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102 brokerage firms, 16 merchant banks to participate

2014-08-22 00:00:00

FE Report Some 102 brokerage firms of both the bourses and 16 merchant banks will participate in the pilot project of new IPO (initial public offering) process by receiving money against the BO (beneficiary owner's) accounts of the IPO seekers,...

Response to DSE query

2014-08-22 00:00:00

BSRM Steels Limited In response to a DSE query, the Company has informed that there is no undisclosed price sensitive information of the Company for recent unusual price hike. Bangladesh Export Import Company Ltd. In response to a DSE query,...

Disbursement of interim cash dividend

2014-08-22 00:00:00

Grameenphone Ltd. The Company has informed that it has completed the disbursement of interim Cash Dividend of 2014 of the Company by August 18-19, 2014 to the general shareholders (except to a few NRB shareholders who have given foreign addresses)...

Intention to sell/buy shares

2014-08-22 00:00:00

Southeast Bank Limited MK Holdings Limited, one of the Corporate Sponsors of the Company, has expressed its intention to sell its entire holding of 10,03,042 shares of the Company whereas Sultana Kashem, one of the Sponsors of the Company, has...

Stocks witness mild correction amid volatile trading

FE Report | 2014-08-22 00:00:00

Stocks witnessed a mild correction Thursday amid volatile trading with turnover falling slightly as investors continued to book profit and reallocate their positions. The market started with a positive note, but the positive sentiment faded away as the session progressed....

Tokyo stocks close up 0.85 per cent

2014-08-22 00:00:00

TOKYO, Aug 21 (AFP): Tokyo stocks rose 0.85 per cent on Thursday after the dollar jumped against the yen on speculation that the US central bank may raise interest rates earlier than expected. The Nikkei 225 index was up 131.75...

Kuoni shares plunge

2014-08-22 00:00:00

GENEVA, Aug 21 (AFP): Shares in Switzerland-based global travel group Kuoni plunged on Thursday after the company posted weak results for the first half of 2014, blaming unrest in many parts of the world. For the first half of the...

Shares of Axis Bank gain

2014-08-22 00:00:00

MUMBAI, Aug 21 (Business Standard): Shares of Axis Bank were trading nearly 2 per cent higher at Rs 400 after the bank's board approved raising funds through private placement. The board of directors of the bank at its meeting held...

Sensex, Nifty edge higher, foreign investors continue to buy

2014-08-22 00:00:00

MUMBAI, Aug 21 (Reuters): The BSE Sensex and Nifty edged higher on Thursday, gaining for seven out of eight previous sessions, as persistent buying by foreign investors continued to bolster blue chips such as State Bank of India. The broader...

Managing Director of Karnaphuli Insurance Company Limited

2014-08-22 00:00:00

Pollard, Ramdin rescue troubled Windies

2014-08-22 00:00:00

ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada, Aug 21 (AFP): Kieron Pollard and Denesh Ramdin saved the West Indies from a humiliating defeat and engineered a three-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the first one-day international at the National Stadium in Grenada Wednesday. Reeling at...

Asiad Football Bangladesh put in Group B

2014-08-22 00:00:00

Bangladesh has been placed in Group B of the 17th Asian Games Men's Football that will begin in the South Korean city of Incheon from September 14, reports UNB. The Group B comprises Uzbekistan, Hong Kong, Bangladesh and Afghanistan as...

Di Maria wants out of Madrid: Ancelotti

2014-08-22 00:00:00

MADRID, Aug 21 (AFP): Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that midfielder Angel di Maria has asked to leave the European champions before the end of the transfer window. The 26-year-old Argentine -- who missed the World Cup final...

BJMC, Naogaon win

2014-08-22 00:00:00

BJMC and Naogaon DSA earned comfortable victories in the 2nd round of the Walton Air Conditioner National Youth (Under-19) Female Handball Tournament at Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the city Thursday, reports UNB. Naogaon DSA trounced...

Mendy, Chopra star picks in India league draft

2014-08-22 00:00:00

MUMBAI, Aug 21 (AFP): Former French defender Bernard Mendy emerged the top attraction at Thursday's draft for the troubled new franchised-based Indian Super League set to kick off in October. The ex-Paris Saint-Germain star will be paid $80,000 per season...

South Africa sweep one day series

2014-08-22 00:00:00

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Aug 21 (AFP): Quinton de Kock's quickfire 84 fired South Africa to a crushing 3-0 series victory over Zimbabwe as they won the third one-day international by seven wickets on Thursday in Bulawayo. De Kock wasted little time...

Banned Aamir to star in Pak film

2014-08-22 00:00:00

KARACHI, Aug 21 (AFP): Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Aamer is set to make his big-screen debut, he told the news agency Thursday, as he struggles to make ends meet while serving a ban for spot-fixing. Left-arm quick Aamer was rated...

Serena Williams named US Open top seed

2014-08-22 00:00:00

NEW YORK, Aug 21 (AFP): Two-time defending champion Serena Williams was named the top seed Wednesday for the US Open, the year's final Grand Slam tennis showdown that opens Monday on the Flushing Meadows hardcourts. World number one Williams was...

sports digest

2014-08-22 00:00:00

Broad sets Sept 4 date for knee surgery LONDON, Aug 21: England pace bowler Stuart Broad will undergo knee surgery on September 4 as he targets full fitness in time for the 2015 World Cup. The England and Wales Cricket...

Sri Lanka exports jump on EU, US demand for garments

2014-08-22 00:00:00

COLOMBO, Aug 21 (AFP): Sri Lanka's trade deficit narrowed substantially this year thanks to increased demand for clothing exports to the United States and Europe, the island's central bank said Thursday. Exports jumped 16.8 per cent to $5.44 billion in...

Oil prices down as supply fears fade

2014-08-22 00:00:00

SINGAPORE, Aug 21 (AFP): Oil prices edged lower in Asia Thursday on fading fears that conflicts in crude producers Libya and Iraq could result in a major supply disruption, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for October delivery was...

Russia targets McDonald\\\'s in expanding East-West trade war

2014-08-22 00:00:00

MOSCOW, Aug 21 (AFP): Russian authorities launched nationwide inspections of McDonald's restaurants Thursday after shutting several wildly-popular Moscow locations on apparent government orders aimed at striking back against biting Western sanctions. It was the latest salvo in Russia's escalating and...

Lithuania, Statoil sign LNG deal to end Gazprom monopoly

2014-08-22 00:00:00

VILNIUS, Aug 21 (AFP): Lithuania signed a deal with Norway's Statoil on Thursday to supply natural gas to the country's new terminal starting 2015, as the Baltic state strives to cut its dependence on Russian energy. Under the five-year deal,...

Gold hits 2-month low as dollar gets boost from Fed

2014-08-22 00:00:00

LONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters): Gold slid around 1 per cent to its lowest in two months on Thursday, extending losses to a fifth session as the dollar strengthened on indications from the US Federal Reserve that it could raise interest...

Remain alert against Aug 21 killers: PM

2014-08-22 00:00:00

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina urged Thursday the people to remain alert against the persons and political parties responsible for the August 21 grenade attack of 2004 on an Awami League (AL) rally in the city, saying they can do...

ICT-2 adjourns hearing against Bergman until Aug 25

2014-08-22 00:00:00

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 adjourned Thursday the hearing of the contempt proceedings drawn against journalist and blogger David Bergman until August 25, reports BSS. The second tribunal heard the matter and Mizan Sayeed, counsel for the petitioner, pleaded for...

Charges framed against 13 Ctg Jamaat-Shibir men

2014-08-22 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, Aug 21 (UNB): Police submitted Thursday three charge sheets to a court against 13 Jamaat-Shibir activists in connection with the injury of a schoolgirl, Antu Barua, in a crude-bomb explosion in March last year. Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) assistant...

Hannan, 12 others indicted in CPB rally blasts case

2014-08-22 00:00:00

A Dhaka court indicted Thursday 13 operatives of the banned Islamist outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), including its top leader Mufti Abdul Hannan in a murder case linked with the January 21, 2001 blasts at a CPB rally on Paltan Maidan in...

Joynal Hazari gets bail in graft case

2014-08-22 00:00:00

NOAKHALI, Aug 21 (UNB): A local court Thursday granted bail to former Awami League (AL) MP from Feni-2 constituency Joynal Hazari in a money-laundering case. Judge Shirin Kabita Akhter of the Special Judge Court of Noakhali passed the order when...

D-8 Secretary General due tomorrow

2014-08-22 00:00:00

D-8 Secretary General Seyed Ali Mohammad Mousavi is scheduled to arrive in the city tomorrow (Saturday) on a four-day official visit to Bangladesh, reports UNB. During the visit, Mousavi will attend the 8th D-8 meeting of Directors General and Expert...