On the close of business operation on March 31, 2011, Trust Bank 1st Mutual Fund has stated NAV of Tk 13.80 per unit on the basis of current market price and Tk 12.36 per unit on the basis of cost...
Prime Bank Limited has launched Merchant Discount Programme for its Credit Card users, said a press release. From now on Prime Bank credit cardholders will be able to enjoy a discount ranging from 3.0per cent to 50 per cent during...
Bangladesh Insurance Association (BIA) Chairman Sheikh Kabir Hossain has urged Islami Oikkya Jote (IOJ) to call off its planned nation-wide hartal today (Monday). "BIA thinks that the hartal would have an adverse impact on the national economy affecting the public...
Credit Rating Information and Services Limited (CRISL), a joint venture rating agency has released the yearly Volume 2010 of CRISL Rating Quarterly. The volume covered all assigned rating during the year that ended on December 2010 along with valid Bank...
Dr Farid Uddin Ahmed, chairman of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC), died of a heart attack at LabAid Hospital in the city Sunday morning, reports BSS. He was 57. Dr Farid, also a freedom fighter, left behind his wife, a...
State Minister for Religious Affairs has | 2011-04-04 00:00:00
State Minister for Religious Affairs has"If there is anything in the National Women Development Policy that contradicts with the Holy Qur'an and Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (SM), it could be changed through discussions," Mohammad Shahjahan Miah said Sunday. Addressing a...
FE Report | 2011-04-04 00:00:00
FE ReportBangladesh's pharmaceutical sector is ready to take the opportunity of the next wave of globalisation by replacing India and China with its skilled manpower and cutting-edge production facility, a top industry leader said. "In just 2-3 years, 20 (drug)...
Yasir Wardad | 2011-04-04 00:00:00
Yasir Wardad Farmers in developing countries can double their food production in 10 years by transitioning from the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides to ecological agriculture (eco-farming), says a United Nations study. The new UN report, presented to the...
The executive director (ED) of Sun Pharmaceutical (Bangladesh) Ltd, Shyamal Ghosh, who had been heading the operations of the Indian MNC since its inception in Bangladesh, is retiring and leaving Bangladesh. He is associated with pharmaceutical industry for the last...
Emirates is set to launch flights to Geneva of Switzerland from June 1. Over 600 guests from the travel industry and the Swiss business community attended a high profile road show in this connection in Geneva recently. Geneva will be...
Jamal Uddin | 2011-04-04 00:00:00
Jamal UddinTwo chartered accountant (CA) firms appointed by the telecom regulatory body, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), will start auditing financial reports of mobile operators from next week. The two firms are Ahmed Zaker & Co and Fazal & Co....
FE Report | 2011-04-04 00:00:00
FE ReportThe 10th Thailand Trade Exhibition Dhaka-2011 and Thai Food Festival will kick off April 7 at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in a bid to boost up trade between Dhaka and Bangkok. Industries Minister Dilip Barua is expected to inaugurate...
FE Report Around nine per cent of women are involved in the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the country, SME Foundation Chairperson Aftab ul Islam said Sunday. He said, "Small and Medium Enterprises are the backbone of the economy...
Talha Bin Habib | 2011-04-04 00:00:00
Talha Bin Habib The government plans to establish 'Department of Sericulture' to give boost to the silk sector, ministry officials said Sunday. To this effect, a five-member committee has been formed to prepare a report on the objective of the...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2011-04-02 00:00:00
Jasim Uddin Haroon Textile millers have been hit hard by the European Union's relaxed import rules, which allows garment exporters to buy fabrics from other nations overlooking the output of about 1,300 local textile plants. Under the new EU rules...
FE Report | 2011-04-02 00:00:00
FE Report The country's apex trade body has expressed its deep concern over sudden rise in lending rates, saying that it will hamper the overall economic growth. "The level of investment may stagnate gradually as the country's overall business activities...
Mushir Ahmed | 2011-04-02 00:00:00
Mushir AhmedA plan is underway to approve Genetically Modified (GM) crops in the country to boost food production and cut alarming overuse of pesticide across the rural areas, officials said. Agriculture Minister Motia Chowdhury has backed the controversial move, although...
MUMBAI, April 2 (bdnews24.com): India won the ICC World Cup after 28 years beating Sri Lanka by six wickets. Mahendra Singh Dhoni finished the match with a big six who was unbeaten o 91 and Yuvraj Singh on 21. Gautum...
Ben Bland | 2011-04-02 00:00:00
Ben BlandFT Syndication Service HANOI: Human Rights Watch, a New York-based campaign group, has accused the Vietnamese government of intensifying the violent repression of minority religious groups in the Central Highlands region. In a report released late this week, Human...
TRIPOLI, Apr 2 (agencies): Muammar Gaddafi's government scorned rebel conditions for a nationwide ceasefire, and there was no sign of international diplomatic efforts cooling the Libyan conflict. Western-led forces bombarded "civilian and military locations" late Friday in the towns of...
RIKUZENTAKATA (Japan), Apr 2 (agencies): Japan's prime minister surveyed the damage in a town gutted by a massive tsunami, as officials said Saturday that highly radioactive water was leaking into the sea from the nuclear plant stricken by the disaster....
Munima Sultana | 2011-04-02 00:00:00
Munima SultanaThe Asian Development Bank has agreed to release US $150 million for the development of Bangladesh Railway, breaking a two-year deadlock over the fate of a key infrastructure scheme, officials said Saturday. They said the Manila-based development lender announced...
The government is going to undertake a mega plan involving Tk 55 billion for modernisation of Mongla sea port. Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan said this while speaking at a discussion meeting organised by Khulna Development Forum Friday night. The minister...
CHITTAGONG, Apr 2: At least three people were killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between a pick-up van and a truck in Panthishila in Sitakunda Saturday afternoon. - UNB
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally with hail at places is likely at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Barisal and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Jessore, Kushtia and Comilla in next 24 hours...
Chief Justice (CJ) ABM Khairul Haque urged lawyers, litigants and rights watchdogs to come up with specific allegations against subordinate judges who are tainted with dishonesty in order to free the judiciary from corruption, reports UNB. "I'm ready to look...
Krishak Sramik Janata League president Abdul Kader Siddiqui, Bir Bikram said PM's adviser HT Imam should be tried for his involvement in conducting oath to Khondakar Mushtaq Ahmed as president after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports bdnews24.com. "Mushtaq...
FE Report | 2011-04-02 00:00:00
FE ReportDigitisation process of educational institutions across the country under the project of access to information (A2I) will start from June this year. Implementing the election manifesto to make the country a digitalised one, the governmnet is going to set...
Accusing the government of indulging in a deep-rooted conspiracy to destabilise the country, BNP has urged the professionals to be united to resist its plot, reports bdnews24.com. "The government has established one-party rule by abusing the judiciary," said party senior...
RAJSHAHI, Apr 2 (BSS): Speakers at a discussion here Saturday underscored the need for collective efforts for the welfare of the people with autism and disability. They laid stress on inclusion of the mentally challenged people and children in the...
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