A Z M Anas and Siddique IslamBangladesh's major export-earning sectors including apparels and sea food stand to suffer as a weakening Euro threatens to dent profits, eroding competitiveness in Europe, their biggest market. Industry leaders say it's going to be...
Shahiduzzaman KhanThe Power Division has failed to live up to its promises to rid the country of power cuts by June this year. As was envisaged, no rental power plants (RPP) could be commissioned as yet. The Division drew up...
Bangladesh said Wednesday that its economy grew at the slowest pace for seven years as the global downturn hit exports while drought and floods cut into agriculture and power troubles rocked industry, reports AFP. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)...
FE ReportDhaka stocks rose sharply Wednesday, helping the benchmark index cross 6,000-mark for the second time, driven by persistent rally in banking stocks.The benchmark DSE General Index (DGEN) was up by 1.41 per cent or 84.97 points to 6073.92, only...
The United States will support strategy and core components of the agriculture economy of Bangladesh as the government is prioritising investment, research, rice, investment in fisheries and livestock, reports UNB.USAID Administrator Dr Rajiv Shah who came here to attend a...
FE ReportThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Thevakumar Kandiah as the Country Director for the Bank's Bangladesh Resident Mission (BRM).Mr. Kandiah, a Malaysian national, is expected to assume his new assignment on 31 May 2010, an ADB press release...
Munima SultanaThe government has terminated the Pakistani consultant of the Dhaka-Chittagong four-lane project in the middle of its field-level preparation work for 'unsatisfactory' performances.Roads and Highways Department (RHD) terminated the contract of National Engineering Services Pakistan (NESPAK) on May 18,...
Mohammad MufazzalThe securities regulator served show-cause notices Wednesday on three financial institutions, including a bank, for non-compliance of securities law in giving margin loans and the netting facilities.The move came after an inspection was conducted by the Securities and Exchange...
Doulot Akter MalaThe country will join SAARC railway links that would connect Dhaka and two major seaports with the South Asian countries to establish a greater intra-regional trade network and integrate economies in the region.The core group on connectivity matters...
At least 20 people, including a police officer, were injured when workers of a garment factory clashed with policemen Wednesday at Jamgora under Ashulia industrial belt over wage hike and other financial benefits. Witnesses said around 1,500 garment workers of...
DINAJPUR, May 26: Madhyapara Hard Rock Mine workers called off their indefinite strike today (Wednesday), after four days of their agitation programme. They decided to withdraw their strike at 3pm today after fruitful talks with the officials of Hard Rock...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that producing more food does not guarantee access to food, and so it rather the purchasing capacity which has to be increased, reports UNB. "Producing more food does not guarantee access to food. People...
PARIS, May 26 (AFP): Bangladesh, Indonesia and Iran are the countries that are the most vulnerable to natural disasters, according to a study released by Maplecroft, a British risk advisory firm that compiles the Natural Disaster Risk Index (NDRI).Asia's twin...
Musa Ibrahim is the first Bangladeshi to scale Mt Everest. He has been given the official certificate for his feat. Komal Aryal, who was maintaining communication with Ibrahim in Mt Everest, in an e-mail, confirmed bdnews24.com about the official recognition....
FE Report The government Wednesday approved the proposals of three rental power plants (RPPs) having a combined capacity of 240 megawatt in its desperate bid to get rid the country of nagging electricity shortage. The cabinet committee on government purchase...
Fazlur RahmanThe government Wednesday approved a proposal allowing state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) to buy food items for another year without complying with the country's procurement laws.The approval, which came at the cabinet committee on economic affairs, gave the...
PARIS, May 26 (AFP): The global economy is heading for 4.75-per cent growth this year and next, thanks largely to emerging markets, and beating growth rates before the global downturn, the OECD said on Wednesday. Battered global stock markets regained...
FE ReportChittagong Port Authority (CPA) has decided to resolve the LCL (less than container load) cargo handling crisis within a week in a bid to smooth the performance of the country's premier port and save the unduly spent time.The decision...
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TOKYO, May 25 (Bloomberg): Asian stocks fell, dragging the MSCI Asia Pacific Index to its lowest level in 10 months, after a report said North Korea's military had been ordered to prepare for combat and concerns grew Europe's debt crisis...
TOKYO, May 25 (Bloomberg): Toyota Motor Corp, the world's largest carmaker, will have insufficient profit to warrant an upgrade of its credit rating this fiscal year, Moody's Investors Service said. Toyota, which Moody's rates the highest among global carmakers at...
SINGAPORE, May 25 (Bloomberg): US stock-index futures sank after a report that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il last week ordered his military to prepare for combat and amid mounting concern Europe's debt crisis will endanger the global recovery. Morgan...
KARACHI, May 25 (Bloomberg): Pakistan's Trading Corp may buy more white sugar than planned on May 29, exceeding the 200,000 tons specified in the tender, the chairman of the state-run agency said. "We will buy the full quantity of the...
Our Correspondent BRAHMANBARIA, May 25: Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) held the performance review meeting of branch managers under the bank's Brahmanbaria region for the financial year 2009-10 at the premises of chief regional office in the district town Thursday.BKB General...
MUMBAI, May 25 (Bloomberg): India's stocks fell, with the benchmark index retreating more than 10 per cent from its April 7 peak, as investors sold shares on concern Europe's debt crisis will slow global economic growth. Wipro Ltd, the nation's...
DUBAI, May 25 (Bloomberg): Gulf shares declined with Dubai's benchmark index falling the most in more than two weeks as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Dubai's economy will contract this year, oil declined and emerging market stocks slumped. Emaar...
LONDON, May 25 (Bloomberg): Crude oil declined before a report forecast to show UST supplies are growing, while concern Europe's debt crisis will spread prompted investors to sell riskier assets.Oil dropped below $68 a barrel in New York and reached...
Cotton prices all over the world have jumped as a shortage bites. In Asia, the situation is so acute that Pakistan has slapped a 15pc duty on cotton exports and India has banned exports altogether to keep prices under control....
LONDON, May 25 (Bloomberg): Corn, wheat and soybeans declined after the seizure of a Spanish bank stoked investor concern that Europe's debt crisis may hurt the global recovery, strengthening the dollar and making US crop supplies more expensive.Corn for July...
NEW YORK, May 25 (Bloomberg): BP Plc outlined a contingency plan should an attempt to plug a leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico using heavy liquids fail.The equipment needed for the "top kill" operation, in which heavy drilling...
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