FE ReportDhaka stocks fell slightly on moderate profit booking amid volatility Thursday, snapping the third straight session of record-breaking run.The market opened higher in the morning but tossed between negative and positive territories in the half way before closing lower...
Siddique Islam The central bank has directed the commercial banks not to add any service charge to the interest on lending, officials said Thursday. "We've taken the latest move aiming to facilitate business activities across the country," a senior official...
GENEVA, Oct 14 (Reuters): The growing danger of a currency war is threatening the recovery in global investment, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said on Thursday. Disputes between different countries about their exchange rates were adding...
CHITTAGONG, Oct 14 (Agencies): Activities at the Chittagong Port has been going on peacefully in the presence of the army, officials said. The government was compelled to send in the military after all other attempts to bring order at the...
FE ReportSugar and edible oil manufacturers will not issue delivery order (DO) any more to the traders after one month to maintain price stability in the market.The government and businessmen Thursday at a meeting decided to scrap the DO system...
BENAPOLE, Oct 14: Import and export through Benapole Land Port is stopped as Indian side at Patrapole took a 4-day break from Wednesday to Saturday for Durga Puja. Benapole port sources quoting Indian Customs officials and C & F agents...
HABIGANJ, Oct 14: Unit 9 104-megawatt Shahjibazar Power Plant here was shut down early Wednesday due to technical fault. The unit, which has a capacity to generate 35MW power and add to national grid, developed technical fault after Tuesday midnight....
SAVAR, Oct 14: An Ashulia garments factory has been declared closed temporarily amid workers' agitation to meet their 11-point demands. The workers of Shahriar Fabrics demanded double over-time if worked over eight hours, no forced labour, no indiscriminate firing, daily...
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 (Friday).Moderately heavy to...
Nazmul AhsanThe government will soon appoint an administrator for Jubo Karmasangsthan Society (Jubok) to recover the money embezzled by the controversial lender and return it to the aggrieved depositors, official sources said.Jubok stole about Tk 14.40 billion of 0.16 million...
A Bangladeshi scientist has discovered how a harmless bacteria causes severe form of diarrhea known as cholera, reports UNB.Dr Shah M Faruque, Head of Molecular Genetics at ICDDR,B (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh) and his research team have...
FHM Humayan KabirThe government plans to form a sustainable energy development authority to find out options for alternative energy use instead of fossil fuel and conventional biomass to ensure energy security in Bangladesh, officials said Thursday.Energy division officials said they...
FE Report Participants at a launching ceremony put emphasis on reducing poverty from Bangladesh tapping benefits of information and communications technologies (ICTs).They also said expansion of ICTs use is the primary pre-requisite for transforming Bangladesh into a digital country.They made...
BNP will hold a protest rally at Muktangan and bring out a procession tomorrow (Saturday) at 3pm, reports bdnews24.com. The main opposition's secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain announced the programme Thursday from a meeting convened to mourn the deaths of...
Owners of CNG refueling stations in a statement Thursday strongly protested the Petrobangla move to raise the CNG price by sending a proposal to the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC), reports UNB."Without taking initiative to enhance gas production, a move...
FE ReportThe Value Added Tax (VAT) system needs overhauling to remove distortions that have made its implementation difficult, said Dr. Zahid Hossain, a senior specialist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) mission in Bangladesh."Time has come to take a fresh...
FE ReportAsia Securities Limited was re-launched Thursday with a promise to strengthen its operation.The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) President Shakil Rizvi formally inaugurated the re-launching of the brokerage house in the city.The DSE president said Asia Securities would comply with...
The government is planning to digitalize the activities of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) within two years to expedite its work, save on costs and ensure transparency of different development projects, reports UNB.However, initially, the ECNEC...
We have seen two reports in the dailies that there are no primary schools in 131 villages in Kurigram district and 67 villages in Tangail district. The other districts of the country may have the same scenario. On the other...
BARRISTER Rafiqul Islam Mia, a standing committee member of the opposition BNP, recently claimed that there was no mention of the war of independence in the instrument of surrender and according to that document it was a war between India...
TOKYO, Oct 13 (AP): Asian stock markets rose Wednesday as the minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest meeting signaled that the US central bank will soon act to boost growth.Investors also took heart from Intel Corp's better-than-expected earnings results, which...
MUMBAI, Oct 13 (Reuters): India gold traders stayed away from placing new deals Wednesday afternoon as prices hit another record high, however a strong rupee kept the upside limited, dealers said. "There are hardly any buyers today due to a...
The development of HM 4 baby corn has changed the livelihood of a village in Haryana as for the farmers the cultivation of baby corn is more than winning daily bread and butter, Commodity Online report said. Baby corn plays...
SINGAPORE, Oct 13 (AP): Oil prices rose above $82 a barrel Wednesday in Asia as a weaker US dollar made crude cheaper for investors holding foreign currencies.Benchmark oil for November delivery was up 82 cents to $82.49 a barrel at...
MUMBAI, Oct 13 (Agencies): Indian shares extended gains to two per cent Wednesday afternoon, on strong foreign fund interest and firm world markets. At 2:48 pm the 30-share BSE index was up 2.08 per cent at 20,633.70 points, with all...
BEIJING, Oct 13 (Commodity Online): Unconfirmed reports said world's largest edible oil user China is all set to resume soyoil imports from Argentina, the world's largest supplier, after a six-month de facto ban. Terming the ban as political rather than...
Chittagong PortBerthing positionOctober 14, 2010Berth No. NV Cargo LC LA DA Leaving I/DJ/2 Phuong Dong-2 Rice Hochi Uni Ship 29/09 18/10 --J/3 Lucky Pearl Y.Peas Vang Asll 21/09 16/10 --J/4 Indian Express GI Z.Lian Cosco 01/10 17/10 --J/5 Dong Binh ...
Chittagong PortBerthing positionOctober 14, 2010Berth No. NV Cargo LC LA DA Leaving I/DJ/2 Phuong Dong-2 Rice Hochi Uni Ship 29/09 18/10 --J/3 Lucky Pearl Y.Peas Vang Asll 21/09 16/10 --J/4 Indian Express GI Z.Lian Cosco 01/10 17/10 --J/5 Dong Binh ...
Our CorrespondentGAIBANDHA, Oct 13: A total of 30 fishermen of Fulchhari Upazila in the district recived nets and boats worth TK 0.18 million from an organisation on Monday under PFP-Shiree project funded by GOB and DFID of UK.In cooperation with...
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