Microcredit disbursement among the guardians of children engaged in worst forms of child labour in urban informal economy of Dhaka City began Monday. Resource Integration Centre (RIC) disbursed Tk 10,000 per person aiming at gradually withdrawing the children from hazardous...
LONDON, April 27 (Reuters): Oil slipped below $84 Tuesday, pulled lower by expectations of a rise in US stockpiles and nagging concerns Greece's economic trauma could have knock-on effects on the wider economy and demand for fuel.Oil and commodities traders...
KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 (Bloomberg): Palm oil fell for the first time in four days as the outlook for substitution demand eased after its discount to rival soybean oil narrowed. July-delivery futures dropped 0.4 per cent to 2,550 ringgit ($801)...
NEW DELHI, April 27 (Bloomberg): Patchy pre-monsoon showers in some parts of India's main coffee-growing regions may hurt the crop this year, state-owned Coffee Board said, likely paring sales from Asia's third-biggest producer. Rainfall over the southern states of Karnataka,...
LONDON, April 27 (Bloomberg): Gold declined as gains by the dollar may curb demand at a time of increased metal sales. Palladium dropped the most in more than a week. Sales of old jewelry and other scrap gold have increased...
Our CorrespondentNILPHAMARI, Apr 27: District youth development office of Nilphamari failed to perform properly due to shortage of office space and accommodation facilities.At present the office is located at a rented house on a clumsy narrow road having very limited...
April 27, 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 Bank69.550093.4952107.60490.745565.124170.009864.9071Agrani Bank69.550093.3162107.54350.748365.074169.945464.6911FCBsStanChart69.6294.82108.270.7766.3571.2766.29HSBC 69.605594.7389108.70470.768665.807570.061865.4504Citibank naNANANANANANANABank of Ceylon69.610094.9158109.22760.777866.100170.355866.9231PCBsUttara Bank69.550094.6267107.06610.765765.515968.936364.8487AB Bank69.600094.5908108.64750.7569NANANABuying rates from public (inward remittance)SCBsUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSonali...
Sajan Ghar Jaana Hai On STAR Plus Wednesday at 9-00 pm.The story revolves around how a simple and sweet girl gets married in difficult situations and yet cannot be with her husband. Watch to find out what will Dhaani do...
Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan is under "constant vigil and monitoring" from doctors because he's suffering severe liver damage.The veteran actor revealed to fans Friday (23Apr10) he has developed cirrhosis of the liver, caused by a blood transfusion following a near-fatal...
MUMBAI, Apr 27: Power corrupts people and you need to be shrewd and play games to be in politics, says Ajay Devgn. While the actor will be seen playing a politician in the film "Raajneeti", he says he can never...
ATN BANGLAam07:00 Sangbad07:30 Positive Bangladesh 08:00 Sangbad08:30 Drama serial- Kothay Pabo Tare09:00 News Bulletins09:10 Drama - Kande Amar Ma10:00 Sangbad10:30 Hello Banglades11:15 Asian City Vision 202012:00 Sangbad Bulletins12:15 It Zone01:00 Sangbad Bulletins01:25 Band Vew02:00 Sangbad02:30 Drama serial -Baba03:00 Sangbad Bulletins03:15...
JERUSALEM, Apr 27 (AFP): Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has said he hopes for a 'positive response' when he presents US proposals for renewed negotiations with Israel to Arab foreign ministers next week."The discussions are still ongoing" with US special envoy...
BANGKOK, Apr 27 (Reuters): Protesters briefly forced Bangkok's elevated railway system to shut Tuesday, paralysing traffic, and the government warned of tougher operations to quell growing unrest in a seven-week crisis that has killed 26 people.Thailand's revered but ailing 82-year-old...
BAGHDAD, Apr 27 (AFP): Iraqi leaders were Tuesday awaiting a ruling on the fate of nine election-winning candidates who stand to be disqualified in a process that has thrown government formation into disarray.A judicial panel on Monday eliminated at least...
LONDON, Apr 27 (AFP): The leader of Britain's newly-buoyant Liberal Democrats was accused of arrogance Tuesday as he struggled to clarify what he would do if his party holds the balance of power after elections next week.Nick Clegg has come...
KHARTOUM, Apr 27 (Reuters): President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has won Sudan's first open elections in 24 years in a result that confirms in office the only sitting head of state wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes.Bashir won...
KATHMANDU, Apr 27 (AFP): A South Korean climber Tuesday became the first woman to scale the world's 14 highest mountains, live television pictures showed, although her record bid has been clouded by a disputed ascent.Footage broadcast in South Korea showed...
NEW DELHI, Apr 27 (AFP): A female diplomat in the Indian embassy in Islamabad has been arrested in New Delhi on charges of spying for Pakistan, reports said Tuesday."She has been arrested," Home Secretary Gopal Pillai said, according to Press...
Gunmen kill Pak woman university teacherQUETTA, Apr 27: Gunmen Tuesday shot dead a woman university professor in southwest Pakistan, where targeted killings blamed on tribal insurgents, sectarian groups and militants are increasing, the police said. Nazima Talib (48) had just...
FE ReportDhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has proposed to start trading from 10-30 am instead of 11-00 am for the convenience of investors."We have already applied to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to consider our plea for the betterment of...
BRAC EPL Stock Brokerage Limited has provided free of beneficiary owners’ (BO) account opening services for the investors. BRAC EPL is the only merchant bank, which provides the portfolio management services to the small and retail investors against deposit of...
Munima SultanaSales at the city's car showrooms have increased like in the other years ahead of the budget, scaling up prices of all kinds of cars that demonstrate that prices may go up further in the next fiscal.Showroom officials said...
Sonia H MoniBangladesh frozen food exporters expects to secure spot orders worth $ 100 million at the ongoing European Seafood Exposition (ESE) 2010 at Brussels in Belgium, an official said.Bangladesh Frozen Foods Exporters Association (BFFEA) Vice-President Maqsudur Rahman said, "We...
The lottery for distribution of units of ICB AMCL Third NRB Mutual Fund was held in the city Tuesday, said a press release.The Bureau of Research, Testing and Consultation (BRTC) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) conducted the...
FE Report Farm credit disbursement recorded an 18.13 per cent growth during the first nine months of this fiscal, as the central bank has continuously been persuading the banks to increase lending to farmers.Eight state-owned banks and financial institutions (FIs)...
Bank Asia arranged a briefing for its executives recently at the assistance of Asian Development Bank (ADB). ADB representatives Mary Abad and Eillen Manganipat gave a detailed outline of the procedures for Trade Finance Facilitation Programme of ADB. Participants From...
Jamuna Bank Limited (JBL) has recently opened the off-shore banking unit of the bank at its Gulshan branch in the city, according to a press release.Chairman of the board of directors of the bank Sakhawat Abu Khair Mohammad inaugurated the...
FE Report The country's knit manufacturers are facing hard time as the prices of yarn have doubled over past one year both in international and domestic market.As of Monday, the cotton yarn price stood at US$ 4.10 a kilogramme (kg)...
Entrepreneurship on the part of Bangladeshi businesses kept untapped Bangladesh-Bhutan economic links with current trade balance largely favouring the landlocked Himalayan kingdom, Bhutanese officials said in the city Monday. "It appears that Bangladeshi businessmen consider Bhutan to be an insignificant...
ECONOMIC growth and its fruits, jobs and income, are always the prime objective of the policy planners. This growth needs to be buttressed also by policies designed to keep prices of essential goods and similar services within the purchasing capacity...
© 2026 - All Rights with The Financial Express
