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INFOFISH signs contracts with Bangladesh cos

FE Desk Report | 2014-12-03 00:00:00

INFOFISH has signed contracts with three companies of Bangladesh in the form of technical advisory, fish processing and export promotion. The companies are Earth Agro Farms, S&K and Virgo.  These three companies are the first in Bangladesh preparing to export...

Walton Primo X3 mini to hit market this month

2014-12-03 00:00:00

Walton is going to present Smartphone lovers the country's slimmest handset. The leading local brand, earlier, brought the slimmest Smartphone Primo X3. Now it is going to introduce slimmer and thinner Smartphone Primo X3 mini. The new product of Walton...

Asian stock markets mostly drift lower

2014-12-03 00:00:00

Undated, Dec 2 (AP): Asian stock markets mostly drifted lower Tuesday, taking a negative cue from Wall Street as the economic outlook for next year clouds. Markets were absorbing a number of unsettling trends including further weakness in China's economy,...

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2014-12-03 00:00:00

IPO Diary

2014-12-03 00:00:00

Be wary of local, foreign plots, Chunnu tells garment owners

FE Report | 2014-12-03 00:00:00

State Minister for Labour and Employment Mujibul Haque Chunnu urged Tuesday apparel makers to stay alert of local and foreign conspiracies being hatched to ruin the country's crucial garment sector. "Please stay alert. There are both local and international conspiracies...

BDT deflates further against US$

FE Report | 2014-12-03 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Taka (BDT) depreciated further against the US dollar on Tuesday despite the central bank's intervention in the market through selling the greenback to the commercial banks. The BDT depreciated by 0.03 per cent against the US dollar in...

Shrimp exporters face key test as EU safety team\\\'s visit nears

Monira Munni | 2014-12-03 00:00:00

Frozen food exporters will face a key test early next year when a European Union team visits the country to check whether shrimp being destined to the block meets safety requirement. Exporters and officials have termed the visit by the...

News Briefs

2014-12-03 00:00:00

Petrol pump, baker fined for irregularities Mobile courts Tuesday fined owners of a petrol pump and a bakery in Dhaka for giving less in weight of petrol and octane, and manufacturing bakery products in unhealthy environment respectively. Bangladesh Standards and...

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2014-12-03 00:00:00

EU to form European Union Business Council in BD

FE Report | 2014-12-03 00:00:00

The European Union (EU) is going to form a European Union Business Council (EUBC) in Bangladesh, commerce minister Tofail Ahmed said Tuesday. The EU expressed its interest to import medicine, ship and ICT along with readymade garment items from Bangladesh,...

Gambian entrepreneurs urged to import Bangladeshi items

2014-12-03 00:00:00

Gambian entrepreneurs have been urged to import chemical, leather and leather goods, footwear, and light engineering and plastic goods from Bangladesh. DCCI President Shahjahan Khan made the appeal while receiving a delegation of Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry to...

India mulls petroleum export to Bangladesh thru\\\' pipeline

2014-12-03 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Dec 2 (BSS): India's first cross-country pipeline will connect to Bangladesh. Assam-based Numaligarh Refineries Limited (NRL), a subsidiary of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), will shortly begin work on laying a product pipeline from Siliguri in West Bengal...

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2014-12-03 00:00:00

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2014-12-03 00:00:00

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2014-12-03 00:00:00

Ebola to push Guinea, Sierra Leone into recession: World Bank

2014-12-03 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Dec 02 (AFP): The World Bank said Tuesday that the fallout from the deadly Ebola pandemic will push Guinea and Sierra Leone into recession next year. With the disease still not under control in West Africa, the cost to...

Russian rouble gives up gains on forecast of recession

2014-12-03 00:00:00

MOSCOW, Dec 2 (Reuters): The Russian rouble gave up early gains on Tuesday after the Economy Ministry said it expects a recession next year and sees the currency remaining weak. At 1015 GMT, the rouble was down 1.7 per cent...

S&P doubts Japan govt will have detailed fiscal consolidation plan

2014-12-03 00:00:00

TOKYO, Dec 2 (Reuters): Standard & Poor's on Tuesday cast doubt on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ability to repair Japan's tattered finances less than two weeks away from a snap election, after Moody's downgraded the country's sovereign debt rating. Abe's...

Saudi set for tighter 2015 budget after oil price falls

2014-12-03 00:00:00

DUBAI, Dec 2 (Reuters): Plunging oil prices could mean the first budget cuts for major exporter Saudi Arabia since 2002 but they are not expected to be large enough to stop growth in the Arab world's biggest economy. The government...

China to implement property registration in March

2014-12-03 00:00:00

BEIJING, Dec 02 (AFP): China will implement long-awaited property registration rules from March, a Chinese media outlet said Tuesday, in a move that could give the country's anti-corruption investigators extra ammunition and pave the way for new taxes. Under a...

Proton to open plant in Bangladesh

2014-12-02 00:00:00

Malaysian car manufacturer Proton will open its plant in Bangladesh soon, creating employment opportunity for many Bangladeshis. Newly-appointed chairman of Proton and former Malaysian prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, said this at a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Kuala...

BD to take part in Expo Milano

FE Report | 2014-12-02 00:00:00

Bangladesh will participate in the Expo Milano-2015, a six-month-long exposition slated for May 1 and October 31, 2015, aiming to further enhance export to Italy, officials said. Bangladesh will showcase foods produced from rice in the global exposition. The theme...

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2014-12-02 00:00:00

Rajshahi farmers being trained on agro-technology from FFS

Our Correspondent | 2014-12-02 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Dec 1: Farmers of various upazilas of Rajshahi district are being trained on scientific agro-technology from Farmer's Field School to ensure food security of their families. Thousands of farmers of the district are becoming self-sufficient by being trained through...

Jessore vegetable growers deprived of fair price

Our Correspondent | 2014-12-02 00:00:00

JESSORE, Dec 1: Farmers of Jessore are not getting adequate price of winter vegetables. They cultivated varieties of vegetables such as bottle gourd, cauliflower, radish, brinjal, country bean, cabbage, green chilli etc. Winter vegetables have been cultivated in 19.50 hectare...