Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) has teamed up with Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) for establishing the county's first ever Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory. The state-linked infrastructure and renewable energy financier (IDCOL) will fund around $550,000 for establishing the...
Local currency remains stable April 6 - April 10, 2014 Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC The local USD-BDT market was steady last week. Bangladesh Bank purchased a good volume of USD from interbank to stabilise the market. Market experts foresee...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-04-12 00:00:00
The country's insurance sector was affected severely by the heightened political tensions and sluggish economic growth in the last calendar year (CY). Premium income of the country's insurance companies declined by 6.15 per cent to Tk 76.785 billion (7678.5 crore)...
Md Jamal Uddin | 2014-04-12 00:00:00
Internet users in general are not getting full benefit of slashing of internet bandwidth price once again from Tk 4,800 to Tk 2,800 for one year. However, the bandwidth price is also much lower for those who buy it from...
FE Report Prices of Hilsa, dry fish, chicken prices increased further days before the 'Pahela Baisakh' festival, traders said. Pahela Baisakh is the first day of the Bangla year celebrated by the Bangladeshis with great enthusiasm. Vegetable prices showed a...
PARIS, Apr 11 (AFP): Moody's rating agency on Thursday downgraded its outlook on Turkey to "negative", putting the country's investment-grade rating at risk, saying political uncertainty was affecting investor confidence and casting doubt over further reforms. The agency re-affirmed the...
Ismail Hossain | 2014-04-12 00:00:00
The microcredit regulator is planning to go tough on the errant micro finance institutions (MFIs) to protect the interests of millions of clients. The Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) cancelled operations of some 10 microfinanciers in the last two months for...
Samsung Electronics Bangladesh in a partnership Robi has rolled out its latest flagship device 'Galaxy S5' in Bangladesh as part of its global launch. Galaxy S5 is equipped with some special features like kids mode, water proof and professional photography...
TOKYO, Apr 11: The dollar on Friday clawed back some of the losses suffered against the yen earlier in the week as investors welcomed data showing US jobless claims at a seven-year low. In late afternoon Tokyo trade, the greenback...
MUMBAI, Apr 11: The Indian rupee trimmed initial losses, but was still down by 15 paise against the dollar in late morning deals Friday amid persistent demand for the US currency from banks and importers. The rupee resumed lower at...
PARIS, Apr 11 (AFP): The global oil market is returning to a rough balance but Russia's annexation of Crimea has clouded the outlook with both supply and demand growth to slow, the International Energy Agency said Friday. While the IEA...
SEOUL, Apr 11 (AFP): The latest version of Samsung's flagship Galaxy smartphone went on sale worldwide Friday, days after the electronics giant announced it was facing a second consecutive quarter of profit decline. The Galaxy S5 has a lot riding...
LONDON, Apr 11 (AFP): Global mobile phone giant Vodafone has taken full control of its Indian subsidiary in deals worth £1.0 billion ($1.7 billion, 1.2 billion euros), it confirmed on Friday. "Vodafone announces that it now owns 100 per cent...
NEW DELHI, Apr 11 (AFP) : Sales of India's once-booming passenger car segment shrank for a second year, hit by a sharp economic slowdown and high borrowing costs that kept customers away from showrooms, data showed Friday. The Society of...
CHITTAGONG, Apr 11 (UNB): The deadline for implementing the Dhaka-Chittagong four-lane highway project has already been extended for four times since the initial December-2012 deadline, but two of the firms concerned fear it will take at least two more years...
BARISAL, Apr 11 (BSS): Shawkat Hossain Hiron, lawmaker and former mayor of Barisal City Corporation, was laid to eternal rest besides his mother's grave at Muslim Graveyard here this afternoon. Earlier, his second Namaz-e-Janaza was held at 2:30 pm at...
Awami League Advisory Council member Suranjit Sengupta, MP, Friday said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and her eldest son Tarique Rahman should seek apology to the nation for their remarks, reports BSS. "If they passed remarks out of their ignorance, they...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Apr 11: The police foiled a workers' conference of Jatiya Party (Kazi Jafar) and a protest rally of JP (Ershad) today as both the factions called meetings in the city's Shaheed Minar area. Jatiya Party (Jafar) convened...
RAJSHAHI, Apr 10 (BSS): By dint of much interest among the farmers and others concerned, acreage of crop farming especially wheat in bed-planting method has started gaining popularity in the region including its vast barind tract for the last couple...
Our Correspondent | 2014-04-11 00:00:00
KHULNA, Apr 10: Huge Hilsa fishes are being smuggled out to India ahead of Pahela Baishakh and huge phensidyl syrup, wine and heroin are coming into the country through different points of the bordering upazilas of Satkhira and Jessore districts...
Our Correspondent | 2014-04-11 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Apr 10: The oil mine at Shalbahan under Tentulia upazila in Panchagarh district has been remaining abandoned for years. According to sources during 1986-87, a petroleum development company discovered the oil mine. The experts of the company confirmed the...
BENAPOLE, Apr 10 (UNB): A motorcyclist was killed and his two co-riders were injured as the vehicle they were riding rammed into a roadside tree at Goga Bazar in Sharsha upazila on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Maruf...
JAMALPUR, Apr 10 (BSS): A day-long training on 'Tilapia Fish Fries Nursing' aimed at boosting fish production in the country was held at Islampur upazila on Wednesday. A total of 20 fish cultivators of the upazila took part in the...
SYLHET, Apr 10 (UNB): Two people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike in Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj and Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar districts on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Abdus Sobhan,70, a resident of Majumdarichar village of...
MANIKGANJ, Apr 10 (UNB): A court here on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife for dowry in 2010. The court was also fined the convict, Abu Hanif, son of Korban Ali, a resident of Dhankora village...
Hefajat-e-Islam amir Allama Ahmed Shafi on Friday said they have no conflict with the government and the ruling Awami League. “We’re not against Sheikh Hasina and Awami League,” he said while addressing the second session on the opening day of...
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