attack in France. "The publication in Russian media of such...
NEW DELHI, Jan 16 (AFP): Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday at the start of a two-day trip aimed at boosting ties between Asia's second and third largest economies. Kishida's trip comes on the...
PAKISTAN, Jan 16, (agencies): Pakistani students are clashing with police during protests against the French satirical magazine that was attacked last week for publishing images of the Prophet Muhammad. The clashes broke out Friday afternoon when the protesters started heading...
Kerry to meet Iran FM on nuclear talks in Paris PARIS, Jan 16: US Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will meet in Paris on Friday to discuss negotiations for a nuclear deal, a...
Dhaka Metro took a 48-run lead over Dhaka Division North on the 2nd day of a three-day Young Tigers Under-18 National Cricket Tournament at the Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox's Bazar Friday, reports UNB. In the other match...
Diego Armando Maradona, the Argentine football legend, agreed to come to Bangladesh to become the Chairman of a franchisee-based soccer league, according to an online news agency. The visiting three-member delegation comprising the chief executive Vashkar Goshwami of Indian event...
GM Ziaur Rahman Zia of Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited beat IM Chakravarthi Reddy of host India after the 9th round games of the 13th Parsvnath Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2015 held in New Delhi, reports BSS. He earned...
A total of 25 players are sharing lead in the points table with maximum 2 points after the end of 2nd round games of the Prime Bank 17th International Rating Chess tournament being held at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall...
MELBOURNE, Jan 16 (AFP): Hamza Aldaradreh scored the first hat-trick of the Asian Cup Friday as Jordan hammered Palestine 5-1 to keep themselves alive in the competition. Aldaradreh finished with four goals, helping Jordan end a miserable run of 11...
Taijul Islam, Al-Amin Hossain and Arafat Sunny have been handed national contracts for 2015, while Imrul Kayes and Shafiul Islam have also returned to Bangladesh's list of contracted players, having missed out in 2014, reports Cricinfo. Taijul and Sunny won...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has been made chairman of the organising committee of six-nation Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament- 2015 to be held in Dhaka and Sylhet beginning on January 29, reports UNB. Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) President Kazi...
MANIKGANJ, Jan 16 (BSS): Shibalaya Upazila became champion defeating Mankganj Pourasava by 4-3goals in tie-breaker in the final match of the Deputy Commissioner Gold Cup Football Tournament in Manikganj. The final match was held at the Manikganj Shahid Miraj-Tapan Stadium...
MELBOURNE, Jan 16 (AFP): Hamza Aldaradreh scored the first hat-trick of the Asian Cup Friday as Jordan hammered Palestine 5-1 to keep themselves alive in the competition. Aldaradreh finished with four goals, helping Jordan end a miserable run of 11...
SYDNEY, Jan 16 (AFP): Australian opener David Warner led his team to an emphatic three-wicket win over England in the opening one-day international of the triangular series at the Sydney Cricket Ground Friday. The powerful left-hander's commanding century cancelled out...
Constantine returns as India's coach NEW DELHI, Jan 16: Englishman Stephen Constantine was Friday appointed India's football coach for the second time, facing the unenviable task of lifting the cricket-mad nation from its lowly 171st ranking. Constantine, 52, who served...
Ziaur Rahman | 2015-01-17 00:00:00
The International Cotton Association (ICA) is likely to sit in Dhaka soon with cotton deal defaulters from Bangladesh to resolve disputes in payments and explore means for further cooperation. According to sources, a high-level delegation of the ICS is likely...
Shah Alam Nur | 2015-01-17 00:00:00
The countrywide blockade coupled with strikes hit hard the ongoing Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) 2015 as the number of visitors declined sharply, putting the traders in dire straits, insiders said. Most of the participants expressed their utter frustration on...
FE Report Prices of many essentials increased significantly in the last seven days, with traders attributing the hike to the ongoing blockade that has paralysed the capital's transportation with rest of the country. Prices of beef, poultry birds, fish, garlic,...
Arafat Ara | 2015-01-17 00:00:00
At least 2,000 plastic goods manufacturing units were set up in the last five years with the sector posting an average 20 per cent growth, the group insiders said. With the new ones, the number of country's plastic manufacturing units...
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