BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's Press Secretary Maruf Kamal Khan Sohel on Saturday claimed that Prime Minister’s Adviser HT Imam is a ‘BNP man’ and urged the government to not harm him. ‘HT Imam is our man. Don’t dare to harm...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor Dr Atiur Rahman on Saturday said successful Micro small (MSMEs), and small and medium (SMEs) entrepreneurs will help Bangladesh emerge as a successful economy in the world. “MSMEs contribute up to 30 per cent of GDP...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged all concerned at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) to demonstrate enough efficiency through research works and sincerity to provide improved and better services to patients. The Prime Minister said this while...
A six-member Swedish delegation, led by its Minister for International Development Cooperation Isabella Lövin, will visit Bangladesh from November 24-27, aiming to deepen to bilateral ties, according to a news agency.
Nine Bangladeshis, who were detained by Indian Police, returned home on Saturday through Sona Masjid border point in Shibganj uapzila of Chapainawabganj. Border Security Force (BSF) of India handed over them to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) after a flag meeting...
Primary School Certificate (PSC) and Ebtedayee examinations will begin from Sunday. This year 2.7 million students will take the PSC tests and 311,265 will appear for the Ebtedayee examinations. The exams will start with the English test from 11am to...
Investigation into the murder of Rajshahi University professor Shafiul Islam is being accorded highest priority, Inspector General of Police has said. Hassan Mahmood Khandker was speaking during a passing-out parade at the Bangladesh Police Academy in Rajshahi’s Sarda Saturday. “We’re...
State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid has said Bangladesh will replace 30 million conventional stoves with environment-friendly bio-gas run cookstoves by 2030. The junior minister disclosed the plan while addressing the World Summit on Clean Cookstoves in New...
A fire has raged through a floor of the multi-storey National Sports Council (NSC) building near Dainik Bangla intersection in capital Dhaka. Seven fire-fighting units put out the flames within half an hour of it breaking out around 7:40pm on...
GARISSA: Somalia’s Shebab Islamists Saturday ambushed a bus in Kenya, killing 28 passengers in what they said was a revenge attack for police raids on mosques in the troubled port city of Mombasa. The gunmen ambushed the bus in the...
At least 3,036 workers died in workplace accidents during the last five years from 2009-2014, said a survey released on Saturday. Safety and Rights Society (SRS) and Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) jointly released the report at a...
US President Barack Obama will attend India's Republic Day celebrations in January as chief guest, a sign of steadily expanding ties between two countries that share concerns about China's growing power in Asia. Obama was invited by Prime Minister Narendra...
BNP Dhaka city unit convener Mirza Abbas on Saturday alleged that an international plot is on to kill their party senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman. Abbas, also a BNP standing committee member, was addressing a discussion at the Jatiya Press...
Two companies -- Meghna Petroleum Limited and Envoy Textiles Limited - on Thursday recommended cash and stock dividends for the year ended on June 30, 2014, reports UNB. The board of directors of Meghna Petroleum Limited has recommended 95 per...
MUMBAI, Nov 20 (Reuters): The BSE Sensex and Nifty edged up on Thursday as exporters such as Infosys Ltd rallied after the rupee fell to a nine-month low, although the weaker local currency hit other blue-chips such as Tata Motors...
NEW DELHI, Nov 20 (Business Standard): NTPC, the largest power generating company in India, has raised 500 million dollars from the international bond markets on Wednesday. NTPC is the first Indian company to tap the foreign currency bond market after...
LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters): World stocks extended losses on Thursday as evidence suggested both the Chinese and European economies were slowing, while the yen slid to multi-year lows against the dollar and euro on bets on more Japanese money printing....
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 November 19, 2014, said a...
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 November 19, 2014, said...
M S Siddiqui | 2014-11-21 00:00:00
Gold, as defined under Section 2 of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, takes the form of coin or bullion or ingot whether refined or not. The annual demand for gold in Bangladesh is 17 tonnes, but there has been no...
Jamaluddin Ahmed concluding his two-part article | 2014-11-21 00:00:00
There are at least three other roles of central banks that are less considered. One is the distributive role of central bank policy. Central banks' policies can have differential impacts on different classes and groups: workers and capitalists, debtors and...
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