January 13, Wednesday The following were the commercial banks' rates to public for some selectedforeign currencies with Bangladesh Taka in cash transaction Wednesday.Selling rates to public (outward remittance)BankUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSCBsSonali Bank69.4500101.0734112.53960.770468.502667.222664.4438Agrani Bank69.4500100.8914112.51450.772968.455167.164664.2232FCBsStanChart69.65101.86113.440.7869.0268.3264.94HSBC 69.6120102.3366113.54860.787068.960167.585665.1507Citibank naNANANANANANANABank of Ceylon69.5400102.4977114.68800.781569.805367.969967.2104PCBsUttara Bank69.5000101.4784112.81770.778168.335867.228464.4184AB Bank69.5500102.7412114.19900.7824NANANABuying rates from public (inward remittance)SCBsUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSonali...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan 13 (Reuters): A major earthquake rocked Haiti, killing possibly thousands of people as it toppled the presidential palace and hillside shanties alike and leaving the poor Caribbean nation appealing for international help.A five-story UN building was also brought...
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (AFP): A new sheaf of opinion polls shows Americans sharply divided on President Barack Obama's first year in office, as his ratings on key issues like health care and the economy hit new lows. Polling also suggests...
TAIPEI, Jan 13 (AFP): Most Taiwanese approve of plans to ban smoking while walking, a survey showed Wednesday, indicating that a proposed law to curb tobacco use on the move will enjoy broad public support. Nearly 58 per cent of...
TEHRAN, Jan 13 (AFP): Parliament speaker Ali Larijani, Iran's former chief nuclear negotiator, accused intelligence agents of the United States (US) and Israel Wednesday of plotting a bombing which killed a top atomic scientist. In an angry address to Iran's...
S Korea jails North spy for 10 years SEOUL, Jan 13: A South Korean court Wednesday jailed a college lecturer for 10 years after convicting him of spying for North Korea over almost two decades. The 37-year-old, identified only by...
FE Report The development of the country's securities market requires aligning of the intetest rates on national savings certificates with that of the government approved securities to avoid fragmentation of instruments.The regulators, market participants and the World Bank (WB) have...
The share lottery of Prime Bank first ICB AMCL Mutual Fund was held at NSC Tower auditorium in the city Tuesday, said a press release.Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) General Manager Dina Ahsan presided over the function.Prime Bank Managing Director...
FE Report S Hafeez. Rahman, a Bangladeshi national, has been appointed Director General of the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) South Asia Department, with responsibility for ADB operations in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka.Mr. Rahman, who took over...
The Qulkhani of Mr Taheruddin Chowdhury , chairman of Chowdhury Construction Ltd. and Chowdhury Himagar of Badurtala, Bogra will be held at his Bogra Residence (Badurtala) tomorrow (Friday) after Jum'a PrayerMr Chowdhury died of old-age complications Tuesday at his Gulshan...
FE ReportMr. S..M. Kamaluddin, chairman of Concord Group was elected President of Korea-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry.He was elected at the first general meeting of the chamber held Monday.Besides, Mr. Kihak Sung, Chairman YOUNGONE Group was elected Senior Vice...
Mercantile Bank Limited distributed winter clothes among the distressed people of the cold affected areas of the country under its corporate social responsibility programme recently, according to a press release.About 14,000 pieces of new winter clothes like blankets, shawls, sweaters...
FE ReportThe lottery draw for the Initial Public Offering of DBH First Mutual Fund will be held at 10:30 am today (Thursday) at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC), says a press release.The subscription of the public issue of the...
The City Bank Limited has recently opened its 10th SME service centre with online SME and retail banking and foreign remittance services of the bank at Bhatiary in Chittagong.Head of SME Banking of The City Bank Limited Budrudduza Choudhury inaugurated...
FE ReportThe 9th international garment and allied machinery and accessories trade show "GARMENTECH Bangladesh-2010" kicked off at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city Wednesday."The exposition will showcase technology and solutions to the sector in productivity, skill development and value...
In a news item published in FE’s Tuesday’s issue (Page-1) under the headline "SEC withholds four cos' refund warrant distribution," it was mistakenly written that distribution of refund warrants worth Tk 5 million has been withheld. Actually, it would be...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The industrial units located in the country's eight export processing zones earned US$ 1.07 billion from exports during July-November of the current fiscal year amid ongoing global economic meltdown, officials said.Senior officials at the Bangladesh Export Processing...
Jashim UddinBRAHMANBARIA, Jan 13: Sub-standard education imparted by unauthorised schools in Brahmanbaria town has posed a threat to nurture proper human resource at the grass-root level. Guardians said their children after passing from these schools are becoming non-competitive in the...
FE ReportThe country's five major export items that contribute over 85 per cent to the country's total export failed to achieve their target at the end of first five months of the 2009-10 fiscal.According to data revealed by the state-run...
IBBL Managing Director M Fariduddin Ahmad asked his staff to ensure the justice of Islam by disseminating money in all social strata through diversification of investment.He said this while presiding over the 'Annual Business and Development Conference 2010' of IBBL...
The Prime Minister of Bangladesh had a meeting with the Prime Minister of India on January 11, 2010, which was followed by delegation-level talks. l Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her party's impressive electoral...
Maswood Alam KhanChina overtook the United States as the world's leading exporter of ICT goods such as mobile phones, laptop computers, digital cameras etc. in 2004, passed Germany as the third-largest economy in 2007 and surpassed the United States not...
Upul Tharanga's dismissal in the first over raised flutters of India extending their recovery into the second half of the match, and a spin-induced double strike to dismiss two valuable players left the final poised for a tight finish, according...
Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation, Bangladesh Handball Federation and Bangladesh Squash Rackets Federation with a promise of improved performance announced their squad for the forthcoming 11th SA Games, the biggest sports extravaganza of the sub-continent at the BOA House in the city...
An all-round performance by Raihan Kabir Mithu guided Badda Ekota Samaj Kalyan Sangha to a comfortable 70-run victory over Dhanmondi Progati Sangha in the Metropolis Second Division Cricket League at the City Club ground Wednesday, reports UNB.Sent in to bat...
The first round of the four-day matches of the 11th National Cricket League begins today (Thursday) at three separate venues across the country with three matches slated for the opening day, reports BSS.Rajshahi Division will take on Sylhet Division at...
The government has taken a decision in principle to hold Centre Examinations at class eight from this year, reports BSS. Unifying the annual examinations and the scholarship examinations, the centre exams will be held across the country through a uniform...
BARGUNA, Jan 13 (BSS): Poverty, lack of employment opportunity and river erosion are pushing poor fishermen in the southern coastal districts to catch Hilsha fries, jatka, defying the ban imposed by the authorities to optimise Hilsha production. Hundreds of poor...
The government Wednesday requested the Netherlands to provide technical and financial assistance for water management and river dredging, which is essential for Bangladesh's socio- economic development, as most rivers have silted up-and some of them already dead, reports UNB."We request...
FE ReportThe 9th international garment and allied machinery and accessories trade show "GARMENTECH Bangladesh-2010" kicked off at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city Wednesday."The exposition will showcase technology and solutions to the sector in productivity, skill development and value...
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