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Photo: KABUL: Afghan Cricket Captain Mohammad Nabi Eisakhil (CR)

2014-09-14 00:00:00

Korea returnees to get faster retirement benefits after legal amends

Badrul Ahsan | 2014-09-14 00:00:00

South Korea has recently liberalised Departure Guarantee Insurance claim system of EPS (Employment Permit System) helping foreign workers including Bangladeshis to receive retirement benefits more conveniently. If an EPS worker works in a company in South Korea for minimum one...

Court accepts chargesheet against Moudud, brother

2014-09-14 00:00:00

A court in Dhaka on Sunday took cognizance of the chargesheet against BNP’s standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed and his brother Manzur Ahmed in a case filed by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on charge of grabbing a government...

Local goods, services gaining global standards

Shah Alam Nur | 2014-09-14 00:00:00

Local products and services have gradually been attaining global standards which is helping increase direct business with international partners. The local entrepreneurs are now aiming to explore a new horizon of business with global partners alongside their usual exports, insiders...

News Briefs

2014-09-14 00:00:00

Fair on cottage products begins today A five-day long Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) Fair 2014 will begin today (Sunday) at the BSCIC Bhaban in Motijheel in the capital. Industries Ministry additional secretary Md Farhad Uddin will inaugurate...

Photo: Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman speaking

2014-09-14 00:00:00

Photo: Midland Bank Limited

2014-09-14 00:00:00

Photo: Rapport Bangladesh Limited

2014-09-14 00:00:00

Govt to open commercial wings in 7 countries to boost exports

Rezaul Karim | 2014-09-14 00:00:00

The government has decided to open a good number of commercial wings in seven important countries with a view to boosting export earnings and further strengthening bilateral ties, officials said. The countries are Sweden, Turkey, South Africa, Indonesia, Singapore and...

Slow industrialisation taking toll on national economy: UO

FE Report | 2014-09-14 00:00:00

Country's recent slow rate of transition to a sustainable and inclusive industrialisation is causing the economy not to grow at expected level, according to Unnayan Onneshan (UO), a multidisciplinary think-tank. The UO reveals this in its September issue of Bangladesh...

Int\\\'l investors\\\' forum in city on Sept 17

2014-09-14 00:00:00

The Board of Investment (BoI), the apex investment promotion agency of the government, will organise an 'International Investors Forum Bangladesh 2014' in the city on September 17, reports UNB. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the event at Sonargaon Hotel,...

Tk 9.50b income tax collected in Khulna zone

2014-09-14 00:00:00

KHULNA, Sept 13 (BSS): The Income Tax Zone of Khulna has collected Tk 9.50 billion in the fiscal year (FY) 2013-14, which is Tk 2.90 billion higher than that of the previous fiscal. The Zone had set a collection target...

Beef prices prohibitively high despite government-fixed rate

FE Report | 2014-09-14 00:00:00

Beef is being sold at prices higher than the government -fixed rate in the city, consumers said.   Meat traders defended the higher rate, saying that the price of cow has increased ahead of the sacrificial festival Eid-ul-azha, barely a month...

Rajshahi Income Tax zone to honours highest tax payers

2014-09-14 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Sept 13 (BSS): The Income Tax zone of Rajshahi will accord reception to 30 highest tax payers of Rajshahi zone comprising the districts of Rajshahi, Naogaon, Natore, Chapainawabgonj and Pabna. The reception will be accorded on September 15, the...

Ganja worth Tk 0.50m seized in Rangpur

2014-09-14 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Sept 13 (BSS): Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-13) seized 50 kilogram smuggled ganja and arrested three persons from Ashratpur area near Modern Mour in the outskirts of the city today, the Rab sources said. Assistant Superintendent of Police...

Govt to resume production at Pakshi Paper Mill

2014-09-14 00:00:00

PABNA, Sept 13 (BSS): The government has taken an initiative to resume production at the Pakshi North Bengal Paper Mill at Ishwardi in Pabna. Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sharif said this while talking to the journalists here this noon. The...

Photo: Janata Bank Training Institute

2014-09-14 00:00:00

Photo: Chief Adviser of Broast Café Selim Ahmed and Managing Director Samar Kumar Nath

2014-09-14 00:00:00

Eurozone ministers seek ‘balancing act’ to boost growth

2014-09-14 00:00:00

MILAN, Sept 13 (AFP): European ministers struggled to strike a balance on Friday between turning around a moribund eurozone economy with more spending and cutting bloated national budgets burdened with debt. Eyes at a eurozone group meeting in Milan were...

Govt out to annihilate opposition: Khaleda

2014-09-14 00:00:00

Denouncing the issuance of warrant for the arrest of her party spokesperson Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Sunday night said the government has got desperate to annihilate the opposition through various repressive ways sensing its imminent fall,...

US retail sales move higher

2014-09-14 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) :  US retail sales rose broadly in August and consumer sentiment hit a 14-month high in September, supporting expectations for sturdy economic growth in the third quarter. The data on Friday helped ease concerns about soft...

Poland urges EU to spend 700b euros to boost growth

2014-09-14 00:00:00

WARSAW, Sept 13 (AFP): Poland has called on the European Union to loosen its purse strings to boost growth, becoming the latest country to question German-led austerity as the eurozone economy continues to falter. The 28-member bloc should agree to...

Microsoft needs Minecraft to boost mobile ambitions

2014-09-14 00:00:00

SEATTLE, Sept 13 (Reuters) : Microsoft's impending purchase of Mojang, the Swedish developer with 100 million players of its open world Minecraft game, is more aimed at pulling users onto the software company's obscure mobile platform than its better known...

Chinese output growth slows to five-year low in August

2014-09-14 00:00:00

BEIJING, Sept 13 (AFP) : China's industrial production growth slowed sharply in August to its lowest level for more than five years at 6.9 per cent, official data showed Saturday, intensifying concerns for the world's second-largest economy. The key indicator,...

News in Brief

2014-09-14 00:00:00

OECD says Baltic trio could all be members by 2018 RIGA, Sept 13: The Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will all be members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development by 2018, the group's head said on...

Bundesbank sees smooth switch to new 10-euro banknotes

2014-09-14 00:00:00

FRANKFURT, Sept 13 (AFP) : The German central bank said on Thursday the upcoming launch of new 10-euro banknotes will not be be hit by the same hiccups as those experienced with five-euro notes in 2013. "The lessons have been...

BB Governor for mega project to develop socio-economic condition in Haor areas

Siddique Islam Back from Kishoregonj | 2014-09-14 00:00:00

Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Atiur Rahman has asked the commercial banks to expedite their financing in remote areas including Haor ones in the country's north-eastern districts. "We're working to bring all un-banked people into the banking network through strengthening financial...

Govt, Trust Bank to launch credit programme

2014-09-14 00:00:00

The government and Trust Bank will jointly launch a credit programme to buy laptop for the insolvent freelancers who received training under Learning and Earning Programme (LEP) to make them self-reliant. As part of the move, a Memorandum of Understanding...

Awami League leaders can be bought: Hasina

2014-09-14 00:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vented her anger at the Awami League leaders for being 'unreliable'. As the ruling party chief was walking out of Parliament at the end of Sunday's session, she was heard saying, "All the Awami League...

Photo: AB Bank Limited

2014-09-14 00:00:00