MUMBAI, Jan 23 (Reuters): The BSE Sensex hit a second consecutive record closing high on Thursday after Larsen & Toubro surged as its quarterly profit margins beat expectations, although falls in rate-sensitive auto makers prevented broader gains. Indian shares have...
FE Report | 2014-01-24 00:00:00
Construction work on the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT)-6, known as metro rail has been delayed due to lack of necessary Bangladeshi engineers, said Takao Toda, chief representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Outgoing chief representative Takao Toda told...
FE Report | 2014-01-24 00:00:00
A tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed Thursday among the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), South Asian Federation of Exchanges (SAFE) and BCIM, a forum of Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar, in a bid to work for the betterment of...
The Total Net Asset Value (NAV) of Mutual Funds managed by the ICB Asset Management Company Limited at the close of business operation on 21 January 2014 is as follows:
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Thursday virtually served notice on any ICC Full Members opposed to a makeover of the ruling body, indicating that India's participation in ICC events was subject to approval for the radical...
Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) and North South University (NSU) won their respective matches in the 7th ULAB Fair Play Cup Inter-Private University T20 Cricket Tournament at the ULAB playground in the city Thursday, reports UNB. Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) beat...
WELLINGTON, Jan 23 (AFP): India may have been knocked off their one-day international pedestal by low-ranked New Zealand, but captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni insisted morale remains high. After going 0-2 down in the five-match series against New Zealand after a...
COLOMBO, Jan 23 (AFP): Sri Lanka's selectors Thursday recalled unorthodox spinner Ajantha Mendis for two Test matches in Bangladesh starting next week after keeping him out of the recent series against Pakistan. Mendis, 28, who bowls both off-spin and leg-breaks...
East End Club defeated City Club by 3-1 goal in the Kool Metropolis 2nd Division Football League Bir Shrestha Shaheed Sepoy Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur Thursday, reports UNB. Mohammad Raihan, Jewel Rana and Mohammad Mehedi scored goal one each...
Dhaka Abahani Limited took a joint lead in the Bangladesh Premier Football League with Federation Cup champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club beating Team BJMC by 1-0 goal at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Thursday, reports UNB. With the...
MANCHESTER, Jan 23 (AFP): Manchester United manager David Moyes accepted that his side deserved nothing more after they were sensationally bundled out of the League Cup in the semi-finals by Premier League stragglers Sunderland. Moyes was hoping to reach his...
PERTH, Jan 23 (AFP): Stand-in Australian captain George Bailey Thursday shrugged off injury fears and declared himself fit to lead the new world number one side in the fourth one-day international against England. Bailey had been suffering from a hip...
MELBOURNE, Jan 23: Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka reached his first Grand Slam final after edging out Tomas Berdych in four tight sets at the Australian Open Thursday. The eighth seed beat the Czech 6-3, 6-7 (1/7), 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/4) in...
Warne to coach Aussie T20 spinners for world bid MELBOURNE, Jan 23: Bowling great Shane Warne was Thursday named as spin coach ahead of Australia's World Twenty20 campaign starting in Bangladesh in March. Cricket Australia said the 44-year-old would support...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Thursday said his ministry would work in a coordinated way with the relevant ministries to help resolve the problems facing by the country's business community. He also said an initiative would be taken to enhance...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-01-24 00:00:00
Different ministries and divisions spent only 27 per cent of the development budget in the first half of the current fiscal. This was 3.0 percentage points down from what it was in the last fiscal, officials said Thursday. The ministries...
FE Report | 2014-01-24 00:00:00
Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharraf Hossain assured the members of the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) Thursday of opening one stop service to ease the cumbersome process in approving building design and put an end to...
Foreign investment flow rising: BoI The Board of Investment (BoI) on Thursday expressed the hope that the country may achieve the highest record in foreign investment flow during the current fiscal year if the investment situation continues uninterrupted for the...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-01-24 00:00:00
Construction works at different areas of the city are being done violating building codes; nor are safety rules being followed, putting many people at great risk, experts said. The FE correspondent while visiting sites in Jatrabari, Magbazar, Shantinagar, Mouchak, Satrasta,...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-01-24 00:00:00
The government has turned down a proposal to set up four border haats along Rangamati and Mizoram, officials said, Thursday. The proposal was made by India. "The small number of inhabitants in Rangamati and Mizoram does not justify creation of...
COLOMBO, Jan 23 (Xinhua): Sri Lanka's exports in 2013 had a healthy rebound, growing by 6.2 per cent to US$10.3 billion after having suffered a dip of 7.0 per cent in the 2012, the Industry and Commerce Ministry said in...
SINGAPORE, Jan 23 (Xinhua): Singapore's consumer price index (CPI) inflation eased from 2.6 per cent in last November to 1.5 per cent in December, which led the inflation for the whole year of 2013 to 2.4 per cent, much lower...
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