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World Cup defeat can hurt domestic stock market

2014-07-13 00:00:00

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...

News Briefs

2014-07-13 00:00:00

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...

Photo: Managing Director of UCB Muhammed Ali along with other

2014-07-13 00:00:00

Photo: Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL)

2014-07-13 00:00:00

Photo: The 36th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of NTCL

2014-07-13 00:00:00

Asia shares mixed, eurozone debt fears return

2014-07-13 00:00:00

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....

Bank Asia holds semi-annual performance review confce

2014-07-13 00:00:00

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...

China eases M&A rules for listed firms

2014-07-13 00:00:00

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...

IPO Diary

2014-07-13 00:00:00

Photo: Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited

2014-07-13 00:00:00

Photo: Prof. Abu Nasser Muhammad Abduz Zaher, Chairman of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited addressing

2014-07-13 00:00:00

Govt to be forced for fresh polls, says Khaleda

2014-07-13 00:00:00

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...

BD needs \\\'legal instrument to get siphoned off money back\\\'

2014-07-13 00:00:00

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...

Govt not repressing opposition like BNP

2014-07-13 00:00:00

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...

Four Jamaat-Shibir men held in Ctg, Pirojpur

2014-07-13 00:00:00

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...

Agitation over female councillor\\\'s missing

2014-07-13 00:00:00

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....

Govt works sincerely to improve sugarcane farmers\\\' fate: Minister

2014-07-13 00:00:00

ISHWARDI, July 12 (BSS): Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sharif said the government is working relentlessly for improving the fate of sugarcane farmers as well as uplifting the sugar sector. He viewed if the owners, laborers and employees remain united in...

BSJ congratulates PM for maritime victory

2014-07-13 00:00:00

Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote (BSJ)  held a rally and brought out procession hailing Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina for achieving recent victory over maritime dispute with India, reports BSS. The BSJ observed the programme in front of National Press Club in...

Khaleda slates Israeli attack on Gaza

2014-07-13 00:00:00

Protesting the killing of numerous Palestinian people in Israel's air-strikes on Gaza, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia said Saturday Israel has adopted terrorism as its state policy obliterating all signs of humanity to meet their hunger of imperialism, reports UNB. In...

Ex-secretary Mostakim dies

2014-07-13 00:00:00

Golam Mostakim, former secretary and director general of Bangladesh Civil Service Administration Academy, died at Holy Family Hospital in the city Saturday, reports bdnews24.com. He was 61. He had been suffering from diabetes for a long time. He left behind...

US AL leader \\\'tortured to death\\\'

2014-07-13 00:00:00

NEW YORK, July 12 (bdnews24.com): US chapter Awami League (AL) vice president Nazmul Islam was strangled to death after being hit on the head and face, doctors said. New York police recovered the 55-year-old leader's body early on Thursday (local...

Memorial meeting

2014-07-13 00:00:00

A memorial meeting on Gonoazadi League president and leader of 14-party alliance Abdus Samad will be held at the Jatiya Press Club at 3.00pm today (Sunday), reports BSS. Awami League (AL) presidium member, Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim...

Rooftop solar power provision to be revised

2014-07-13 00:00:00

The Power Ministry is likely to revise its rooftop solar power provision to ease the process for obtaining new power connections, reports UNB. The existing provision, introduced in 2010, makes it mandatory that if a residential consumer wants to have...

Speaker for involving all students with IT

2014-07-13 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Jul 12 (UNB): Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury stressed Saturday expanding the IT use involving every student of the country in this age of globalisation and free flow of information. "We'll have to reach information technology services to the...

Roads must be fit for transportation by July 20: Obaidul Quader

2014-07-13 00:00:00

NARAYANGANJ, July 12 (BSS): Communications Minister Obaidul Quader asked the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) authority Saturday to make all the major roads and highways of the country fit for transportation by July 20. "No excuse will be tolerated and...

\\\'Tobacco control at crossroads in BD\\\'

2014-07-13 00:00:00

US-based Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK) president said Saturday Bangladesh, among the top five countries in tobacco consumption, stands at a 'critical juncture' in controlling it, reports bdnews24.com. Matthew Myers told the news agency in an exclusive interview that tobacco...

Pay salary, bonus of workers by Ramadan 20

2014-07-13 00:00:00

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon said Saturday not only enactment of law but also mass awareness and people resistance are needed to make the country's food free from adulteration, reports BSS. The minister was addressing a rally...

\\\'Security to be tightened in trains, stations\\\'

2014-07-13 00:00:00

COMILLA, Jul 12 (UNB): Railway Minister M Mazibul Hoque said Saturday security measures will be tightened in trains and railway stations ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr. "To prevent subversive acts and to serve the passengers properly RAB, BGB, police will be...

8 shops fined for selling unhygienic foodstuffs

2014-07-13 00:00:00

The Department of National Consumers Rights Protection (DNCRP) fined Tk 0.11 million eight shops and restaurants in the city Saturday for keeping unhygienic foodstuffs, reports UNB. The shops and restaurants are: New Café de Taz Hotel and Restaurant and Al...

BSCIC Borsha Mela begins in city today

FE Report | 2014-07-13 00:00:00

A five-day Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) Borsha Mela 1421 will kick off today (Sunday)  at the BSCIC Bhaban in Motijheel. BSCIC chairman Shyam Sunder Sikder will inaugurate the fair in the morning as the chief guest at...