Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali said on Thursday that investment issues, including Japanese assistance in ensuring energy security and infrastructure development, will dominate the Bangladesh-Japan summit meeting to be held in the city tomorrow (Saturday), reports UNB. "We're giving highest...
GAZIPUR, Sept 4 (UNB): The Department of Environment (DoE) on Wednesday fined a dyeing factory in Sreepur Upazila of the district for causing pollution through discharging untreated effluent into Nablong canal. After a hearing at the DoE headquarters in Dhaka,...
Faruque Ahmed | 2014-09-05 00:00:00
The government has requested Japan to take initiative to set up an institute of training of trainers in the country to help develop skilled manpower to cater to the growing need of industries and other sectors of the economy. Senior...
Kamrun Nahar | 2014-09-05 00:00:00
The government has initiated two residential projects in the capital's Mirpur area with an estimated cost of Tk 12.34 billion to mitigate housing problem of its class-one officers, a housing ministry official said. The proposed two projects were recommended in...
Improving the standard of skill seen vital for creating skilled manpower for the country's information and communication technology (ICT) sector. IT experts at a seminar in the city on Thursday made the observation, reports UNB. They said Bangladesh needs to...
KHULNA, Sept 4 (BSS): Speakers at a workshop here today said that National Strategy for Development of Statistics (NSDS) is needed for building digital Bangladesh. They said this while addressing a workshop on NSDS organised by Khulna Divisional Statistics Office...
FRANKFURT, Sept 04 (AFP): The European Central Bank surprised financial markets on Thursday by paring back its key interest rates to new all-time lows to ward off deflation, and it also cut growth forecasts. The news sent the euro down...
WASHINGTON, Sept 04 (AFP): The US trade deficit shrank for the third straight month in July helped by gains in exports especially from the automotive sector, Commerce Department data showed Thursday. The monthly trade balance came in at a negative...
FRANKFURT, Sept 04 (AFP): German industrial orders, a key measure of demand for German-made goods both at home and abroad, jumped in July, suggesting the fallout from the Ukraine crisis remains limited for now, data showed on Thursday. Factory orders...
BEIJING, Sept 04 (AFP): China will need more than 6,000 new aircraft over the next 20 years, US manufacturer Boeing forecast Thursday-an increase of almost 500 on its equivalent prediction last year. Flight demand in the world's most populous country...
NICOSIA, Sept. 4 (Xinhua): Increased tourism arrivals have helped the recession of the crisis-stricken economy of Cyprus to considerably slow down in the second quarter this year, according to statistics released Wednesday. The Statistics Service of the eastern Mediterranean island...
FE Report | 2014-09-05 00:00:00
Dhaka stocks posted marginal gain Thursday for the fourth consecutive session with turnover improved slightly as profit booking in last hour narrowed the early gain. Stocks have largely maintained a positive bias over the course of the trading session amid...
Khairul Islam | 2014-09-05 00:00:00
The state-owned telephony firm will develop a broadband wireless access network across the country soon with Korean help to provide uninterrupted upgraded services to its clients, officials said. They said the Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) in cooperation with Korean...
Bangladesh is now the most attractive and potential destination for investment in Southeast Asia as it has had a stable gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate for the last one decade. Prime Minister's Foreign Affairs Adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi said...
IBBL allocates Tk 20 million for flood victims Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has allocated Tk. 20 million for flood- affected people of the country. The Bank will distribute relief materials including food and cash money among the flood-affected poor people...
Intention to sell shares Pioneer Insurance Md. Nasirullah , one of the Sponsors of the Company, has expressed his intention to sell 60,000 shares out of his total holding of 3,65,696 shares of the Company at prevailing market price through...
TOKYO, Sept 4 (Reuters): Asian shares edged up to a seven-year high on Thursday on growing hopes of a ceasefire in Ukraine, while investors also warmed to the idea of more monetary easing from the European Central Bank (ECB) in...
MUMBAI, Sept 4 (Reuters): The BSE Sensex snapped a nine-day winning streak on Thursday as investors pared positions in blue-chips such as ICICI Bank after a string of record highs earlier in the week, and as caution prevailed ahead of...
The board of directors of Mozaffar Hossain Spinning Mills Ltd on Thursday recommended 25 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2014, reports UNB. The annual general meeting (AGM) of the company will be held on...
ICB Asset Management Company Limited (ICB AMCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), disclosed the following total net asset value (NAV) of different mutual funds (MFs) at the close of business operation on September 3, 2014, said a...
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