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MTB Unit Fund NAV disclosed

2014-09-28 00:00:00

The total NAV of MTB Unit Fund stood at Tk  318,850,374.52 on the basis of cost price and Tk  305,317,992.24 on the basis of market price at the close of business operation on September 25, 2014. The face value per...

Photo: Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited

2014-09-28 00:00:00

Photo: Hotel Agrabad organised a voluntary blood donation programme

2014-09-28 00:00:00

Photo: FSIBL

2014-09-28 00:00:00

IDLC Investment - Company Insight

2014-09-28 00:00:00

Asian shares skid as Wall Street slumps

2014-09-28 00:00:00

TOKYO, Sept 27 (Reuters): Asian shares got off to a rocky start on Friday after a sharp drop on Wall Street curbed enthusiasm for the dollar even after it touched multi-year highs in the previous session. US stocks ended sharply...

Alibaba’s IPO success fuels hope among Indian e-commerce majors

2014-09-28 00:00:00

BANGALORE, Sept 27 (Business Standard): The overwhelming response to Alibaba's initial public offering (IPO) in the US last week has generated tremendous excitement among Indian e-commerce majors, who believe the development demonstrates high investor confidence for the sector in emerging...

Radio City promoters contemplate IPO in Jan-Mar 2015

2014-09-28 00:00:00

MUMBAI, Sept 27 (Business Standard): The promoters of private FM station Radio City 91.1 FM, Music Broadcast Private Limited (MBPL) owned by private equity firm IVF Holdings Pvt Ltd, are contemplating to come out with an initial public offering (IPO)...

Rocket brings IPO forward due to \\\'exceptional\\\' demand

2014-09-28 00:00:00

FRANKFURT, Sept 27 (Reuters): Germany's Rocket Internet is bringing its planned initial public offering (IPO) forward by a week, citing "exceptional investor demand across all points of the price range" for its shares. The e-commerce investment group said on Friday...

BSE, Bank of New York Mellon to ease foreign investment rules

2014-09-28 00:00:00

MUMBAI, Sept 27 (Reuters): BSE Ltd and Bank of New York Mellon have signed an agreement enabling foreign investors to provide AAA rated sovereign bonds traded outside of India as collateral for trades done on the domestic exchange, the two...

ADB sells entire stake in India’s Petronet LNG

2014-09-28 00:00:00

MUMBAI, Sept 27 (Reuters): Asian Development Bank (ADB) sold its entire 5.2 per cent stake in Indian gas supplier Petronet LNG Ltd for 7.14 billion rupees ($116.8 million) on Friday via block deals, BSE data showed. ADB sold over 39...

AGM/EGM/Record Date (Last Updated on September 25, 2014)

2014-09-28 00:00:00

Photo: Dr M Mosharraf Hossain, Chairman and Managing Director of Rapport Bangladesh Limited receiving Nelson Mandela Gold Medal-2014

2014-09-28 00:00:00

Photo: Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited

2014-09-28 00:00:00

Photo: Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited

2014-09-28 00:00:00

IPO Diary

2014-09-28 00:00:00

The conundrum surrounding state-owned banks

Syed Ashraf Ali | 2014-09-28 00:00:00

The words 'mismanagement', 'scandals', 'scams' and lately 'trading of blames' have long been synonymous with the state-owned banks (SoBs). The phenomenon can well be traced to early seventies but reached menacing proportions in the eighties, especially during the regime of...

Indo-Bangla relations - an analysis

M. Serajul Islam | 2014-09-28 00:00:00

The Awami League (AL)-led government is in a spin mode with a flurry of foreign affairs initiatives. The Prime Minister took two major visits to Japan and China and then the Japanese Prime Minister came to Dhaka. In this spin...

Dismal results and cheating in DU admission tests

2014-09-28 00:00:00

The record low percentage of pass in admission tests held at the country's largest public university, the Dhaka University, and the arrest of nearly 50 persons, including students seeking admission to three public universities in Dhaka city, for their alleged...

Impact assessment of fuel oil price-hikes

Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-09-28 00:00:00

Once again the government is planning to increase fuel oil prices. All indications suggest that the price hike was being mulled in order to make up for additional losses estimated to be Tk 10 billion  a year as the National...

Govt must sit with BNP for dialogue: Khaleda

2014-09-27 00:00:00

JAMALPUR: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia Saturday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina must sit with BNP for talks over holding a fresh general election in a free and fair manner as BNP is the country’s largest and most popular party. “There’s...

Media must know where to stop

Nilratan Halder | 2014-09-27 00:00:00

The only son and daughter of a member of the journalist community hanged themselves recently. They lived with a single parent, their mother. Their father too is in the journalism profession and the couple had opted for a divorce. The...

Summer ends and fall begins

Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2014-09-27 00:00:00

Summer in most of the cities in America is what winter is like in Bangladesh. The average summer temperature in Maryland, where I live, is 72 degrees Fahrenheit, which is about 23 degrees Celsius --- the perfect temperature during winter...

A memorable visit to a happiness destination

A Z M Saif | 2014-09-27 00:00:00

Some phone calls will always bring smile to your face, especially those from your near and dear ones and they are also the harbinger of goodness, positivity, and more importantly happiness. Phone calls from Arif, Iqbal and Salam bhai were...

DSE

2014-09-27 00:00:00

Message from UN Secretary General

2014-09-27 00:00:00

This year's observance of World Tourism Day focuses on the ability of tourism to fully empower people. Engaging local populations in tourism development builds stronger and more resilient communities. Tourism helps people to develop a variety of skills. As a...

Theme for 2014: Tourism and Community Development

2014-09-27 00:00:00

This year's World Tourism Day (WTD) draws special attention to the role of tourism in contributing to one of the building blocks of a more sustainable future for all: Community development. This focus is in line with the global transition...

Message from UNWTO Secretary-General

2014-09-27 00:00:00

Each time we travel, use local transport at a destination or buy products from a local market we are contributing to a long value chain that creates jobs, provides livelihoods, empowers local communities, and ultimately brings in new opportunities for...

Bandarban: The sunny horizon of tourism

Syed Rashidul Hasan | 2014-09-27 00:00:00

Bandarban -- 'the roof of Bangladesh', as described by the Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (the National Tourism Organization of Bangladesh), is a hidden paradise away from the hustle and bustle of our daily life. Bandarban is regarded as one of the...

Community involvement in tourism development

Ziaul Haque Howlader | 2014-09-27 00:00:00

One of the key issues of sustainable tourism development is community benefit. Without community benefit tourism can no way be sustainable. To make a project viable, involvement of local community in project planning, formulation and implementation is necessary. In the...