BRAC Bank Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the famous Indian cardiac surgeon Dr. Devi Shetty's Narayana Health Hospitals to provide special healthcare privileges to its valued customers. Under the agreement, BRAC Bank Premium Banking customers will...
HONG KONG, Oct 09, 2014 (AFP) : Asian markets mostly rose Thursday following an upswing on Wall Street as minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest meeting indicated policymakers were nervous about hiking interest rates too soon. The minutes show the...
MUMBAI, Oct 9 (Business Standard): Benchmark shares indices ended 1.5 per cent higher on Thursday snapping a three-day losing streak led by financials following encouraging India growth forecast by the World Bank while delay in interest rates by the US...
LONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters): European shares halted a two-day slide on Thursday, bouncing off two-month lows on expectations the Federal Reserve will not start hiking interest rates until the US economy is strong enough to accept the move. Disappointing outlook...
TOKYO, Oct 9 (AFP): Tokyo shares fell 0.75 per cent on Thursday as a stronger yen wiped out early gains after the Federal Reserve dampened expectations for a US interest rate hike in early 2015. The Nikkei 225 at the...
MUMBAI, Oct 9 (Business Standard): Government bond yields dropped to a year's low on Wednesday on speculation a decline in global oil prices would aid the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)'s efforts to curb inflation. The yield on the 10-year...
LONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters): World stock markets roared their approval on Thursday of reassurances the US Federal Reserve will not rush into raising interest rates, with risk appetite flooding back into almost every asset class. The dollar jolted lower, while...
SHANGHAI, Oct 9 (Reuters): Hong Kong shares finished higher on Thursday, buoyed by gains in global markets on expectations that the Federal Reserve would keep interest rates low for a longer period. The Hang Seng Index rose 1.2 per cent...
Md Bokhtiar Hasan | 2014-10-10 00:00:00
Capital market is the heart of any economy. Through the stock market, savings are channelised into effective long-term investments. Such a market contributes immensely to a country's gross domestic product (GDP) growth. This is why sometimes it is called the...
It is a welcome development that farmers in the vast Barind region in Rajshahi have started cultivation of other cereals in place of paddy as part of preparation for adapting to climate change. This drought-prone region has so long been...
Abdul Bayes | 2014-10-10 00:00:00
In a short-story 'Poth Jana Nai' (Path not Known), as we remember, novelist Shamsuddin Abul Kalam depicted how connection with cities through a road could help a village grow in wealth and happiness. Bibhuti Bhushan and Tarashankar in their literary...
Rabeya Ferdous | 2014-10-10 00:00:00
Mental function is an important part of our life. If our mind remains well, everything is well. Physical health and mental health are interconnected with each other. If one of the two is not well, the other is also not...
Natural gas availability is decreasing day by day, and our resources are finite. Contrarily, consumption has shot up and is increasing day by day. We must therefore take all necessary steps to curtail its consumption. Some years back, it was...
We thank the city corporation authorities for efficiently doing the post-Eid-ul-Azha clean-up job. Considering the bitter experiences of the past, we were scared before the Eid day that cleaning the animal waste would not be possible and we the city...
The International Cricket Council has banned many bowlers for having illegal bowling action and Bangladeshi cricketer Shohag Gazi is one of them. The ICC ruled that Shohag exceeded the 15 degree limit of arm extension in his bowling action. The...
Shihab Sarkar | 2014-10-10 00:00:00
No matter whether one is gifted with the innate power of writing, educated persons, especially those who become famous in later life, have the common propensity to write a memoir or an autobiography. Perhaps due to this, we have such...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam reviewing a UNESCO publication | 2014-10-10 00:00:00
Around the world, people are passing through a critical juncture, with social discrimination, racial and xenophobic feelings, intolerance and violence on the rise. Nevertheless, the peace-loving people dream for a better world, where they can live together regardless of colour,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stressed Thursday the importance of more investment and financial assistance from the developed countries for Bangladesh's further development, reports UNB. "We need more financial help and investment from the developed nations for further development of Bangladesh,"...
Outgoing Pakistan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Mian Afrasiab Mehdi Hashmi Qureshi met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office on Thursday, reports UNB.PM's Press Secretary AKM Shameem Chowdhury briefed reporters after the meeting. During the meeting, the prime minister stressed...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia Thursday urged people to resist the conspiracies by local and foreign evil forces imbued with the spirit of Shaheed Jehad to protect the country's independence and sovereignty and uphold democracy, reports UNB. Naziruddin Jehad, an activist...
India's Intelligence Bureau has submitted a report on the Burdwan blast to the country's Home Ministry, blaming West Bengal police for trying to conceal and destroy evidence of the explosions in Burdwan town which killed two on October 2, reports...
Anger has been vented on the government after Language Movement stalwart Abdul Matin was not given state honour in death, report agencies. Hundreds of people gathered at Central Shaheed Minar in the city Thursday noon to bid farewell to Matin,...
State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan said on Thursday the government has not yet got any information from the Indian government over channeling Saradha chit fund to Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, reports UNB. "We've communicated with India following media reports over the...
A Dhaka court Thursday extended time by three months more for the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to further investigate the much-talked-about Maj Gen Manzur murder case, reports UNB. Dhaka First Additional District and Sessions Judge (acting) Badrul Alam Bhuiyan passed...
CHITTAGONG, Oct 9 (UNB): Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested a charge-sheeted accused in the Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque killing case in Feni and his two accomplices from Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) on Thursday afternoon. The arrestees were...
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