More than 1,70,000 beneficiary owners (BO) accounts were opened last month, which is the second highest record figure in a month this year, Central Depository Bangladesh Limited (CDBL) said. The new BO accounts, which were opened in March, took the...
Parliamentary standing committee on Health Ministry Thursday recommended for realisation of more than Tk 0.784 million (7.84 crore) from persons who have misappropriated the funds of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). The committee also suggested the government to take...
Elections to Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) will be held on May 31, Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain disclosed Thursday. Talking to reporters in city, he said the Commission has taken all necessary preparations to hold the DCC...
Nazmul AhsanThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) has drafted a three-year lending programme worth about $ 3.0 billion for Bangladesh. If approved, the lending programme would be effective from January next, official sources said.Infrastructure, energy and regional transport connectivity projects will...
Mahmudur RahmanIf there was a coincidence between the revelations of the government's huge budget focusing on the power and energy sector and the news that the price of oil on the international market creeping up it was a bizarre one.After...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the economists to extend their cooperation to the government to fulfil the Vision 2021.She was addressing the inaugural session of the three-day 17th Biennial Conference of Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) at Osmani Memorial Auditorium...
Monira MunniThe government has decided to discontinue the additional 2.5 per cent cash incentive for the frozen food exporters from the next fiscal."The extra 2.5 per cent cash support, which was offered to frozen shrimp and fish exporters enjoying loan...
Opposition BNP has asked the government to immediately resolve the nagging power crisis, or face mass movement, reports UNB.The warning came from a brief pre-procession rally at the city's Muktangon Thursday.Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal, the volunteers' wing of the BNP (Bangladesh...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 08: Chittagong Chamber president and ruling party lawmaker MA Latif has demanded immediate deployment of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) forces on Chittagong-Dhaka highway to check hijacking and pilferage of cargo transported by trucks, covered vans and lorries.He...
The capital's water authority will have to wait until August or September at the earliest for generators to power all of its water pumps, the Dhaka WASA chairman has said, reports bdnews24.com. DWASA officials have said lack of generators is...
FE ReportRapid Action Battalion (RAB) Thursday picked up a Pakistani national in the capital's Chankharpol area for his alleged links with outlawed militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).Twenty-five year old Mobassher Shahid alias Mubin or Yahia, was arrested at around 11:30am, Md...
An expert has warned that the Bangabandhu Bridge might be damaged in the next couple of years from a change in the direction of the flow of the river Jamuna, reports bdnews24.com. He was speaking at a seminar on "Riverbank...
The Liberian government says it has in its custody 36 nationals of Bangladesh who were found loitering in the country, and it is endeavouring to have them deported to their country of origin, reports UNB. The Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force...
A recent report in a contemporary cited researchers and specialist physicians as saying that doctors in Bangladesh are found to prescribe far too many medicines, antibiotics in particular, and this is having an adverse impact on the health of the...
Enayet Rasul BhuiyanRemaining successful in business or winning more market shares, essentially involves reducing the costs of doing business. The economy of a country should aim to become more and more competitive to flourish internally and specially to promote its...
Talha J AhmadA national conference in the UK on global poverty was recently held with participation of Christians, Muslims, Sikhs and other leaders from across the country to discuss the issue of third world debt and the devastating consequences it...
Fazle Rashid AFTER signing the epoch-making deal of reducing the use of nuclear weapons with Russia, President Obama has convened a meeting of the nuclear states to be held in Washington. There was some scepticism about the success of the...
A power company is in the process of coming into the stock market within a couple of weeks' time. The company is non-viable. Its per unit electricity production cost per KW is Tk. 18.00 plus, because it runs only on...
A major step toward a sustainable solution of the traffic jam problem involves increasing the number of roads and lanes. Ring roads, link roads and bypass roads are all needed. The number of the same must be increased for these...
The government must go seriously into the business of devising social security programmes in a manner that will gradually cover all vulnerable groups in the country. Providing subsidies to the farmers is a crucial necessity. Apparently the figures for subsidies...
SYDNEY, Apr 7 (Reuters): Asian stocks neared 22-month highs Wednesday as regional investors largely shrugged off festering worries about fiscal problems in Europe and focused on a recovery in the world economy.The upbeat mood about global growth was also reflected...
Sonia H MoniSolar lighting system, water pumps, agricultural machinery and Tulsi tea drew the attention of visitors in the AgriTech Bangladesh 2010 that concluded at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel Tuesday. Some 30 companies took part in the three-day international exhibition, showcasing...
MUMBAI, Apr 7 (Reuters): Federal bond yields edged down in early trade Wednesday as ample cash conditions supported the market demand for debt but traders were wary of adding larger positions ahead of Friday's bond sale. At 9:09 am, the...
KARACHI, Apr 7 (Business Recorder): UBL Fund Managers, a wholly-owned subsidiary of United Bank Limited (UBL), announced the launch of its second capital protected scheme, UBL Capital Protected Fund-II (UCPF-II). The Initial Offer of the Fund opens from April 8...
FE Report Structural Engineers Limited (SEL) organised a get-together programme at the SEL Centre in the city Tuesday marking celebration of its 26th founding anniversary and achievement of ISO 9001: 1008 certification, said a press release. SEL completed its 26th...
NEW YORK, April 7 (Reuters): Oil slipped back from 18-month highs around $87 Wednesday, taking a breath after two weeks of gains as the dollar strengthened against other currencies.Reports of a larger-than-expected drop in US gasoline stockpiles helped bolster the...
Radisson Water Garden Hotel, Dhaka organised a fund raising event for the Sena Sahayak School with the assistence of Sena Hotel Developments Limited (SHDL) at Radisson's ballroom in the city recently.Chief of Army Staff and Chairman of SHDL General Md...
KAMPALA, April 7 (Bloomberg): Tea output in Uganda, Africa's third-largest producer of the leaf, may increase by as much as 8 per cent this year because of more planting and better farm management, the Uganda Tea Association said. Production may...
April 07, Wednesday The following were the commercial banks' rates to public for some selectedforeign currencies with Bangladesh Taka in cash transaction WednesdaySelling rates to public (outward remittance)BankUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSCBsSonali Bank69.550093.5791106.34290.746865.355569.932764.8441Agrani Bank69.550093.4344106.34030.749265.328669.868764.6285FCBsStanChart69.6294.89107.430.7666.5070.7165.28HSBC 69.615595.5336107.35280.768266.751169.039564.4681Citibank naNANANANANANANABank of Ceylon69.540095.6966107.29590.761366.910469.498366.2716PCBsUttara Bank69.550093.9559106.53520.753865.130069.888064.8278AB Bank69.600094.7436107.50150.7580NANANABuying rates from public (inward remittance)SCBsUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSonali...
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