COLOMBO, Dec 31 (Reuters): Sri Lanka's annual inflation rate picked up to 2.1 per cent year-on-year in December from its more than five-year low of 1.5 per cent in the previous month, the state-run Department of Census and Statistics said...
The government approved on Wednesday a proposal for orbital slot lease from Russia following the direct procurement method (DPM) to launch the country's first Satellite "Bangabandhu", reports BSS. For the orbital slot, the government has to pay US$28 million to...
SEOUL, Dec 31 (Xinhua): South Korea's consumer price inflation (CPI) stayed at a 15-year low in 2014 on the back of low prices of crude oil and farm goods, boosting worries about deflation, a government report showed Wednesday. Consumer prices...
Hasanuzzaman | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
The outcome of the Fourth United Nations Conference on LDCs (least developed countries) which took place in Istanbul in May 2011, aims to halve the 'number of LDCs to meet the criteria for graduation by 2020,' (UN, 2011: 6). According...
The New Year is always a time for reflection and looking forward to a fresh beginning. Those who lived the past year well, hope the year to come would be even better. And those who did not spend a particularly...
The Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) programme of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that appeared to have reached the dead end is going to have its mandate extended from 2016 into a new phase. Meant to facilitate the least developed countries...
Md. Shamsul Arefin | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
Elevators constitute an integral part of high-rise buildings and as such safety of the elevators deserves special attention. The high-rise buildings are aplenty in the major cities of the country. It is likely to spread to other small towns also...
Year 2014 has disappeared into infinity, leaving a trail of successes and failures, hopes and disappointments, and fulfilments and deprivation. There are a lot of things to remember, but there are also a lot of things that we would prefer...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has already announced the names of 30 players for the Cricket World Cup 2015 and the final squad will be selected from among these cricketers. The WC is scheduled to begin on February 15 in New...
A lot has been written about different problems of our capital city. But unfortunately very little has been done so far to rescue the citizens from the difficulties that they are in now. For example, footpaths have long disappeared leaving...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh, geographically, has its border with India on three sides - west, north and east - and a narrow strip of land of Myanmar in the east. On the south lies the Bay of Bengal with its warm blue water....
B. K. Mukhopadhyay from Kolkata | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
Time is running out, so is water. The reality points to decreasing per-capita availability, degrading water quality, increasing competition/conflict within sectors and within society, urban versus rural scenarios --- haves versus have-nots --- upstream versus downstream flows, national versus international...
FE Report | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
The securities regulator Wednesday took a number of decisions including the share netting facility for same security and extension of deadline for provisioning of un-realised loss of merchant banks and stock brokers, officials said. The decisions were taken at a...
Babul Barman | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
Net foreign investment in the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) jumped to a record Tk 26.08 billion in 2014, registering an increase of 34.3 per cent over the previous year amid growing confidence and a positive outlook about the Bangladesh's market...
FE Report | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
The securities regulator for the third time has extended the suspension period of effectiveness of the section 3(5) of the margin rules till June 30 next allowing transactions in the portfolios which declined below 150 per cent in value, officials...
Novo Nordisk recently announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the New Drug Application (NDA) for Saxenda® (liraglutide 3 mg), the first once-daily human glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue for the treatment of obesity. Saxenda® is indicated...
FE Report The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has planned to set up an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) company, as a subsidiary of DSE within the next three months. "We will set up an ICT company as a subsidiary of...
Managing Director (MD) of Meghna Bank Limited Mohammed Nurul Amin has been elected chairman of Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers' Association (BAFEDA) for the tenure of 2015-2016, reports UNB. Besides, MD of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited Mohammad Abdul Mannan and MD...
Our Correspondent | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Dec 31: Mohammad Saif Uddin and Mohammed Reazul Kabir have been elected chairman and honorary secretary respectively of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) Chittagong regional committee. They were elected through an election, recently held in the...
MUMBAI, Dec 31 (Reuters): The BSE Sensex and Nifty rose on Wednesday ending a record-setting year with hopes that the momentum would sustain in 2015 should the government announce additional economic reforms and the central bank start cutting interest rates....
SHANGHAI, Dec 31 (Reuters): China stocks climbed to near 5-year highs on the last trading day of the year, as mainland markets ended the year up more than 50 per cent - the best annual performance by a major global...
MUMBAI, Dec 31 (PTI): Shares of cash-strapped carrier SpiceJet today fell by over 3 per cent after the company extended its flight cancellations till next month affecting over 300 flights, while government made it clear that the airline will have...
FE Report | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
Speakers in the national convention on 'Privacy Rights Protection' urged the government to enact a data protection law to secure privacy rights and personal data. The convention was organised by rights-based organisations VOICE and Privacy International, in association with the...
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