Mashiur RahamanBangladesh grossed the highest ever monthly export income in March, thanks to the continued rise in jute goods export and partial recovery of the frozen foods market as well as that of readymade garments (RMG).Earning a net US$ 1515.75...
BENAPOLE, May 4: The government has banned import of eggs and chicks from India in view of avian flu/bird flu in parts of that country. A notification of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) imposing the ban reached the Benapole...
The High Court Tuesday asked the government to show cause as to why it should not be ordered to take effective measures to protect the Buriganga River from pollution. At the same time, the court also asked for deployment of...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Local companies are aggressively spending on advertisements due mainly to growing competitions in the domestic market, bringing fortune to the advertising agencies. The companies have almost doubled their budget for commercials, hiring creative people with attractive compensation...
Sonia H MoniBangladesh Post Office (BPO) starts operation of its Mobile Money Order, an electronic money transfer service for the people, on Wednesday.M Mobasherur Rahman, Director General of BangladeshPost Office (BPO). Said although Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the electronic...
Monira MunniPrice of garlic shot up 26.32 percent to Tk130 a kilogram in a period of one month at the retail market in the city, which traders blame on higher import cost. The imported garlic sold in the range between...
FE Report An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Ramna police station was found dead at Chharpara of Mirzapur in Tangail Tuesday. Mirzapur police said they recovered the body of Shah Mizanur Rahman (35) from beside the Dhaka-Tangail Highway at about 7:30am....
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, April 04: Iran and the US hurled choicest invectives and diatribes against each other at the opening of the international conference to review the nuclear non-proliferation treaty in the United Nations yesterday.Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, being...
A Z M AnasThe state-run manpower bureau has taken up steps to bring home nine out of 36 Bangladeshi workers stranded in Liberia for allegedly attempting to sneak into a European country, officials said Tuesday.Officials at the Bureau of Manpower,...
FE ReportThe state-owned Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) has requested the securities regulator to extend the tenure of its eight closed-end mutual funds that are scheduled for redemption by 2011.Closed-end mutual funds had no specific tenure or maturity period when...
The Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) let it be known recently that it had detected the presence of lead in five of Bangladesh's most loved vegetables, namely potatoes, red spinach, cabbages, radishes and beans. Samples of these...
Lutfor RahmanTHE crisis in electricity generation and transmission is widening gaps among the political parties. Almost every body in the country is affected by the shortage of power generation. The opposition party naturally takes it as a serious issue for...
Khondkar A Saleque In this modern age of technology boom is it necessary that all government ministries should remain confined in one place -- the Bangladesh Secretariat? Much of the Dhaka city's congestion will be eased if government ministries can...
Stephen Hawking; the scientific authority of our generation; has advised us to avoid trying to seek out aliens from space. His reasons for avoiding our contacts with them (aliens) is based on our inglorious history of the so-called civilized West;...
Ayub Haroon's article on the subject, published in your Editorial page (27 April 2010); should attract the attention of the relevant government authorities concerned, Commuter transport in and around Dhaka is becoming more chaotic day by day!Cheap and convenient mass...
Asif MahfuzThe government of Bangladesh has taken initiatives to reach finance to the poor farmers in the rural areas. Farmer's access to finance is one of the major problems in the rural areas. This is a major drawback to achieve...
Mohammad Shahidul IslamON 28 April, the 16th SAARC Summit met in picturesque Thimphu, capital of the Kingdom of Bhutan. The Summit marked the 25th anniversary of its founding. SAARC has come a long way since its inception. Though it may...
SINGAPORE, May 3 (AP): Asian stocks fell Monday after China ordered banks to raise their reserves, the latest in a series of moves aimed at curbing inflation and surging property prices. European shares opened lower.Hong Kong's Hang Seng index led...
Bata Shoe Company (Bangladesh) Ltd began a new campaign in a Bata outlet "Chomkano Offer", says a press release. Managing Director of the company Rajeev Gopalakrishnan formally inaugurated the campaign in the city recently. Consultant of Business Development of the...
BEIJING, May 3 (Reuters): Agricultural Bank of China, one of the country's big four lenders, plans to file applications this week for its dual listing in Shanghai and Hong Kong.The planned IPO, the world's biggest ever, could raise as much...
MUMBAI, May 3 (PTI): Housing lender HDFC Ltd Monday said its net profit jumped 26.31 per cent to Rs 9.26 billion for the January-March quarter on the back of fall in expenditure. The company, which saw income from interest fall...
PARIS, May 3 (AFP): The interest rate Greece must pay to borrow for 10 years fell to 8.715 per cent in morning trading Monday from 8.938 per cent Friday, in response to an imminent debt rescue agreed last weekend.The rate,...
MUMBAI, May 3 (Economic Times): India Infoline (IIFL) has transformed itself from being an equity research firm to financial services conglomerate in the past 15 years. Apart from equity broking, the company now has presence in commodity broking, investment banking,...
HONG KONG, May 3 (Reuters): Chinese lighting products supplier NVC Lighting plans to raise up to $272 million in a Hong Kong initial public offering, a source close to the deal said Monday.The company, which kicked off its marketing road...
KARACHI, May 3 (Business Recorder): The Karachi share market witnessed bearish trend during the week ended on April 30 due to uncertainty regarding the economic outlook of the country stemming from unprecedented energy shortage despite healthy corporate results. The benchmark...
SINGAPORE, May 3 (AFP): Oil prices extended gains in Asian trade today after Europe's endorsement of an aid deal for Greece and on expectations of a US supply drop caused by a giant oil slick, analysts said. New York's main...
Kitchen wastage is no longer a throw away matter. Now the refusals are being mixed with micro dust, a waste from spinning mills, and used in the production of high quality compost fertiliser by Viyellatex Ltd.In a test conducted by...
TASHKENT, May 3 (AFP): Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda today urged Asia's economies to focus less on exports and more on meeting regional consumer demand, without overlooking environmental concerns. Haruhiko, addressing the opening of the ADB's board of governor's...
SEOUL, May 3 (AFP): South Korea's government today announced plans to spend seven million dollars developing high- performance electric motorcycles by 2013 to reduce petrol consumption and emissions. It would receive government funds of 7.84 billion won (7.04 million dollars)...
BEIJING, May 3 (Xinhua): In response to the world's top three iron ore suppliers' negotiation attitude of "take it or leave it", China can both take it and leave it in different ways, experts say. "It seems China has accepted...
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