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...
LONDON, Oct 23 (Commodity Online): Copper production prices are set to shoot up in the coming days. An Indication to this effect was given by the world's second biggest copper producer Arubis.The company said that the fees for processing crushed...
BOGOTA, Oct 23 (Commodity Online): In its efforts to regulate mining and environmental hazards to workers, Colombia closed down 18 more illegal gold mines in the country. According to country's environment ministry, they are reviewing the legality of at least...
NEW YORK, Oct 23 (AP): After a two-month rally in US stock markets, initial public offering (IPO) investors appear eager to buy into China's fast-paced growth and expanding middle class, and make selective bets on US consumers' slowly rekindled desire...
MUMBAI, Oct 23 (Business Standard): The markets exhibited high volatility for the second straight week. The benchmark indexes gyrated between zones during the week as quarterly earnings and fund flows to India's biggest initial public offering (IPO) kept investors on...
BEIJING, Oct 23 (AFP): China has become the third largest market for Volvo, which Chinese car maker Geely recently acquired, state media reported Saturday.Alexander Klose, head of Volvo Cars China, made the comments at a trade show in the northern...
CHICAGO, Oct 23 (AFP): Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co announced the recall of nearly 0.53 million vehicles worldwide Friday due to a defect with the cylinder that holds brake fluid.The recall comes a day after Toyota announced a safety recall...
Our CorrespondentKHULNA, Oct 23: The prices of most of the essentials in Khulna city markets continued to go beyond the purchasing capacity of the common people. "Our backs have been pushed to the wall as prices of commodities like egg,...
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