FE ReportFinance Minister AMA Muhith described Sunday the current state of the country's stock market as "slightly volatile" and claimed that the market was not "overheated". Muhith maintained that inflow of black money coupled with savers' funds with banks was...
Munima SultanaThe government plans to shoulder less than 40 per cent cost of the billion- dollar Dhaka elevated expressway to make the first-ever public-private partnership (PPP) project attractive to bidders.The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA), the executing agency of the mega...
A victim of the Rupganj clash between locals and law enforcers has succumbed to his injuries, reports bdnews24.com. Mostofa Jamal, 26, died around 9am Sunday. He sustained critical bullet wounds during the clash Saturday. According Saturday's reports, 10 people were...
FE ReportDhaka stocks soared one per cent Sunday, leading the benchmark index to hit nearly 7700-mark for the first time amid expectation of positive third quarter earnings.The gain was led by fuel and power, non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs), textile, and...
FE ReportOwners of CNG refuelling stations will go on nationwide shutdown from November 1 as their meeting with the authorities Sunday failed to reach any agreement.As a result, the non-stop strike at the CNG refueling stations across the country, which...
FE ReportThe cabinet committee on government purchase Sunday approved awarding of Bibiyana 300-450 megawatt (mw) gas-fired combined cycle power plant to the largest local power giant Summit."The Bibiyana power plant has been sanctioned in favour of the local Summit," Finance...
The World Bank (WB) will provide Bangladesh Tk 21 billion to set up modern food godowns. The assurance came from a meeting when a high-level WB representative called on Food and Disaster Management Minister Abdur Razzaque at his office Sunday....
NARAYANGANJ, Oct 24: Three brothers injured in an explosion occurred at a house in Narayanganj's Fatulla area last week have died. Fatulla Model police chief Jiban Kanti Shaha said they died in Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) burns unit Sunday...
FE Report Export zones regulator BEPZA has raised minimum wages for employees of industrial units located in eight industrial parks by nearly 60 per cent.The wages hike by Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority came after a gap of 21 years....
FE ReportThe government is going to appoint a consultant to design the planned deep sea port at Sonadia to cater to the needs of growing demand for trade.The project will be completed in three phases and the consultant will be...
NEW DELHI, Oct 24 (BSS): Commerce Minister Muhammad Faruk Khan, MP, today made a courtesy call on Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee at his residence here.During the meeting, they discussed matters of mutual interest including the strengthening of trade ties...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, October 24: As ships' stay-time in Chittagong Port has reduced to three days, berth operators and port users today have urged the authority to address the shortage of port handling equipment."We request the port authority to provide us...
FE ReportJute farmers at a meeting held in the city Sunday demanded supply of high quality seeds, water for jute cultivation and retting of the fibre, ban on import of low quality seeds and more jute purchasing centres.Syed Ahmed, a...
FE ReportLeaders of the bourses, market regulator and tax collectors held a talk Sunday to devise mechanism to check evasion of capital gain tax slapped on placement shareholders.They have discussed the role of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dhaka...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Dhaka, Rajshahi, Barishal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Khulna division today (Monday).Weather may remain...
FE ReportStandard Chartered Bangladesh, one of the leading foreign banks in the country, re-launched its major consumer banking products Sunday in a city hotel to cater to the rising demand of enhanced banking service from its high net worth customers.StanChart...
Pubali Bank Limited inaugurated its 387th branch at Navarabazar, Jessore Saturday.Governor of Bangladesh Bank Dr. Atiur Rahman formally inaugurated the branch as chief guest. PBL's Vice-Chairman & Director Habibur Rahman, Directors' Sk. Wahidur Rahman, Ahmed Shafi Chowdhury, Kabiruzzaman Yakub &...
Pubali Bank Limited inaugurated its 387th branch at Navarabazar, Jessore Saturday.Governor of Bangladesh Bank Dr. Atiur Rahman formally inaugurated the branch as chief guest. PBL's Vice-Chairman & Director Habibur Rahman, Directors' Sk. Wahidur Rahman, Ahmed Shafi Chowdhury, Kabiruzzaman Yakub &...
Tyron DevottaI was on a trip to Dhaka recently with a team of prospective investors and something I learnt there, was that Bangladesh was a country with a great deal of potential for growth and investment, but with one major...
Shamsher ChowdhuryOF all the cardinal institutions vital to democracy, the judiciary has a very crucial role to play. Of late, we come across news and views about the functioning of our judiciary which are not palatable. There are several factors...
Ripan Kumar BiswasDrivers are blinded by the sunlight as it hits their windshield. But there is also “veiled glare,” which is indirect sunlight that comes in at an angle, or reflects off glass towers and other cars. While there are...
All concerned -- investors, securities regulator, the management of the bourses, experts and policymakers -- are convinced that the stock market is overheated and sporadic measures taken by the regulator has failed to rein in the bull that has been...
Shahiduzzaman KhanBANGLADESH'S annual economic losses out of the perennial energy shortfall is US$16.6 billion, around 16.6 per cent of the $100 billion gross domestic product (GDP), according to a study conducted by a Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)...
Mamum AshrafSUMMER is lingering in the country. The extreme heat, as has been experienced in the recent days, usually causes a diarrhoea epidemic of sorts in Dhaka city. Under such a situation, the main hospital for diarrhoea treatment, ICCDDRB, is...
PENSIONERS, retired civil servants, housewives and others do largely depend on their investments into national savings certificates for some modest earnings. But they have been done much injustice from the recent decision of the government to slash the rate of...
In the Prime Minister's reception for the triumphant cricketers, it was declared that each member of the national team would be given a plot of land and a car in Dhaka. They were also promised lavish benefits on retirement.This writer...
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TOKYO, Oct 23 (Reuters): Japan's Nikkei rose 0.5 per cent Friday in a rebound after two days of losses, but investors were wary of pushing the market higher before seeing the outcome of a Group of Twenty (G20) meeting and...
NEW YORK, Oct 23 (Commodity Online): Global oil prices managed to finish the week on a high note while the bullion fell to its lowest in two weeks Friday. Light sweet crude for December closed $1.13 higher at $81.69 a...
SYDNEY, Oct 23 (AFP): Singapore's stock exchange is preparing to launch a takeover of its Australian counterpart to form a 14-billion-dollar (13.8 billion US) alliance, a report said Saturday.The Singapore Exchange is expected to announce a 6-billion-dollar takeover bid for...
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