FE Report | 2014-08-19 00:00:00
The central bank is set to bring all reporting agencies under its digital connectivity by the end of this calendar year to help check money laundering, considered main conduit for capital flight. A technical workshop was organised by the Bangladesh...
FE Report | 2014-08-19 00:00:00
Malaysia will recruit Bangladeshi workers in construction, manufacturing and service sectors, visiting Malaysian Human Resources Minister Richard Riot Anak Jaem said Monday. He said his country will also hire some 12,000 workers from Bangladesh for the plantation sector at Sarawak...
FE Report | 2014-08-19 00:00:00
Bangladesh's private sector is set to get a big boost as the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will extend its financial support to the country's growing private companies in addition to its public sector financing, officials said Monday. Officials said Ms...
Experts at a seminar in the city observed Monday that mistrust about India among Bangladeshis is growing as various important bilateral issues, especially the Teesta water sharing deal and ratification of Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) between the two neighbouring countries,...
Tokyo stocks rose 0.91 per cent on Tuesday morning with the market getting a lift from a weaker yen, and after Wall Street rebounded on easing concerns over the crisis in Ukraine. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index added 139.98 points...
Chinese stocks were up slightly in morning trade on Tuesday following overnight gains in the US, where the Nasdaq reached a 14-year high. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.13 per cent, or 2.87 points, to 2,242.34. The Shenzhen Composite...
Hong Kong stocks opened 0.36 per cent higher on Tuesday, tracking a strong lead from Wall Street as fears of a direct military clash between Russia and Ukraine eased. The benchmark Hang Seng Index was up 90.09 points at 25,045.55...
US stocks rebounded on Monday from last week's Ukraine-linked setback as fears of a clash with Russia ebbed, with the Dow surging 1.1 per cent and Nasdaq reaching a 14-year high. Markets also got a spark from a brewing bidding...
European stock markets rebounded sharply on Monday as traders breathed a sigh of relief over easing tensions in east Ukraine and gains by Western-backed forces in Iraq. Frankfurt's main DAX index added 1.68 percent to end the day at 9,245.33....
The Cabinet has approved the draft of ‘National Shrimp Policy 2014’, aiming to boost shrimp production and thus raise export earnings since shrimp plays an important role in the country's economy. The approval came from the regular weekly meeting of...
The prices of most of the shares in South Korea’s capital markets rose on Tuesday. Seoul’s benchmark Kospi stocks were 0.74 per cent higher at the end of the session, according to AFP.
The prices of most of the shares in Australia’s financial markets witnessed positive trend after slump on Monday. Sydney stocks were 0.56 per cent up at the close of trade today, according to a news agency.
A launch named Sundarban-8, which ran aground at a shoal in Meghna River near Ilisha Ferry Ghat at Bhola Sadar Upazila early Tuesday, started movement in the morning after remaining stranded there for 6 hours. Locals said Sundarban-8, with 1,000...
The judiciary’s freedom will not be compromised if the Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) is empowered to impeach Supreme Court (SC) judges, said the Law Commission chairman. Countries like the United States, India and UK have the same provision, he said in...
A local journalist who is the general secretary of Barisal Press Club sustained serious injuries in an attack by local miscreants in Barisal city early Tuesday. The victim is Pulok Chatterjee, Barisal Bureau Chief of The Daily Samakal, a national...
FE Online Report | 2014-08-19 00:00:00
The country’s two bourses – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – advanced in early hours of trading on Tuesday, the second trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by...
Three construction workers, all Bangladeshis, are feared dead after being trapped under a 300-tonne concrete span that collapsed at the MRT worksite near the former Rubber Research Institute (RRI) in Kota Damansara in Malaysia on Monday night. MRT Corp in...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested an alleged drug trader in possession of 1,183 pieces of Yaba tablet in Godagari Upazila in Rajshahi district on Monday night. The arrestee was identified as Tutun Sheikh, 32, son of late Shamser Ali...
Chief Justice (CJ) Md Muzammel Hossain has intervened to clear the way for trials in sensational cases in Chittagong after they got stuck due to stay orders from the High Court (HC). The CJ has given specific directions for these...
A new 24-hour ceasefire came into effect in Gaza Strip on Tuesday after Israeli and Palestinian negotiators agreed to extend a 5-day truce, minutes before a midnight deadline, to allow for further talks on a long-term deal. News of the...
Sri Lanka will not grant visas to UN investigators probing war crimes allegedly committed during the island's decades-long separatist conflict, President Mahinda Rajapakse said Tuesday. ‘We will not allow them into the country,’ said Rajapakse, who is under international pressure...
Veteran of the great language movement, Abdul Matin, has been admitted to a city hospital in a critical condition. He was first taken to National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on Monday night after his condition worsened, Matin's...
Ukraine accused pro-Russian rebels of killing dozens of civilians fleeing the war-torn east on Monday, as crisis talks between Kiev and Moscow failed to halt months of bloodshed. Kiev's military said insurgents using Russia-supplied weapons shelled adults and children in...
Asian shares rose Tuesday following a bounce on Wall Street as fears ebbed of a direct military clash between Russia and Ukraine and focus turned to a speech this week by the US Federal Reserve chief. Tokyo gained 0.83 percent,...
A court in Bagerhat has ordered death penalty for six people and life imprisonment for seven others for killing three security personnel in eight years ago. The court of Bagerhat District and Sessions Judge SM Solaiman pronounced the verdict on...
Oil prices rebounded in Asia Tuesday on bargain-hunting after tumbling on easing concerns about conflicts in Ukraine and Iraq, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for September delivery rose 38 cents to $96.79, while Brent crude for October...
The dollar held steady in Asia on Tuesday as concerns over a Ukrainian clash with Russia eased, while investors looked to a speech by the US Federal Reserve chief this week. In afternoon Tokyo trade, the greenback rose to 102.62...
The dollar held steady in Asia on Tuesday as concerns over a Ukrainian clash with Russia eased, while investors looked to a speech by the US Federal Reserve chief this week. In afternoon Tokyo trade, the greenback rose to 102.62...
The BNP-led 20-party alliance is ready to go ahead with its rally at Suhrawardy Udyan this (Tuesday) afternoon. Preparations for the rally started on Monday evening after Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) gave permission for it. The stage was completed by...
Chinese investors are to plunge more than US$1 billion into developing Antigua and Barbuda's first mega-resort, creating 1,000 jobs for the tiny cash-strapped nation. Construction on the mammoth 1,600-acre (647-hectare) multi-hotel, residential and commercial project is slated to begin early...
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