High housing costs outweigh RMG wage hike benefits: Chunnu SAVAR, Apr 5 : Garment workers are not getting the benefits of their increased wages due to the exorbitant accommodation costs, State Minster for Labour and Employment Minister Mujibul Haque Chunnu...
Ismail Hossain | 2014-04-06 00:00:00
The leather sector is going to open a website named 'Promote Bangladesh Leather' with a view to helping grow the industry and connecting buyers and stakeholders across the world. Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu will inaugurate the website today (Sunday)...
WASHINGTON, Apr 5 (AFP): The United States added a modest 192,000 jobs in March as the economy emerged from a brutal winter, while the unemployment rate held steady, Labor Department data showed Friday. Job growth in the world's largest economy...
LONDON, Apr 5 (AFP): Copper bounced this week on supply fears after a vast earthquake in top producer Chile, while Brent oil dived on the prospect of rebounding Libyan crude supplies, analysts said. Other commodities experienced mixed fortunes as investors...
ZURICH, Apr 5 (Reuters): Nestle's chairman Peter Brabeck expects to retire in 2017, in line with internal company rules preventing board members from standing for re-election once they reach the age of 72, he said in an newspaper interview published...
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar, Apr 5 (AFP): Southeast Asian finance ministers are "vigilant" in the face of economic risks such as reduced US monetary stimulus, Myanmar said Saturday at a meeting that underscored its return to the international diplomatic stage. Officials said...
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Apr 5 (Reuters) : A US federal judge refrained on Friday from issuing an emergency order that would have parked millions of General Motors Co cars recalled for defective ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths....
Mumbai, Apr 5 (PTI) :The rupee Friday gained eight paise to close at 60.08 against the dollar on fresh selling of the US currency by exporters and some banks notwithstanding weakness in local equities and firm greenback overseas. At the...
SHANGHAI, Apr 5 (AFP): Jack Ma, the billionaire founder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, is to pay $531 million for a stake in a domestic software developer for the financial industry, a statement said. Zhejiang Finance Credit Network Technology, which...
THE HAGUE, Apr 5 (AFP): Tobacco giant Philip Morris said on Friday it wants to close its factory in the Netherlands later this year at the cost of 1,230 jobs, blaming a "severe decline" in sales. "Today's very difficult announcement...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-04-06 00:00:00
Furniture export may register 70 per cent growth in the next fiscal if the sector gets cash incentives from the government, industry insiders said. Due to new contracts with Japan, US, Korea and other countries the export will increase 20...
KIEV/LONDON, Apr 5 (Reuters): Ukraine is in emergency talks with European Union neighbours on the possibility of importing natural gas from the West, following a leap in the price it pays for Russian supplies, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on...
ALMATY, Apr 5 (Xinhua): The first round of negotiations on a free trade agreement was held between the member countries of the Eurasian Economic Customs Union and Vietnam in Kazakhstan's largest city of Almaty, the country's Economy and Budget Planning...
VANCOUVER, Apr 5 (Xinhua): Canada's unemployment rate declined slightly to 6.9 per cent in March as employment increased by 43,000, driven by gains among youths, Statistics Canada said on Friday. Overall employment growth in Canada has been subdued since August...
HARARE, Apr 5 (Xinhua): The bulk of Zimbabwe's manufacturing companies are not producing for export due to a host of domestic challenges that have eroded their competitiveness, analyst said Friday, citing results from a recent survey conducted by the government's...
MEXICO CITY, Apr 5 (Reuters): Most of Mexico's central bankers think that a spike in inflation has likely passed, but fear short-term risks to economic growth could push them to cut their growth outlook, minutes of the March 31 board...
PANAMA CITY, Apr 5 (Xinhua): Panama and Mexico signed a free trade agreement Thursday, bringing this Central American country one step closer to the Pacific Alliance. The deal was signed in Panama City by Panamanian Trade and Industries Minister Ricardo...
Mohammad Ali | 2014-04-06 00:00:00
Ananda Group, a leading conglomerate, is going to build a container port and a luxury hotel in the country with an estimated investment worth about Tk 18 billion, its high official said. "The group has already obtained license of the...
The world's two largest cement makers are in advanced talks to merge into a company that would have a stock market value of more than $30 billion euros (£25 billion), reports UNB. A deal between France's Lafarge and the Swiss...
FE Report | 2014-04-06 00:00:00
The Smartphone and Tab Expo which started Thursday last at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city concluded with huge response from visitors on the last day of the three-day event Saturday. Tab was of key attraction to the visitors...
NAV of MTB Unit Fund disclosed The total NAV of MTB Unit Fund stood at Tk 350,009,272.99 on the basis of cost price and Tk 382,700,024.91 on the basis of market price at the close of business operation on 03...
Haque’s death anniversary today The 18th death anniversary of M. A. Haque, former Minister, Member of Parliament and founder president of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) will be observed today (Sunday). — Press Release
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