In this digital age we are using smart and android phones. We are now smart enough and all the time we are busy in social networking sites, like Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Skype, etc. Our daily life has become fast due...
While giving transhipment rights to India, Bangladesh should unilaterally fix tariff for river, rail and land transport across the country. However, the rail transport may be segregated, as it involves metre to broad gauge transhipments. The land and waterways need...
Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2014-11-20 00:00:00
It is not possible for a Bangladeshi to imagine how punishing it is to walk on a road with temperature dropped to 13 degrees Fahrenheit (which is minus 10.55 degrees centigrade) unless he or she has lived here in chilly...
Frank Peters | 2014-11-20 00:00:00
There is a large family of well-meaning clichés roaming free throughout Bangladesh espousing the need to protect children in different ways. "The children are our future", they scream loudly, but largely they're all ignored. Children's rights are still an illusion....
FE Report | 2014-11-20 00:00:00
The market turned around Wednesday after losing in the last four consecutive sessions as buying spree in the heavyweight banks helped the market to close in green. The market opened with a positive mood which sustained till the market closure....
Premier Bank and Lulu International Exchange, a renowned money transfer company based in the UAE, have recently launched remittance service to enable the customers to receive cash remittance on the same day as well credit the account in the shortest...
Novo Nordisk was ranked second on the 2014 Access to Medicine Index, climbing four places since the 2012 Index. "Novo Nordisk's ranking is a reflection of the company's inclusion of access to medicine within its core business, including equitable pricing...
Suspension/ resumption of trading Alltex Industries Ltd. Normal trading of the shares of the Company will resume today (Thursday) after record date. Usmania Glass Trading of the shares of the Company will remain suspended on record date, today (Thursday). Northern...
CVO signs deal with Sylhet Gas Fields The Company has informed that they have signed a buy/sale agreement with Sylhet Gas Fields Ltd. to procure the allotted condensate of 15,000 MT Wednesday. Bonus shares credited GPH Ispat Ltd. The Company...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-11-20 00:00:00
The government has issued a fresh reminder asking the state-owned enterprises (SoEs) concerned to offload their shares in the capital market without further delay, officials said. They said the Ministry of Finance reminded the relevant SoEs of the earlier directive...
NEW YORK, Nov 19 (Reuters): The Dow and S&P 500 closed at record highs on Tuesday, lifted by further gains in healthcare shares and hopes for a stronger global economy. The S&P 500 scored its fourth straight day of gains....
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-11-20 00:00:00
The government has taken a set of proactive measures, including cutbacks on tax and easy residency, to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country, sources said. The Board of Investment (BoI), in an inter-ministerial meeting recently, made the decisions...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-11-20 00:00:00
Rice export to Sri Lanka will start soon as the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has amended the Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) -- a hurdle in the way of the country's move to shipment of food grain, officials said. The export...
The Jatiya Sangsad today unanimously passed the 'Bangladesh Hotels and Restaurants Bill, 2014' aimed at ensuring transparency and accountability and skilled management in running hotel and restaurant business through providing quality service, as it played a vital role for flourishing...
US starts, permits data point to improving housing market WASHINGTON, Nov 19 : Starts for US single-family homes rose for a second straight month in October and overall building permits approached a 6-1/2-year high, suggesting the housing market was still...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-11-20 00:00:00
The Finance Division has released more than Tk8.75 billion as subsidy to the private sector against the import of fertilisers in the first phase of the current financial year (FY'15), officials said. Under the government subsidy arrangement, the private importers...
The Australian buyers have been urged not to pay heed to any propaganda over Bangladesh's readymade garment (RMG) industry and to visit factories in person to see the progress on the ground. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed made the appeal while...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has emphasised establishing connectivity between Bangladesh and Bhutan to further boost bilateral trade and business. "We must establish connectivity to further increase bilateral trade and business," the PM said when Bhutanese Ambassador in Dhaka Pema...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 19 (BSS): Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu, MP, has called for collective efforts of all government agencies, entrepreneurs, banks and other financial institutions concerned for effective and successful promotion of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for boosting the...
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