Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country and chances of rain or thundershowers at one or two places over Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions until 6:00 pm today (Tuesday), reports UNB. Night temperature may...
Monira Munni | 2014-02-18 00:00:00
The Accord will start assessing fire and building-safety compliances of readymade garment (RMG) units in Bangladesh from tomorrow (Wednesday). The assessment will take place amid some reservations from factory owners on certain standards to be followed during the inspection, people...
FE Report | 2014-02-18 00:00:00
India's ONGC Videsh Ltd along with its partner Oil India Ltd plans to initiate oil and gas exploration in two new shallow water blocks in the Bay of Bengal 'soon' after establishing an office, ONGC Chairman and Managing Director DK...
Claiming that its party has no link with al-Qaeda's so-called audiovisual message, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Monday alleged that the government is trying to get close to the USA by speaking about al-Qaeda threat, reports UNB....
Siddique Islam | 2014-02-18 00:00:00
The central bank has intensified its monitoring and supervision of investment in share market by the commercial banks aiming at avoiding any unwanted situation in future, officials said. "We've taken the issue as a top priority matter to minimise risks...
The government has decided to extend the tenure of the Speedy Trial Act by another five years, which was scheduled to expire on April 7 this year, reports UNB. The cabinet in its regular weekly meeting on Monday approved the...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-02-18 00:00:00
An abrupt imposition of rents on containers has sparked a row between the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) and the shipping firms. The CPA has slapped the rents on import-containers meant for Dhaka Inland Container Depot (ICD) at Kamalapur in the...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-02-18 00:00:00
The Rajuk might cancel anytime all the remaining contracts on construction of 6,000 flats under the Uttara Apartment Project because of the contractors' poor performance, an official said. A source at the project director's office at Rajuk said: "Everything is...
FE Report | 2014-02-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh has finally come out of the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) 'grey list', meaning it will help the country reduce the costs and time-line of financial transactions with the rest of the world. "Bangladesh has continuously responded to the...
FE Report | 2014-02-17 00:00:00
General managers (GMs) of the central bank have been asked to strengthen monitoring and supervision for mitigating the overall risks in the country's banking sector. The advice was given at an annual conference of the GMs held at the central...
FE Report | 2014-02-17 00:00:00
The initial public offering (IPO) subscription of Hwa Well Textiles (BD) will begin today (Monday) to raise a fund worth Tk 200 million from public. Hwa Well Textiles IPO subscription will remain open until February 23 for resident Bangladeshis, while...
FE Report | 2014-02-17 00:00:00
Many agents and clients of the mobile banking service provider, bKash, are still facing problem in money transaction across the country despite partial improvement of its network system disruption. Some agents alleged that they were not able to do smooth...
NEW DELHI, Feb 16 (PTI): Overseas investors pulled out more than Rs 20 billion from Indian equities in a fortnight following a further reduction in the bond buying programme by the US Federal Reserve. Thus, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) also...
MUMBAI, Feb 16 (PTI): The combined market valuation of 7 blue-chip Sensex companies surged Rs 250.98 billion last week with Tata Motors, the new entrant in the top-10 list, emerging as the biggest gainer. Barring Coal India, ITC and HDFC...
Martin Abbugao of AFP in Singapore | 2014-02-17 00:00:00
Smaller passenger planes are increasingly in demand in Asia as budget carriers cash in on the region's growing middle classes by expanding their reach to less prominent cities, industry executives say. So-called "regional" jets -- short to medium-haul aircraft that...
Syful Islam | 2014-02-17 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has sought permission from the ministry of finance (MoF) to give the local banks a waiver on setting up separate subsidiary companies for carrying out securities custodial business, sources said. Earlier, the BB gave such a...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-02-17 00:00:00
Ginger production in the country has been coming down gradually while import cost for the spice item soared to nearly Tk 4.8 billion in the last financial year (FY), officials said. Experts said price debacle during harvest, increasing cost of...
DU Correspondent | 2014-02-17 00:00:00
British Council (BC) and MM Ispahani Ltd on Sunday jointly launched a forum styled 'Professionals' Connect' to promote entrepreneurship in the country. Former Advisor to the Caretaker Government Rokia Afzal Rahman formally inaugurated the forum in the city as chief...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 16 (AFP): Some 1,700 impatient shoppers lined up for hours Saturday for the grand opening of Apple's store in Rio de Janeiro -- the first official outpost in South America. First in line was Thiago Cuba,...
CCCI chief gets CIP status President of the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCCI) Mahbubul Alam has been selected for the CIP (Industry) status as an ex-officio. In this connection, the Ministry of Industries issued a circulation on January...
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