KARACHI, Jan 19 (Business Recorder): After witnessing mixed trend Monday, the KSE-100 index closed at 9,895.46 points with a loss of 27.68 points. The market opened on a positive note and the index hit 9,953.29 points, up 30.15 points. However,...
SINGAPORE, Jan 19 (Commodity Online): Global oil prices recovered in Asian trade Tuesday as the dollar weakened increasing the appeal of commodities as an alternative investment.Light sweet crude for February delivery was seen trading at $78.41 a barrel at 12.00...
NEW DELHI, Jan 19 (Commodity Online): One of the world's top tea producers, India spent about Rs 490 million (49 crore) from the special purpose tea fund set up to increase productivity through replantation and rejuvenation of old bushes.According to...
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19 (Commodity Online): Pakistan's cotton harvest crossed 12 million bales so far this season after sustained arrival of phutti from fields in Sindh province.According to Pakistan's agriculture ministry, cotton production up to January 15, 2010, stood at 12.239...
SINGAPORE, Jan 19 (Commodity Online): Gold prices edged up in Asian trade Tuesday as the dollar weakened against major currencies.Gold for immediate delivery was seen trading at $1136.81 an ounce at 11.30 a.m Singapore time while gold futures for February...
BEIJNG, Jan 19 (Commodity Online): China's iron ore imports in December totaled 62.16 million tonne, up 11.09 million tonne month on month and up 80.02 per cent year on year.In 2009, China's iron ore imports came to 628 million tonne,...
SURAT, Jan 19 (Commodity Online): Demand for diamonds on the world market will make it possible to double production by 2020, due to a recovery of the US economy and the needs of countries such as China and India.Doubling of...
SINGAPORE, Jan 19 (Bloomberg): El Nino, which reduces rainfall in Asia, may curb sugar production in the Philippines, squeezing supply in Southeast Asia's second-largest exporter if it lasts for five months, a government official said. Raw sugar rose."Our output may...
SINGAPORE, Jan 19 (Bloomberg): Bank of America-Merrill Lynch raised its 2010 forecasts for platinum and palladium on stronger demand and the introduction of exchange-traded funds for the metals.The forecast for platinum was raised 35 per cent to $1,750 an ounce,...
January 19, 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 Bank69.4500100.4871114.30810.775268.141468.028564.5555Agrani Bank69.450099.9469113.52850.774267.864767.802164.1051FCBsStanChart69.65101.86113.440.7869.0268.3264.94HSBC 69.5255101.4225114.96410.788568.288567.951964.6636Citibank naNANANANANANANABank of Ceylon69.5400102.4907116.35000.793769.187168.431466.8697SPCBsUttara Bank69.5000100.9199114.58370.782767.948868.021064.5371AB Bank69.5000102.0724115.81720.7867NANANABuying rates from public (inward remittance)SCBsUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSonali...
FE ReportUnsuccessful IPO applicants, from now on have to mention in their application forms in which way (manual or online), they intend to have the refund money. But incase of online banking the applicants must bear the bank fees to...
FE ReportThe staff of Standard Chartered Bangladesh participated in the 'Last Hour Campaign' which was launched by the banking group across its markets. 'Last Hour' was a voluntary campaign where the staff donated their last hour's worth of salary in...
THE traffic regulators of this city of over 12 million people are treating its residents in a sadistic manner. The traffic wing of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) launched its latest system of traffic management with signalling lights -- which...
Maswood Alam KhanIf one is asked who was one of towering Indian politicians who truly loved Bangladesh the first answer would be 'Jyoti Basu'. Basu used to treat Bangladesh like his own land and Bangladeshis his own people. His patronage...
Joynal AbdinDURING the great depression of the 1930s prominent British economist John Maynard Keynes showed how to respond to an economic downturn. He gave the authorities the methods to intervene in a free market and make market instruments efficient and...
The American ambassador in Bangladesh sometime ago called on Foreign Minister Dipu Moni at her office and suggested that Bangladesh should recognise the independence of Kosovo. Kosovo has been recognised as an independent country by the United States and most...
BANGLADESH has been blessed with 'relative' political stability for nearly the last three years. Relative in the sense that business losses in the form of work days lost, production stoppages, snags in distribution processes, et cetera, that usually have a...
NO headway has yet been made in retrieving the money which is alleged to have been smuggled out of the country by influential people, including politicians.During the anti-graft drive of the emergency caretaker government, many had allegedly admitted to different...
Darrell DelamaideWHILE the answer might seem intuitive, the debate as to whether they actually do has come to resemble the medieval theological dispute about how many angels can dance on the head of the pin.Because, like angels, many trades in...
Tanvir Ahmed Dhaka, a city of over 13 million people, appears to be bursting at the seams. It presents, almost everywhere, a spectacle of squalor, shanty dwellings, awful traffic congestion, shortage of basic utility services, lack of recreation sites or...
Md Mahfuzur Rahman SiddiqueTHE first-ever commemoration meeting that was held in the newly-built Olympic House, Dhaka was on 2 January, 2010 and it was on Dr. Omar Faruque. A dedicated sports personality, Dr. Faruque, breathed his last on 23 November,...
Pyar Ka BandhanOn SONY ENT TV Tuesday at 1-00 pm. Four siblings… four different destinies… separated by fate but bound by blood… will the calling of blood bring them back together? Pyaar Ka Bandhan is an emotional story of four...
BEVERLY HILLS, Jan 18 (AFP): Science-fiction blockbuster "Avatar" took top honors at the 67th Golden Globes here late Sunday, winning best picture and best director to cement its status as an Oscars front-runner.The ground-breaking epic from "Titanic" director James Cameron...
MELBOURNE, Jan 18: Oscar-winning Indian composer AR Rahman attracted a huge audience at Parramatta Park for a Sydney Festival highlight.Rahman's performance, which included the track Jai Ho from the flick Slumdog Millionaire, featured 40 dancers and musicians dressed in vibrant...
ATN Banglaam07:00 Sangbad07:30 Positive Bangladesh08:15 Ajker Sangbadpatra08:30 Drama Serial- Mike09:00 News Bulletins09:15 Drama - Jolkona10:00 Sangbad10:30 Hello Bangladesh11:15 Asian City Top Spin12:00 Sangbad Bulletins12:15 Shornali Shadakalo01:00 Sangbad Bulletins01:25 Atn Music02:00 Sangbad02:30 Drama Serial -Chobir Manush03:00 Sangbad03:15 Mega Serial-O Amar Chokkhu...
HONG KONG, Jan 18 (Reuters): Most Asian stocks fell Monday following No 2 US bank JPMorgan's heavy losses on mortgage and credit card loans which cast doubt on consumer demand in the region's largest export market.But European shares are seen...
BANGKOK/SEOUL, Jan 18 (Reuters): Thailand snapped back on to foreign investors' radar Monday, as HSBC, Korea Development Bank and a local lender jostled for a $900-million stake in seventh-ranked Siam City Bank.Europe's biggest bank and state-owned KDB face a tough...
NEW DELHI, Jan 18 (PTI): Solar photo-voltaic cells maker Indosolar Ltd plans to come out with an initial public offer for raising Rs four billion to fund its proposed expansion project. The Delhi-based company has filed its draft red herring...
SEOUL, Jan 18 (Reuters): Motorola Inc is planning to launch five to six smartphones in China this year with one model ready to be unveiled shortly, officials of the US mobile phone maker said Monday."In China, we've already launched two...
TOKYO, Jan 18 (Reuters): Toyota Motor Corp plans to increase global production of gas-electric hybrid cars to one million units in 2011, twice the volume of last year, as it tries to keep its leading position in the growing low-emission...
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