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Photo: Pro-Vice Chancellor of University

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Photo: From left: Senior Sales Manager of Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort

2014-09-23 00:00:00

French PM to meet Merkel for economic talks

2014-09-23 00:00:00

BERLIN, Sept 22 (AFP) : French Prime Minister Manuel Valls meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel Monday for delicate talks on boosting Europe's economy that pit Berlin's insistence on fiscal discipline against Paris' demand for pro-growth policies. Socialist Valls, on his...

Kashmir\\\'s famed carpets ruined in $5b flood losses

2014-09-23 00:00:00

SRINAGAR, India, Sept 22 (AFP) : Caked with mud and soaked in putrid water, Qazi Mohammad Yahya's ruined handmade carpets and Pashmina shawls reflect Indian Kashmir's economic devastation from the region's worst floods in a century. More than 450 people...

OECD backs Japan tax hike, more easy money

2014-09-23 00:00:00

TOKYO, Sept 22 (AFP):  Japan should raise sales taxes again next year despite wobbles in the economy caused by the first rise, and the central bank should cushion the blow with more easy money, the OECD said Monday. The Bank...

News in Brief

2014-09-23 00:00:00

High-flying dollar slips in Asia TOKYO, Sept 22  : The dollar retreated in Asia on Monday after surging last week on US Federal Reserve hints at higher-than-expected interest rates and Scotland's decision not to break away from the United Kingdom....

Stocks rally for fifth day

FE Report | 2014-09-23 00:00:00

Stocks extended the gaining streak for the fifth straight session Monday with turnover rose slightly despite the countrywide shutdown enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) went up by 11.28 points...

RSRM zooms up 93.25pc on debut day

FE Report | 2014-09-23 00:00:00

Ratanpur Steel Re-rolling Mills (RSRM), a sister concern of Ratanpur Group, posted modest gain in its trading debut Monday at the bourses - Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE). Ratanpur Steel Re-rolling Mills, the steel manufactures, share...

Citi Electronic Payment Roadshow reaches Comilla

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Citibank, N.A., held its first up country workshop at Comilla recently as part of their ongoing electronic payment roadshow. The roadshow was originally launched on 26th August, 2014 at Dhaka and is expected to hold 4 more such events at...

bKash offers 10pc cash back on shopping

2014-09-23 00:00:00

bKash Limited, the leading mobile financial service provider in the country offers 10 per cent cash back for its wallet users on account of celebration of Eid-Ul-Azha. The wallet users can avail the offer if they pay through bKash while...

New Director for Anwar Group

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Mr. Ashrafuzzaman Faruk has recently been promoted as Director-Sales & Marketing of the century-old Anwar Group's Building Materials Division's vertical II comprising of Anwar Cement Sheet Limited  and A-One Polymer Limited. Mr. Faruk joined Anwar Group of Industries in the...

News Briefs

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Completion of shares sale/buy Islami Insurance   Farhana Alam, one of the Sponsors of the Company, has further reported that she has completed her sale of 50,000 shares of the Company at prevailing market price through Stock Exchange as announced earlier....

Photo: (from left) Trust Bank Limited, Social Islami Bank Limited, Dhaka Bank

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Photo: Active Fine Chemicals Limited

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Photo: Shafina Rahman, Governor of Rotary International District 3281 (Dhaka)

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Quality IPOs, investors’ awareness DSE’s main challenge

FE Report | 2014-09-23 00:00:00

The main challenge of the premier bourse is to be a profit oriented organisation as the mutual exchange has turned into a demutualised exchange. The managing director of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Dr. Swapan Kumar Bala said this Monday...

BB receives highest complaints against 3 banks last year

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Bangladesh Bank (BB) last year received the highest number of complaints from customers against Sonali Bank Limited (SBL), Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) and Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), according to a latest report of the central bank, according to BSS....

Photo: Farmers Bank Limited

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Photo: Citibank, N.A.,

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Photo: Jamuna Bank Limited

2014-09-23 00:00:00

BRAC EPL Daily Market Update

2014-09-23 00:00:00

BNP slams PM for her big UNGA entourage

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Criticising the Prime Minister (PM) for going to the USA with a big delegation of 180 people, BNP said Monday this is an example of whimsical use of state power by the current illegal government, reports UNB. "We think it's...

Maya taunts Khaleda, urges her to quit as BNP chief

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya urged Khaleda Zia Monday to quit BNP chairperson's post for what he said her failure to rally her party followers on the streets by calling a hartal, reports UNB. "The entire Dhaka city...

Khaleda to address public rally in B\\\'baria today

2014-09-23 00:00:00

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will address a public rally in Brahmanbaria today (Tuesday) in a bid to mobilise public support in favour of a fresh election under a non-party neutral administration, reports UNB. The local unit of the BNP-led 20-party...

Bangladesh chairs UN Credentials Committee

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Bangladesh has been made the chair of the UN Credentials Committee for the 69th General Assembly and the 29th Special Session, report agencies. With the support of eight out of the nine member countries in the committee- China, US, Russia,...

Deposition recording begins in Khaleda\\\'s absence

2014-09-23 00:00:00

A Dhaka court started Monday recording the deposition of the witnesses in Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases in absence of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, reports UNB. Harunur Rashid, deputy director of Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) and also...

Hartal passes off peacefully in Pabna

Our Correspondent | 2014-09-23 00:00:00

PABNA, Sept 22: Hartal passed off peacefully amid incessant rainfall in the district. Leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-Shibir separately took out processions in the morning from the Pabna Town Hall Maidan and the Pabna Edward College premises respectively....

Sajeda acting AL President

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Awami League (AL) presidium member and Deputy Leader of the House Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury will perform as acting AL president in absence of party chief Sheikh Hasina, reports UNB. AL president and Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for...

Police detain 6 JCD men from

DU campus | 2014-09-23 00:00:00

Police have arrested six members of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) from Dhaka University campus amid the countrywide strike called by the BNP-led 20-Party alliance, report agencies. The student activists of the BNP were arrested in two phases Monday morning, said...

Explosion at CHT regional council office damages 5 vehicles

2014-09-23 00:00:00

RANGAMATI, Sept 22 (UNB): Five vehicles were damaged following a blast at Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Regional Council Office in Sadar Upazila early Monday. Witnesses said the explosion occurred with a big bang on the premises of the council office...