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Fifth round of DPL starts today

2014-11-24 00:00:00

The 5th round of Walton Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League begins today (Monday) at three separate venues in the city and its adjoining area, reports BSS. On the day, table topper Legends of Rupganj take on Victoria Sporting Club while...

Wanderers beat T&T Club 1-0

2014-11-24 00:00:00

Dhaka Wanderers Club beat T&T Club, Motijheel by a solitary goal in the only match of the Bengal Group Senior Division Football League at Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Sunday, reports UNB. After the barren first half, T&T Club...

Swiss on verge of Davis Cup glory

2014-11-24 00:00:00

LILLE, Nov 23 (AFP): Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka gave Switzerland a 2-1 lead over France in the Davis Cup final with a commanding doubles win over Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquet in Lille Saturday. The world number two and...

sports digest

2014-11-24 00:00:00

Gasquet to play Federer in Davis Cup LILLE, France, Nov 23: Richard Gasquet will replace Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for France in the crucial opening reverse singles against Switzerland's Roger Federer in the Davis Cup final Sunday. French number one Tsonga had...

DAE fixes 0.73m tonne sweet potato production target

2014-11-24 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Nov 23 (BSS):  The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has fixed a target of producing 0.73 million (7.33 lakh) tonne sweet potato from 44,000 hectares of land in the country during the current 2014-2015 Rabi season, official sources said....

OPEC divided on oil output before crucial meeting

2014-11-24 00:00:00

LONDON, Nov 23 (AFP): The OPEC oil producers cartel will hold one of its toughest and most significant meetings in recent years as, faced with sliding prices, its members must contemplate whether to cut output. Ahead of Thursday's meeting of...

Gold firm near $1,200, eyes third weekly gain

2014-11-24 00:00:00

SINGAPORE, Nov 23 (Reuters):  Gold was heading for its third-straight weekly gain on Friday, buoyed by short-covering and a pause in the dollar rally, while physical demand is also picking up on firmer prices. The metal traded between $1,175 an...

Fuel price rise tests Indonesia leader\\\'s poverty pledge

2014-11-24 00:00:00

JAKARTA, Nov 23 (AFP):  In an old cemetery in the Indonesian capital,  Enur's family and others live in makeshift houses between tombstones, a handful of the millions of poor people that new President Joko Widodo has pledged to help. But...

Photo: AHM Mustafa Kamal, MP,

2014-11-24 00:00:00

Turnover hits below Tk 4.0 billion-mark

FE Report | 2014-11-24 00:00:00

Turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell below Tk 4.0 billion-mark Sunday, lowest in the last four months, as investors were reluctant to take fresh exposure in the market amid shaky sentiment. Turnover, the most important indicator of the...

Appointment of truly independent, impartial professionals the main challenge

FE Report | 2014-11-24 00:00:00

Speakers at a panel discussion have identified the 'formation of proposed Financial Reporting Council (FRC) with truly independent and impartial professionals as the main challenge to make it implementable and enforceable. The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh...

Fall in lending to farmers warrants BB call for care

FE Report | 2014-11-24 00:00:00

Lending to farmers decreased by nearly 6.0 per cent in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY) 2014-15 compared to previous corresponding period, prompting the regulator to make a call for a greater care.    Officials said the...

Youth dies falling from tree in Jessore

2014-11-24 00:00:00

A teen-aged boy died falling from a tree at Churmonkati village in Jessore Sadar Upazila on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Masud Rana, 16, resident of the village. The victim's father Ibrahim Hossain said Masud fell from a...

News Briefs

2014-11-24 00:00:00

Suspension of AIT on stocks demanded The stock market investors placed a seven-point charter of demands to the securities regulator, including suspension of advance income tax (AIT) system from small investors, considering the present market situation. Bangladesh Capital Market Investors'...

Photo: Southeast Bank Foundation

2014-11-24 00:00:00

Photo: The annual sales & marketing conference 2014 of Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd

2014-11-24 00:00:00

Tk 1.0b govt fund for BHBFC

Rezaul Karim | 2014-11-24 00:00:00

The government is going to provide Tk 1.0 billion fund assistance to Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) of which Tk 500 million will be disbursed in the current fiscal year (FY) and the rest in the next FY, officials...

Beximco Pharma receives approval from Health Canada

2014-11-24 00:00:00

Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited., the leading manufacturer and exporter of medicines in Bangladesh, has recently received GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) approval from the Canadian regulatory authority, Health Canada, according to a statement. This is for the first time a Bangladeshi company...

Sebi proposes to reduce IPO process time

2014-11-24 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Nov 23 (Economic Times): Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is proposing to shrink the time taken for initial public offer (IPO) process to six-seven days from about 12 days now, as part of its...

Bengal Windsor recommends 23pc cash dividend

2014-11-24 00:00:00

The board of directors of the Bengal Windsor Thermoplastics Ltd has recommended 23 per cent cash dividend (except sponsor directors) for the year ended on June 30, 2014, reports UNB. The sponsors directors hold 64.90 per cent, i.e. 4,90,66,560 shares...

FPI inflows hit Rs 200b in November so far

2014-11-24 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Nov 23 (PTI): Overseas investors have pumped in close to Rs 200 billion in the Indian capital markets since the beginning of this month on positive global cues coupled with hopes from the government's reforms agenda. The net...

Photo: EBL

2014-11-24 00:00:00

Photo: Dhaka Bank Limited

2014-11-24 00:00:00

IPO Diary

2014-11-24 00:00:00

Today\\\'s Market Review

2014-11-24 00:00:00

Malaysian hospitals eyeing more Bangladeshi patients

FE Report | 2014-11-24 00:00:00

The leading Malaysian hospitals are eyeing to get an increased number of Bangladeshi patients in the upcoming years. Representatives of some of the hospitals, which participated in the day-long Malaysian Healthcare Expo at a city hotel Sunday, expressed the hope,...

Russia to push for free trade zone between EU, EEU

2014-11-24 00:00:00

MOSCOW, Nov 23 (Xinhua): Russia calls for a free trade zone between the European Union (EU) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday. The suggestion will be brought up at a ministerial council meeting of...

ICCB chief off to Colombo to attend APBF Meeting

2014-11-24 00:00:00

The International Chamber of Commerce - Bangladesh (ICCB) President Mahbubur Rahman will leave the city today (Monday) for Colombo, Sri Lanka to attend the three-day Asia Pacific Business Forum (APBF) Meeting 2014 scheduled to be started tomorrow (Tuesday),  said a...

FE Report

2014-11-24 00:00:00

SaFaL Shrimp Services Centre set up in Satkhira A SaFaL (Sustainable Agriculture, Food Security and Linkages) Shrimp Services Centre has been set up at Debhata upazila of Satkhira district to provide the local Bagda farmers with technical supports including updated...

Brazil to announce budget cuts with new economic team

2014-11-24 00:00:00

SAO PAULO, Nov 23 (Reuters): Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's new, still unconfirmed economic team is preparing budget cuts for 2015 that will be announced next week, newspaper Folha de S. Paulo reported on Sunday. The paper did not give an...