Jasim Uddin Haroon The government has raised minimum wages for workers of the re-rolling mills by more than 150 per cent on an average.The wages for the guarder man, a low grade job in the re-rolling mills, has now been...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday urged industrialists to be more sympathetic towards the workers in their industries for paying their wages, reports UNB."I will urge the owners to show more sympathy to the workers while paying their wages and to...
The metropolitan magistrate court Wednesday rejected the petition for police remand of Mahmudur Rahman, acting editor of the daily Amar Desh, asking the police to interrogate him at the jail gate, report agencies. Arrested from his office at the wee...
FE ReportGarment exporters have demanded that the government keep Chittagong customs house open on Saturdays to expedite unloading of imported accessories at the port.The exporters have urged the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to consider keeping the port open for...
TOKYO, June 2(Agencies): Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has announced his resignation after just eight months in office. Hatoyama ended more than half a century of conservative rule in an electoral earthquake last August, but soon earned a reputation for...
Jubair HasanA vegetable trader found all his family members dead four hours after he went out of home, which was crushed by a five-storied building that collapsed in the capital Tuesday night.Mofazzal Hossain, who hails from Islampur of Jamalpur district,...
FE ReportThe government plans to make it mandatory for all business entities to get trade body membership aiming to make them more responsible and well-regulated, and forestall malpractice, the commerce minister said Wednesday."We will enact laws within the next one...
THE government will be embarking soon on the task of reforming the legal framework that regulates the country's corporate world. In the first step, according to the finance minister, the Bank Companies Act would be amended, followed by the move...
Maswood Alam KhanIS there anyone who should not be shocked by Israel's latest piracy in the sea? Is there a national military force in the world which, like Israeli troops, could kill innocent civilians who were travelling in a flotilla...
Ferdous RahmanThough the right to call a hartal - a particular form of protest used in Bangladesh and in other parts of South Asia - is viewed as a legitimate right, this right often impinges on the rights of individuals...
Residents of Dhaka city with over 13 million people, are exposed to serious living hazards and this situation is worsening day by day. But unfortunately, neither of the two main political parties said anything of substance in their election manifestos...
There is probably now no place in Dhaka city which does not have a presence of drug trafficking rackets. The addiction habit is fast increasing among all sections of people. It is no longer confined to young freaks in rich...
Muhammad Mahboob Ali and Rehana ParvinTourism refers to travel for recreation, leisure, religious, medical or business purposes from one place to another place for maximum one year or lesser time period. This travel may be domestic or transnational. Tourism is...
Ayan GuptaNON-governmental organisations (NGOs) must consider their capacity to manage microfinance programmes. The widespread poverty, with all the problems that come with it, is the greatest challenge of our time. Traditional aid has not helped in solving the problems. One...
Talha AhmadFOR three years now Gazans find themselves entrapped, strangled and cut off. Illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza from air, on land and over the sea has ensured the making of world's perhaps the first and the most notorious open...
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HONG KONG, June 1 (Reuters): The euro and Asian stocks slipped Tuesday on creeping suspicion that a peak in the recovery has passed and slowing growth in China and Europe in the second half of the year will be obstacles...
MUMBAI, June 1 (Economic Times): Indices slipped to day's lows mirroring sell-off in European markets. Commodities and interest rate sensitive were the worst hit while pharma stocks showed some strength. At 2:15 pm, National Stock Exchange's Nifty was at 4972.65,...
SINGAPORE, June 1 (Bloomberg): Dollar bonds sold by China real estate companies this year are the worst performers among Asian non-financial corporate debt denominated in the US currency amid concern the nation's property market is overheating. Yields on the $3.9...
TORONTO, June 1 (Reuters): More than a few Canadian companies are ready to go public, though only a handful - some gutsy tech startups with heavy backing -- are likely to brave the recent market turbulence and take the final...
KARACHI, June 1 (Business Recorder): The Karachi share market Monday witnessed negative trend and KSE-100 index lost 194.73 points due to heavy selling pressure by local as well as foreign investors. The KSE-100 index closed at 9,326.42 points against 9,521.15...
MUMBAI, June 1 (PTI): Wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon Energy today said it will raise funds through rights issue to repay its debt. The rights issue committee of directors at its meeting held yesterday, has decided to allot 2 equity shares...
SYDNEY/MELBOURNE, June 1 (Reuters): German construction group Bilfinger Berger is close to finalising plans for the $1.2 billion float of its Australian arm and could start marketing the issue within two weeks, sources familiar with the transaction said Tuesday.A final...
LONDON, April 1 (AFP): Crude-oil futures tumbled Tuesday, falling more than $2 a barrel, as anxiety over the euro zone grew and investors fled riskier assets in favour of the dollar.A stronger dollar against the euro and other currencies weighs...
Dragonair has been voted the "World's Best Regional Airline" in the annual World Airline Survey run by Skytrax, a London-based research organization, which runs the annual survey and gives the World Airline Awards,said a press release. About 18 million travelers...
LONDON, June 1 (Bloomberg): Corn declined, extending a slump by the most in six weeks in the previous session on speculation that the widening Europe debt crisis will curb demand for the grain. Soybeans also dropped 0.3 per cent. July...
NEW DELHI, June 1 (Bloomberg): Coffee exports from India, Asia's third-biggest producer, gained 50 per cent in the five months ended May as demand recovered in the biggest importing countries, the state-owned Coffee Board said. Tata Coffee Ltd. and its...
June 01, Tuesday The following were the commercial banks' rates to public for some selectedforeign currencies with Bangladesh Taka in cash transaction Tuesday.Selling rates to public (outward remittance)BankUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSCBsSonali Bank69.550085.6667100..92530.771860.475666.798358.4555Agrani Bank69.550085.5961100.99880.773660.480866.837858.5220FCBsStanChart69.6787.16101.080.7961.0666.3758.97HSBC 69.647587.3236102.37570.785060.974566.712559.7944Citibank naNANANANANANANABank of Ceylon69.660087.6348103.02960.790661.515467.168161.9417PCBsUttara Bank69.600086.5275101.15930.776460.362066.625459.3171AB Bank69.670087.3500102.13020.7809NANANABuying rates from public (inward...
Mehdi Musharraf BhuiyanThe country's top IT leaders and software developers Tuesday demanded full waiver of duty and Value Added Taxes on computer networking and data communication equipments during the upcoming budget of the fiscal year of 2010-11.Networking equipments like network...
FE ReportThe Mercantile Bank Limited (MBL) will observe its 11th founding anniversary today (Wednesday) and will award 10 renowned personalities on this occasion, officials said.MBL Managing Director and chief executive Dewan Mujibur Rahman said, "We will give awards to Syed...
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