President Abdul Hamid has told graduates that they need to be creative. He was speaking at the 48th convocation of Dhaka University Monday. He said getting a degree was not enough. “Your education must make you enlightened people with a...
Australia made a history in the eves cricket by clinching the hat-trick of titles in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 beating England, the champions of inaugural meet in 2009, by six wickets in a one-sided final at the Sher-e-Bangla National...
When Albie Morkel was recalled to South Africa's T20 squad after an 18-month hiatus from international cricket, he did not know exactly what his role would be. After five matches at the World T20, he probably still doesn't, reports Cricinfo....
Shahid Afridi said that a negative approach from the top-order batsmen resulted in Pakistan's exit from the World T20 after they lost a knock-out league match to West Indies Tuesday, reports Cricinfo. Pakistan failed to progress to the semi-finals for...
Babul Barman | 2014-04-07 00:00:00
The month-on-month revenue earnings of the government from the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dropped by 25 per cent in March as the trading volume was on the decline. The government bagged tax worth Tk 107.48 million in March which was...
FE Report | 2014-04-07 00:00:00
Stocks slipped into the red Sunday after four session's gains with lower turnover as profit booking attitude of the investors generated selling pressure later part of the trading session. The market opened with a positive note, but could not sustain....
Alhaj Md. Afzal Hossain, former Vice Chairman and Director of SIBL breathed his last recently at United Hospital, Dhaka “We, the family of SIBL, deeply condole the death of our former Vice Chairman and Director and express our heart-felt condolence...
Mr. Mohd Safwan Choudhury and Mr. AM Nurul Islam Anu have been re-elected Vice Chairmen of Bank Asia at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Bank held recently, said a press release. Vice Chairman Mr. Mohd Safwan...
A seminar on SME Strategic Delinquency Management - "Best Practices" was held Sunday at BIBM auditorium in the city for senior management of commercial banks and non-banks. European Union funded Bangladesh INSPIRED (Integrated Support to Poverty and Inequality Reduction through...
Voters in Bangladesh can now hope to dump their old laminated national identity (NID) cards for new multi-use ‘smart cards’. The Election Commission (EC) says it is planning to issue them free-of-cost by the end of this year. The present...
Subscription period of Alliance S&P Shariah Fund extended Subscription period of Alliance S&P Shariah Index Fund will continue till 20 April 2014. Investors can subscribe to this unique fund at face value till 20 April and after that the fund...
FE Report | 2014-04-07 00:00:00
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Pharma Aids are at loggerheads over the suspension of share trading of the latter due to "impediments" for not allowing the DSE visitors on company premises for carrying out normal activities. By terming the suspension...
MUMBAI, Apr 6 (PTI): A majority of the companies in the country have stock-based incentive plans in place for their employees as part of long-term strategy to retain talent, says a survey. When it comes to stock-based incentive programmes, most...
AMW Motors Ltd. (AMW), India's third largest heavy commercial vehicle manufacturer announced the appointment of Uttara Motors as its dealer for Bangladesh. Uttara Motors will provide customers a full range of services including vehicle sales, maintenance and repair and spare...
MUMBAI, Apr 6 (PTI): Five of the top-10 Sensex companies lost a combined Rs 236.56 billion in market capitalisation last week, with the biggest erosion in FMCG major ITC's value, after the benchmark index retreated from a record high. While...
NEW DELHI, Apr 6 (PTI): Foreign investors poured in almost Rs 49 billion in the Indian stock market last week primarily on hopes of a strong reformist government after elections. The total investment by foreign institutional investors (FIIs) in equities...
FE Report | 2014-04-07 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide US$110 million in loan to Bangladesh for developing the private sector infrastructure including renewable energy. The credit line will support the second phase of Public-Private Infrastructure Development Facility under the state-owned Infrastructure Development...
Mohammad Ali | 2014-04-07 00:00:00
The government has moved to form a panel of the lawyers for the workers, especially in the readymade garment (RMG) sector, to protect their legal rights, sources said. Formation of the lawyers' panel for the workers will facilitate, among others,...
Taha Bin Habib | 2014-04-07 00:00:00
The government will re-launch the 'fair price programme' for selling foodstuff for the marginalised people from the current month, officials said. The ministry of food recently took the decision in this connection which gave directives to the Directorate General (DG)...
Munima Sultana | 2014-04-07 00:00:00
The yearly development budget for the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) kept declining in terms of percentage over the last three years despite importance attached to development of road infrastructure to spur economic growth. Officials say it seems the RHD...
FE Report | 2014-04-07 00:00:00
The central bank has relaxed private travel entitlement regulations, enhancing the amount to US$ 12,000 from $ 7,000, to facilitate tourism. Under the relaxations, the authorised dealer banks, officially known as ADs, can release foreign exchange up to $ 5,000...
Top officials of WTO, Unctad arrive in mid-2014 Roberto Azevedo, Director General (DG) of the World trade Organization (WTO) and Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) will visit Bangladesh in the middle of...
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