BANGKOK, Dec 12 (Reuters): The Thai government is buying rubber from the market through a 6 billion baht ($183 million) buffer fund to support prices, the deputy farm minister said on Friday, while another fund will support domestic rubber futures...
LONDON, Dec 12 (Reuters): Gold prices steadied on Friday, on track for their biggest weekly rise since June, as the dollar retreated and sliding oil prices hurt risk appetite, prompting another drop in stocks. Gold is up 3 per cent...
SINGAPORE, Dec 12 (AFP): Oil prices sank further in Asia Friday, with analysts warning of little respite from the selling after plunging more than 40 per cent since June. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for January deliver was down...
Babul Barman | 2014-12-13 00:00:00
Stocks returned to the red last week after gaining sharply in the previous week as majority of investors closely watched the newly introduced trading platform. The premier bourse Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Thursday launched new automated trading system to ensure...
The United Airways (BD) Limited on Friday introduced its Dhaka-Madinah flight, reports UNB. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon formally inaugurated the flight as the chief guest at a function at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Religious Affairs Minister...
CAPM Company Limited has declared the Net Asset Value (NAV) of CAPM Unit Fund. The total NAV of CAPM Unit Fund stood at Tk 89,242,107.40 on the basis of cost price and Tk 92,220,543.50 on the basis of market price...
Local forex market maintained soft tone in the week to December 11 and traded around 77.88/USD levels at the end of the week. The market started to be eased due to higher inward remittances and exports in last month. The...
MUMBAI, Dec 12 (Reuters): India's benchmark BSE index fell for a fifth session in six on Friday to post its worst weekly loss in three years as oil explorers continued to slump after Brent crude prices slipped to below $63...
COLOMBO, Dec 12 (Reuters): Sri Lankan stocks ended slightly weaker on Friday for the second straight session, led by beverage and diversified shares as investors remained cautious ahead of a Jan. 8 presidential election. The main index ended 0.1 per...
Mujibur, Shahidul, Swapan and Anwar emerged champion in their respective age group in the first Masters Weightlifting Championship that concluded Friday at the National Sports Council (NSC) gymnasium in the city, reports UNB. The day's group wise champion: age group...
Bangladesh Army and Bangladesh Air Force advanced to the final of the Walton Smart TV Victory Day Volleyball Tournament beating their rivals in the semifinals at the Dhaka Volleyball Stadium in the city Friday, reports UNB. The final will be...
Seven teams of the Agrani Bank Dhaka Metropolis Table Tennis (TT) League registered win as they beat their respective rivals at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium in the city Friday, reports UNB. In the day's match, Combined SC beat...
BHUBANESWAR, Dec 12 (AFP): Arch-rivals India and Pakistan return to centre stage in field hockey Saturday after a controversial format helped them reach the Champions Trophy semi-finals in Bhubaneswar. Instead of rewarding performances in the preliminary league, all eight teams...
ADELAIDE, Dec 12 (AFP): David Warner says he relishes taking his cricket to the opposition and was at his irresistible best again when he completed back-to-back hundreds against India in the first Adelaide Test Friday. The belligerent Australian opener rode...
Abbott back in groove with stunning spell SYDNEY, Dec 12: Sean Abbott, who delivered the ball that killed Australian batsman Phillip Hughes, proved he was back in the groove Friday with a stunning 6-14 as New South Wales demolished Queensland....
Khairul Islam | 2014-12-13 00:00:00
Payment of utility bills through mobile phone is gaining popularity in the country after the launch of services two leading telecom companies, users say. Afifa Affreen, a private banker in the city, said the option to pay gas and electricity...
Ismail Hossain | 2014-12-13 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Accreditation Board (BAB) is going to get its first international recognition as an authorised organisation for providing standard certificates of export and import goods very soon. Local manufacturers, exporters, importers and service sector organisations would not need to...
DBL Group, one of the largest knitwear groups in the country, hosted a delegation from the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) recently. The Group, as a signatory to the UNGC, hosted the delegation when the members were in Dhaka to...
Bangladesh German Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BGCCI) organised the 3rd Global Social Responsibility Conference 2014 in cooperation with GIZ and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the city recently, according to a statement. The conference had...
Prices of a few vegetable items, coriander seed and turmeric declined on Friday compared with the previous week. Meanwhile, the new price of bottled soybean oil has been made effective which helped ease the price by Tk 12-13 per litre,...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines' efforts to regain its lost domestic passenger market through resuming its local flights next month have suffered a setback as it could not yet sign the necessary deal with the Egyptian aircraft supplier company. "The plan to...
RANGAMATI, Dec 12 : Rangamati Municipality has launched a week-long cleaning campaign on Thursday in the hilly town aimed to attract more tourists during the current winter season. Mayor of Rangamati Municipality Saiful Islam Chowdhury and UNO of Rangamati Sadar...
BEIJING, Dec 12 (AFP): China's industrial output expanded at its slowest pace in three months in November, official data showed Friday, with other key indicators also pointing to weakness in the world's second-largest economy. The data came after a key...
MOSCOW, Dec 12 (AFP): The ruble fell Friday to record lows as oil prices also sank, despite Russia's central bank hiking its interest rate the day before in an attempt to halt the currency's plunge and the resulting price rises....
TOKYO, Dec 12 (Reuters) : Mazda Motor Corp said on Friday it would recall 52,000 cars in Japan to investigate potential defects in Takata Corp air bags. The automaker said its latest "investigative" recall would cover Atenza mid-sized cars and...
SHANGHAI, Dec 12 (AFP): Japanese gaming giant Sony is to offer its PlayStation consoles in China from January, the company said, following rival Microsoft into the potentially lucrative market after China ended a 14-year ban. The company will launch the...
TOKYO, Dec 12 (AFP) : The dollar rose against other currencies in Asia on Friday as a strong US retail sales report reinforced investor confidence in the world's largest economy. The dollar was at 118.81 yen in afternoon trade compared...
RANGPUR, Dec 12 (BSS) : Proper management in microcredit and savings activities of small-scale community based organisations (CBOs) could accelerate uplift to alleviate poverty bringing self- reliance to rural women for their empowerment. Speakers said this at the concluding ceremony...
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