Around 32 per cent female workers in Bangladesh get paid less than Tk 100 per day, according to a recent study by the development organisation, Steps Towards Development (STD). It also said that 61 per cent of female workers earned...
PARIS, July 12 (AFP) : The International Energy Agency on Friday cut its forecast for 2014 oil demand to 92.7 million barrels a day due to weaker than expected global economic growth. The revised forecast shows a drop of 130,000...
US not playing fair in trade: French, German industry FRANKFURT, July 12 : The United States is not playing fairly in its trade with Europe and is deliberately undermining Europe's banking system, the heads of German and French industry said...
Ismail Hossain | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
Local manufacturers can easily meet the domestic demand of Tk 8.0 billion low-end computer accessories if necessary policy supports are provided, the industry insider said. They think abolition of current 15 per cent tax on import of raw materials of...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
Experts suggest immediate survey to make an inventory of marine resources in the country's vast territorial waters now secured in the Bay of Bengal, especially for identifying sustainable fishing grounds with safeguards against poaching by foreign trawler crews. Sending gaggles...
NEW DELHI, July 12 (Reuters): India's top finance ministry official said that plans announced in this week's budget to stick to a fiscal deficit target of 4.1 per cent of GDP are "very credible", despite criticism from ratings agencies that...
WASHINGTON, July 12 (Reuters): The US budget surplus was $71 billion at the end of June, down 39 per cent from the same period last year, according to data released by the Treasury Department on Friday. Analysts polled by Reuters...
BRASILIA, Brazil, July 12 (AFP): The Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRICS) group of emerging powers will launch its own development bank at a summit next week, using its growing influence to establish a counterweight to Western-dominated financial organisations. Fresh...
SYDNEY, July 12 (AFP): Australia's central bank governor Glenn Stevens Saturday urged politicians to work together to address the growing gap between fiscal spending and revenue, as the government battles to push through massive budget cuts. In a rare newspaper...
KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 (AFP): Malaysia's second largest bank CIMB Group has secured central bank approval to commence merger talks with RHB Capital and Malaysia Building Society to create the country's biggest bank, media reports said Saturday. The merger plan...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
Experts and stakeholders have said any kind of ambiguity regarding exchange's authority in conducting inspections in premises of listed companies should be removed for the sake of investors and market as well. They said this following the recent inactiveness of...
Mohammad Ali | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
Meghna Bank Ltd, a newly launched fourth generation bank, looks to move forward progressively by its 'prompt, accurate and safe' services, distinguishing itself from other banks, its chief executive officer (CEO) said. "We will move forward progressively but in a...
LONDON, July 12 (AP): Argentina and Germany face off in the World Cup final today (Sunday) and investors in both countries will do well to be alert to potential drops on their stock markets the day after in case of...
AGM of NTCL held Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) ATM Murtoza Reza Chowdhury, ndc, has been re-elected the chairman and Managing Director of Zaman Chemicals and Burnish Company Limited while Asaduzzaman Shahid Khan re-elected as director of...
HONG KONG, July 12 (AFP): Asian markets were mixed while the safe-haven yen edged up Friday following a sell-off on Wall Street and in Europe as fears over eurozone debt resurfaced with a payment crisis at Portugal's biggest listed bank....
Semi-annual Performance Review Conference-2014 of Bank Asia was held Saturday at a hotel in the city. A Rouf Chowdhury, Chairman of the Bank and chief guest of the programme inaugurated the conference. With the participation of the Heads of all...
BEIJING, July 12 (Reuters): China is making it easier for listed companies to buy, sell or swap their assets, its latest attempt to streamline bureaucracy and encourage mergers and acquisitions, the country's securities watchdog said on Friday. Under the new...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia reiterated Saturday the government will be forced to hold a fresh election under a non-party administration through a united movement after Eid, reports UNB. "The country's people are ready to take to the streets. We' together...
Though there is a growing trend of siphoning off money abroad, the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) is unable to take any concrete step to recover the laundered money deposited in the Swiss Bank by Bangladeshis due to lack of legal...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said Saturday that the government was not thwarting the opposition like BNP but warned that any sort of violence and militant activities in the country would be contained with strong hands, reports BSS. The minister...
CHITTAGONG, Jul 12 (BSS): District police arrested three activists of Jamaat-Shibir, including a murder case accused from different areas of Satkania Upazila of the district Friday night. The arrestees were identified as Mohammad Lokman, 38, Mizanur Rahman, 18 and Abul...
GAZIPUR, Jul 12: Locals have blocked roads to agitate in Gazipur over missing of a female councillor Parvin Akter, reports bdnews24.com. She has been missing since Friday. "She has been remain untraced so far," her brother Rafiq Mia said Saturday....
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