FE Report | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
The government would seek help of a senior World Bank executive for confirming some US$500 million budgetary support as the Bank official will arrive in Dhaka today (Tuesday) for a three-day visit, officials said Monday. Economic Relations Division (ERD) officials...
FE Report | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
Speakers at a seminar on Monday stressed the need for more dialogue between workers and employers to achieve the goal of US$50 billion export by the year 2021. Besides relations development, the speakers also emphasised the need for workers' safety,...
In a twist of fate, a band of robbers had to leave suddenly after they had broken into a branch of the state-owned bank in Moulavibazar Monday, reports bdnews24.com. Apparently, the ill-equipped robbers failed to crack the vault. The branch...
FE Report | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
The country's apparel makers identified on Monday higher cost of fund, absence of buyers' participation, and scarcity of suitable land for factory relocation as the impediments towards remediation of the non-compliant units. They also held higher import duty on safety...
Siddique Islam | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
Industrial term loans registered a steep rise in the first quarter (Q1) of this fiscal year (FY) principally due to higher lending on account of import of capital machinery, officials said. The disbursement of such credits increased 44.24 per cent...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
The number of individual taxpayers is set to grow by 20 per cent in the current fiscal year (FY), 2014-15, following the taxmen's increased efforts and monitoring to widen the tax-net. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has attained an...
Munima Sultana | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
Sheer inability of Dhaka to take the mounting load of motorised and non-motorised transports has been mathematically proved in a recent study that indicated the city traffic is facing a "total blockage'. It has found that the capacity of the...
State Minister for Youth and Sports Biren Sikder, MP, greeted the players, officials and coaches of national hockey team for becoming champions in the Junior AHF Cup Hockey Tournament, reports BSS. In a message on Sunday, the state minister also...
Bangladesh Women's Volleyball Team will take part in the First South Asian Women's Volleyball Championship to be held at the Nepal National Sports Council in Kathmandu from December 19-23, reports UNB. Bangladesh team, which has been undergoing training at the...
MADRID, Dec 7 (AFP): Cristiano Ronaldo netted a record 23rd hat-trick in La Liga and his 200th goal in the Spanish top flight as Real Madrid equalled a Spanish record of 18 consecutive wins in all competitions with a 3-0...
Younis happy to be back in one-day fold DUBAI, Dec 7: Veteran Pakistan batsman Younis Khan Sunday expressed his delight at being recalled to the one-day team which raised hopes of a final campaign in next year's World Cup being...
COLOMBO, Dec 7 (AFP): Kumar Sangakkara hit 86 as Sri Lanka squeezed past England with six wickets and two balls to spare in the fourth one-day international Sunday to take a 3-1 lead in the seven-match series. James Taylor missed...
FE Report | 2014-12-08 00:00:00
Sector-stakeholders and economists at a business summit Sunday suggested timely policy intervention, creating environment for local and foreign investment in road, rail and port capacity building to meet the infrastructure challenges to enable the country to attain the vision of...
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq said with over 2.7 million cases pending in courts, foreign companies and investors feel discouraged to cut commercial deals with Bangladesh. The government has already made substantive amendments in some of the...
FE Report | 2014-12-08 00:00:00
The government has taken up a project to improve safety of maritime transportation, which can help earn Tk 200 million per year, Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan said Sunday. To achieve the goal, the government has taken GMDSS project that will...
CCCI chief for Tk 0.1m loan sans security deposit CHITTAGONG, Dec 7: Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Mahbubul Alam has urged the banks to provide bank loans up to Tk 0.1 million without security deposit for creating new...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-12-08 00:00:00
Pre-season variety of onion has hit the market, helping price of the spice item to decrease, traders said. Newly harvested local onion is now selling at Tk30-32 per kg in the city kitchen markets, thanks to higher production in the...
The European Commission (EC) has decided to provide an additional 1.0 million euro, equivalent to over Tk 95 million to bring humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable families affected by the extensive flooding in north-western Bangladesh. This aid comes in...
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) in its latest report noted that Bangladesh's readymade garment (RMG) sector showed dynamism in improving workplace safety, reports BSS. Referring to the Rana Plaza tragedy in April 2013, the ILO's Global Wage Report 2014-15, released...
President Abdul Hamid has sought Bhutan's support in enhancing connectivity within the South Asian region and beyond for the mutual benefits of the people. The President sought the support when Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay made a courtesy call on...
An initiative has been taken to introduce an electronic micro credit management system to make the micro credit services easily available to the rural people. In this connection, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Access to Information (A2I)...
FRANKFURT, Dec 7 (Reuters): From his office on the 41st floor of the gleaming new European Central Bank headquarters, Mario Draghi's view stretches far beyond Frankfurt's high-rise financial center and he doesn't like what he sees. The darkening outlook for...
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