FE Report Pearl Institute of Financial Market (PIFM) arranged a day-long seminar titled "Importance & Participation of Women in Share Market" aiming to enhance awareness and share capital market experience with the participants recently. Wali-ul-Maroof Matin, Managing Director of PIFM...
Fine Foods discloses AGM time, venue The authorities of Fine Foods Limited have stated that the 17th annual general meeting (AGM) of the company will be held at the Project-1, Mondolvog, Manikkhali, Katiadi, Kishorgonj at 2:30pm on December 23, 2011....
FE Report Speakers at a dialogue Monday strongly pleaded for allowing the stock market to choose its own course, without intervention from any quarters. Chief of the probe committee on the recent stock market scam Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled said the...
Doulot Akter Mala The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has identified three major risks concerning achievement of its tax collection target of the current fiscal year (FY), following changes made to a number of fiscal measures by the government, being...
M Azizur Rahman The government has got an opportunity to make use of deferred payment arrangement, worth US$ 1.50 billion, for imports of oil from two major oil suppliers. This will largely enable it to help avert any fresh liquidity...
Siddique Islam The country's overall import orders dropped further in November from the level of the previous month of this calendar year mainly due to lower import of food grains, officials said Monday. The opening of fresh letters of credit...
FE Report Maj. Gen. Amjad Khan Chowdhury (Retd), Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, PRAN-RFL Group of Companies has been re-elected President of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, (MCCI), Dhaka for the year 2012. The Chamber's new committee...
FE Report Every year over 57,000 people die of tobacco related diseases in Bangladesh. Concerted efforts are needed to fight against diseases caused by tobacco, said speakers at a roundtable in the city Monday. Tobacco consumption is still high in...
FE Report Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith Monday urged corporate institutions to work together with the government in implementing rules and regulations introduced by the authority. He made the call at the distribution ceremony of 'ICMAB Best Corporate Award...
FHM Humayan Kabir The Ministry of Communications (MoC) has at last moved back from its earlier position and decided to request Japan to finance the second Meghna Bridge on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway, officials said Monday. MoC officials said they have...
A survey to select a suitable site for the construction of a new airport near capital Dhaka is on, said Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Faruk Khan Monday. "Initially, we've selected five possible sites. Further steps will be taken after...
The Supreme Court has reassigned the bench for hearing a motion challenging the rejection of Khaleda Zia's no-confidence petition against a High Court bench dealing with the Zia Orphanage Trust case. - bdnews24.com
Mamun Rashid Issuance of sovereign bond has been in discussion for last several years. It gained prominence, when the country went for sovereign credit rating in 2010. Both Standard and Poor's and Moody's rated Bangladesh 'satisfactory' as well as 'stable'...
Opposition leader Khaleda Zia said Monday the country's economic sovereignty is now at stake as ownership of many domestic industries are going to the hands of aliens, reports UNB. "The country is now afflicted with multifarious crisis. The garment industry...
FE Report The government has decided to control goods-laden vehicles on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway putting in place a weighing machine to save three bridges on the country's main corridor from imminent collapse. The bridges are Meghna Bridge, Meghna-Gumti Bridge and Kachpur...
Bangladesh and China will set up a 1320 megawatt (mw) coal-fired joint venture power plant in Chittagong, official sources said, reports UNB. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this connection was signed during a Bangladesh delegation's visit (December 2-10) to...
Monira Munni The cabinet gave Monday its stamp of approval to the much-awaited draft ship breaking and ship recycling rules-2011 aimed at making the growing sector 'green' and worker-friendly. The approval came at the regular meeting of the cabinet held...
FE Report Around 1,100 sponsor-directors of listed the companies have less than two per cent shares compared to their companies' total paid-up capital, officials said. The status of shareholding by sponsor-directors comes after the prime bourse - Dhaka Stock Exchange...
The prosecution has moved the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) to issue arrest warrant for Jamaat-e-Islami's guru and former chief Ghulam Azam for his role in the 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan, reports bdnews24.com. The appeal was made Monday after chief...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dr ATM Shamsul Huda on Monday said the incumbent Election Commission (EC) would neither hold the elections to the newly divided Dhaka City Corporations (DCCs) nor announce the schedule for the polls, reports UNB. "The elections...
The foreign ministry showed its 'arrogance' by seeking an explanation from BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia over her stance regarding India's Tipaimukh project, the party's spokesman has said, reports bdnews24.com. "The Foreign Ministry director-general's (DG) remarks are arrogant. It can't be...
The cabinet has approved a new law to curtail human trafficking with capital punishment topping the punitive measures, reports bdnews24.com. The endorsement came at a regular meeting Monday, headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her spokesperson Abul Kalam Azad told...
The visiting Chinese military delegation met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganobhaban Monday, reports UNB. Deputy Chief of the General Staff of China Ma Xiaotian led the delegation. PM's press secretary Abul Kalam Azad briefed reporters after...
Continued from page 12 col. 3 The policy planners at the 'watchdog' agency also didn't have much visibility about the usage of the funds to be raised through bond issuance. Now that situation is not `so good' for the government...
The opposition BNP has expelled its Comilla district unit joint-general secretary Monirul Haque Sakku, a mayor aspirant in the upcoming elections to the newly-formed Comilla City Corporation scheduled for January 5, reports bdnews24.com. Steps were taken against Sakku, a former...
NARSINGDI, Dec 12 (UNB): Four people, including the one who reportedly gunned down Narsingdi municipality mayor Lokman Hossain, were arrested from capital Dhaka early Monday. Acting on his statement, they later arrested Awlad Hossain, Sarwar Hossain and Delwar Hossain Sharif...
FE Report Child rights activists, labour experts and development workers Monday called for a halt on employing children as domestic workers to help develop the large population of the country into resourceful human capital and protect child rights. They also...
Foreign Minister (FM) Dipu Moni called on visiting Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn at a city hotel Sunday and discussed the issues of mutual interests, reports UNB. The FM conveyed Bangladesh's deep sympathy for the loss of lives and damage...
Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral ZU Ahmed returned home Sunday night after attending the five-day armaments exhibition titled "Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition-2011 (LIMA-2011)" in Malayasia, said an ISPR press release. Maritime Strategists and Naval Observers and a...
FE Report Chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Dr Mizanur Rahman on Monday has said that half of the population of the country does not have any idea about their rights. He also said that the people do not...
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