FE Report | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
Stocks slipped in the red for the third sessions straight on Sunday, with turnover crossing Tk 7.0 billion-mark again, as late profit booking sale cut early gains. Market opened the week on a positive note, but, it could not sustain...
MUMBAI, Aug 24 (Business Standard): The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has asked investors in Sahara's collective investment scheme to apply for their refunds by September 30. A half-page newspaper advertisement said that claims after the deadline would...
LONDON: European stock markets jumped Monday, with Frankfurt's main DAX index gaining 1.83 per cent to 9,510.14 points. In Paris the CAC 40 rose 2.10 per cent to 4,342.11 points, while trading was closed in London due to a holiday.
Muhammad Zamir | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
It has been a continuous tragedy. Over the last year, the number of fatalities has continued to climb. It has included passengers travelling by train, either inside the compartment or on the roof, or others hit by train while crossing...
Salahuddin Kasem Khan | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
The joint Japan-Bangladesh Public-Private Economic Dialogue, held last week in Dhaka, was an important event. It took place about two weeks ahead of the forthcoming visit of Mr. Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister (PM) of Japan, to Bangladesh. Abe will...
One of the prerequisites for Bangladesh to attain the middle-income status by 2021, as targeted, is certainly investment -local or foreign. But private investment which accounts for about 75 per cent of total investment has been stagnating. The proportion of...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
How are the demutualised stock exchanges performing in Bangladesh? It is too early to ask this kind of question for only 16 months have gone by since the demutualisation of the country's bourses. Yet a reporter from The Financial Express...
Neil Ray | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
Cancer is considered the sixth killer disease in Bangladesh with about 150,000 annual casualties. To the total number of cancer patients estimated at 1.3-1.5 million, 0.2 million new patients are added every year. Now what is most alarming is the...
The Tigers are passing through hard times and their tour of the West Indies (WI) is not an easy one. Every team from the sub-continent struggles there, as the pitches of WI are live, bouncy and fast, with which the...
All praises are to Almighty Allah; May His peace and blessing be upon the last Prophet and Messenger Muhammad (S.M.), his family and companions! We, the sons of late AKM Jalaluddin an erstwhile member of the then Civil Service of...
I am very glad to learn that from now on we can book bus tickets from the comfort of our homes or offices. Getting a long-haul bus ticket is very troublesome as one has to go to the designated ticket-counter...
Shihab Sarkar | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
Despite an eagerly-awaited start, filled with great expectations, the private airlines sector in Bangladesh has lately been mired in a plethora of problems. These are typical of a nation's industrial sector which enters a new domain without having an in-depth...
Sourajit Aiyer | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
In today's age of coupling between economies, cross-border business and multiculturalist societies, the topics of employment opportunities and mobility are discussed a lot. This personal experiment of mine seeks to identify countries which are most relevant to work in, in...
In a counter attack on the Prime Minister (PM) for calling BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and senior vice president Tarique Rahman killers, BNP has branded Sheikh Hasina as a killer, saying her hands are stained with the blood of several...
Trashing BNP's allegation that Awami League (AL) is a killer party, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said on Sunday the ruling party is a democratic party as it always promotes democracy, reports UNB. "Awami League doesn't believe in the politics of...
KUSHTIA, Aug 24 (UNB): At least 35 people, including five cops, were injured as Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men went on the rampage at Islamic University (IU), Bangladesh on Sunday. Barred from bringing out a procession protesting the Israeli aggression...
KOLKATA, Aug 24 (bdnews24.com): India's not signing the Teesta water sharing treaty with Bangladesh, due to opposition from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, is adversely impacting on bilateral relations and adding to mistrust amongst the two neighbours, says a...
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 came down on Sunday heavily on the designated investigator who had inquired into the happenings in Rangpur during the 1971 liberation war, raising a question about his professional sincerity, reports UNB. The tribunal expressed its displeasure...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's International Affairs Adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi has dismissed media reports that Bangladesh may extradite jailed Indian rebel leader Anup Chetia in exchange of Nur Hossain, the prime accused in Narayanganj seven-murder case detained in India, reports...
The 10th death anniversary of Ivy Rahman, former women affairs secretary of Awami League (AL) and a victim of the August 21 grenade blasts, was observed on Sunday, reports UNB. Leaders and activists of AL placed wreaths at her grave...
A Dhaka court granted on Sunday bail to former State Minister for Housing and Public Works Abdul Mannan Khan until October 13 in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against him for acquiring wealth illegally, reports UNB....
FE Report | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
The government completed Sunday all preparations to ensure hassle-free hajj flights from Wednesday (Aug 27) to carry nearly 0.1 million Bangladeshi pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, officials said. This year 98,757 Bangladeshi people will go to Saudi Arabia for performing the...
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