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ICB AMCL discloses NAV of MFs

2015-01-16 00:00:00

ICB Asset Management Company Limited (ICB AMCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), disclosed the following total net asset value (NAV) of different mutual funds (MFs) at the close of business operation on January 13, 2015, said a...

ICB AMCL discloses NAV of different funds

2015-01-16 00:00:00

ICB Asset Management Company Limited (ICB AMCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), disclosed the following total net asset  value (NAV) of different open-end mutual funds (MFs) at the close of business operation on January 13, 2015, said...

Photo: Uttara Bank Limited

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IPO Diary

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IPO Diary

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Daily Market Commentary

2015-01-16 00:00:00

2015: Enter the year of uncertainties

M Jalal Hussain | 2015-01-16 00:00:00

Many events, both positive and negative, occurred in the economies of many countries around the world in 2014. The aftermath of global financial crises had adverse effects on both developed and developing economies. The political scenario in Syria, Iraq, Libya,...

Improving operations of ACC

2015-01-16 00:00:00

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has failed to live up to the expectation of the people of a country that only switched its position, albeit invariably at the bottom rung of the CPI (corruption perception index) table among the countries in...

Student politics vs academic excellence

Nilratan Halder | 2015-01-16 00:00:00

At the 49th convocation of the country's premier highest seat of learning, the University of Dhaka, President Abdul Hamid has voiced the mental anxiety at student politics shared by all its well-meaning citizens. Devoid of idealism such politics now rules...

Improving governance

Subash Dasgupta and Indrajit Roy | 2015-01-16 00:00:00

The international development and financing agencies tend to view governance as a means of improving project performance focusing on achieving the outputs and outcomes as efficiently as possible, e.g., on schedule, without cost-overruns, less corruption etc. The concept came into...

Kidney problems rising alarmingly

2015-01-16 00:00:00

Kidneys perform a crucial function in human body and therefore call for a sustained special care. The most important aspect of the special care to be taken, is adequate intake of water. We should regularly take sufficient water and avoid...

Prosperity in grip of political instability

2015-01-16 00:00:00

As we now live in a global village, all types of facilities available in other countries are also at our door-steps. But as many people live below the poverty line here, they can't even meet the primary needs. The people...

Raising power tariff

2015-01-16 00:00:00

People belonging to the lower and middle-income segments of the country are already living in hardship. In these days of rising commodity prices, most of these people find it difficult to live a modest life with their limited income. If...

The ballad of Bangladesh rivers

Shihab Sarkar | 2015-01-16 00:00:00

Bangladesh once took pride in its myriad rivers, tributaries and canals flowing through it. The country came to be known as a land of rivers, and also of floods. Though being called the lifeline of the country, the rivers, numbering...

No alternative to dialogue in democracy: Switzerland

2015-01-16 00:00:00

Switzerland urged all parties in Bangladesh Thursday to shun violence and exercise restraint, saying that there is no alternative to dialogue in modern-day democracy, reports UNB. "There're no alternative to mutual respect, dialogue and talks in a modern-day democracy," the...

New political front for mid-term polls

FE Report | 2015-01-16 00:00:00

Bangladesh National Alliance (BNA) -- a new political group floated on Thursday-suggested enacting law or bringing amendment to the constitution for mid-term election to rid the nation of the ongoing violent politics.     Barrister Nazmul Huda, expelled from Bangladesh Nationalist Party...

Shutdown \\\'successful\\\', claims BNP

2015-01-16 00:00:00

The BNP has claimed success with Thursday's shutdown it called in protest against the attack on chairperson's adviser Reaz Rahman, reports bdnews24.com. In a statement Thursday, Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi asked the party activists to carry on with...

Law to ban general strikes if people want so: law minister

2015-01-16 00:00:00

A law to ban shutdowns will be made if the people want so, Law Minister Anisul Huq has said, reports bdnews24.com. Speaking at an event by the Dhaka Reporters Unity Thursday, he said that laws were made on matters that...

BNP urges BGB to play neutral role

2015-01-16 00:00:00

Voicing concern over the BGB Director General's remarks that his troops will shoot in self-defence while dealing with blockaders, BNP on Thursday urged the state force to play a neutral and lawful rule, reports UNB. In a statement, BNP standing...

Another arson victim dies at DMCH

2015-01-16 00:00:00

A private car driver, who suffered burn injuries in a petrol bomb attack by miscreants in the city's Maghbazar area on January 9 during the countrywide blockade, died at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) Thursday, reports...

Stop supporters from creating violence

2015-01-16 00:00:00

"It's impossible to be normal after what I have seen," is how the Human Rights Commission (HRC) chief Mizanur Rahman reacted after visiting the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), reports bdnews24.com. He was there Thursday to...

Khaleda\\\'s lawyers lack confidence in judge

2015-01-16 00:00:00

The BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's lawyers have displayed lack of confidence in the judge after he continued the witness deposition in her absence in the graft case hearings, reports bdnews24.com. The former prime minister's lawyers pleaded for extension of time...

UZ chairman, vice-chair accused of bus torching

Our Correspondent | 2015-01-16 00:00:00

MAGURA, Jan 15:  At least 30 BNP-Jamaat leaders and workers including Shalikha Upazila chairman and vice chairman have been accused in bus torching case. Shalikha police station officer-in-charge (OC) Biplob Kumar Nath informed Thursday noon that he filed a case...

2 BNP, JD leaders injured in \\\'BCL attack\\\' in Comilla

2015-01-16 00:00:00

COMILLA, Jan 15 (UNB): Two local leaders of BNP and its youth front Juba Dal (JD) were injured in an attack allegedly by the activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on the Nazrul Avenue in the city Thursday morning. The...

News in Brief

2015-01-16 00:00:00

No people's involvement in BNP's movement: Amu BAGERHAT, Jan 15: Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu Thursday said there is no involvement of people with the movement of the BNP-led 20-party alliance. Their movement is like that of the Sarbaharas (left-leaning...

Photo: Director General of BGB Major General Aziz Ahmed speaking

2015-01-16 00:00:00

Army to resist any evil force, says PM

2015-01-16 00:00:00

RAJBARI, Jan 15 (UNB/BSS): Reiterating that the Bangladesh Army has helped continue the advancement of democracy by properly discharging their duties during the last general election, Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina said on Thursday they have remained fully prepared to...

Major reshuffle in police high-ups

2015-01-16 00:00:00

The government has shaken up several key positions in the police, including their crimes investigation, amid the ongoing political turmoil, reports bdnews24.com. The home ministry issued a circular on Thursday announcing changes to key 19 positions. Just two weeks ago,...

Govt to form JV co for planned satellite

FE Report | 2015-01-16 00:00:00

The government is considering forming a joint-venture (JV) company to successfully operate the country's first proposed satellite, expected to be launched by 2017. "We hope that companies will engage themselves in our joint-venture initiative for operating the much-hyped national satellite...

Hacked bodies of two youths recovered

2015-01-16 00:00:00

BENAPOLE, Jan 15 (UNB): Police recovered hacked bodies of two young men from Dhopadi beel (water body) in Abhaynagar upazila of Jessore district on Thursday morning. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.