A meeting joined by ministers, garment factory owners, workers and leaders of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Sunday decided to introduce trade union in the garment sector to deal with problems of the apparel industry, reports UNB.Labour and...
FE ReportThe chairman of the securities regulator said Sunday that he received a death threat through a letter allegedly sent by an unidentified stock investor.Ziaul Haque Khandaker showed a copy of a letter in which the apparently aggrieved investor has...
The Maldives government has accorded legal permission to over 16,000 Bangladeshis to stay and work there, reports bdnews24.com. Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain told the media Sunday on his return from a four-day trip to the...
FE ReportCommerce Minister M Faruk Khan Sunday said exports to Japan will reach $2 billion in the coming years from the current projection of $233 million, as vast potentials of the Tokyo market still remains untapped."The prospect of ready-made garment...
THE military operations of the Pakistan armed forces in South Waziristan are no ordinary counter-terrorism campaign. The armed forces of Pakistan have actually been fighting a war against the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Taliban-controlled areas along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan....
Shahiduzzaman KhanRegional commerce ministers, attending the annual meeting of South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) Ministerial Council in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu last week, struck a deal. They agreed to consider the proposal of the SAFTA Committee of Experts to...
Nurul HudaBangladesh has compelling reasons to increase its food production on a priority basis. The country produces most of its food requirement and imports meet the limited shortfall. It is a delicate balance which, if it tilts negatively due to...
Myanmar's recent construction of a barbed wire fence is an unfriendly move against Bangladesh. Was the example taken from our neighbour India? According to international law, no country can build any fence along its border. We, as an independent country,...
THE bomb blast in Peshawar that killed over a hundred people is a warning to not only Pakistan but also Bangladesh. The spate of terrorist attacks poses a challenge to the whole world. There can be no second opinion that...
Bangladesh has been expanding its industrial base for the last two decades. Development worth mentioning has been achieved in sectors like readymade garments, cement, textiles, steel, sugar, paper, pharmaceuticals, ship-breaking and shrimp culture. Manpower export has already proved to be...
Shamsher ChowdhuryLet me begin by saying that the advent of mobile phones has been one of the unique features of modern day information technology (IT) technologies. It has been so, for all sections of the people all over the world,...
Maswood Alam KhanThe footages and the stories about the accused former home minister Lutfozzaman Babar recently aired by all the TV channels and printed on the front pages of almost all the newspapers with a picture of the accused seated...
Leonard DownieAmerican journalism is at a transformational moment, in which an era of dominant newspapers is rapidly giving way to one in which the gathering and distribution of news is more widely dispersed. As is the case with regional newspapers...
LONDON, Oct 31 (AFP): Commodities mostly fell in volatile trade this week as investors tracked sharp swings in global equities and the US dollar and news that the United States has escaped from recession. Official data showed Thursday that the...
KHULNA, Oct 29: More than 400 Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) fertiliser warehouses have been laid up in abandoned condition in several places of the country including Khulna region. So, the BADC wealth worth about Tk 3.5 billion (350 crore)...
FE ReportMutual Trust Bank Ltd (MTB) organised a training course titled 'Banker's Loans and Advances' for its officers in the city recently.A total of 28 officers participated in the training course, said a press release. MTB Deputy Managing Director (DMD)...
FE ReportThe board of director's of Janata Bank Ltd has approved a proposal to float a closed-end mutual fund, namely 'First Janata Bank Mutual Fund', worth Tk 2.0 billion (Tk 200.00 crore) subject to the approval of the Securities and...
NEW DELHI, Oct 31 (PTI): The government is believed to have decided to import 30,000 tonnes of rice as public sector trading companies MMTC, PEC and STC Friday floated tenders to buy 10,000 tonnes of rice each from overseas markets....
BRISBANE, Oct 31 (Commodity Online): After cricket, what is the most important thing which helps Australia become a global leader? That is coal. And, according to a study, coal will be the most important driver of Australia's development in the...
FE Report Mr Quazi Shairul Hassan has been appointed managing director (MD) of Saudi Bangladesh Industrial and Agricultural Investment Company Limited (SABINCO) -- an entity owned equally by governments of Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh.He is a management professional with more...
FE ReportAxiata (Bangladesh) Ltd, widely known by its brand name AKTEL in the country, signed an overseas communication agreement with three international gateway (IGW) operators, namely Mir Telecom Ltd, Bangla Trac Communications Ltd, and Novotel Ltd at its corporate office...
HARARE, Oct 31 (Commodity Online): Considering the army's involvement in smuggling illegally mined diamonds into world market, Zimbabwe is likely to be banned from the diamond trade.According to reports in the media, the ban has been recommended by a Kimberley...
FE ReportBanglalink, a leading mobile operator, appointed Zakiul Islam as Director of their Regulatory and Legal Affairs, said a press release Wednesday.He has also been made responsible as the President of Association of Mobile Telecom Operators (AMTOB) for 2009-2010.Mr. Zakiul...
FE ReportA 23-member team of German Asia-Pacific Business Association (OAV), a network of German companies doing business in Asia, Thursday visited the Western Marine Shipyard Ltd in Chittagong.The OAV team, comprising representatives from shipbuilding, designing, engineering, energy and IT sectors,...
HONG KONG, Oct 31 (AP): A Chinese stock exchange for small enterprises, modeled on the US-based Nasdaq market, started trading Friday and all 28 listed companies soared in price. Huayi Brothers Media Corp, one of China's top movie studios, soared...
BOMBAY, Oct 31 (Sify.com): Indian equities markets entered into a consolidation zone with analysts terming the downward movement as long expected. A benchmark index fell 5.44 per cent from its last weekly close and ended trade below the 16,000-mark. The...
The board of directors of Islami Insurance Bangladesh Limited unanimously elected Tofazzal Hossain chairman and re-elected Md Ismail Nawab vice-chairman of the company at its 108th board meeting held in its head office in the city recently.New Chairman Tofazzal Hossain...
DETROIT, Oct 31 (AP): Ford Motor Co's hopes for a cost-cutting labour agreement grew dimmer, with a key local union in Kentucky rejecting changes to workers' contracts.Eighty-four per cent of workers at United Auto Workers Local 862 in Louisville voted...
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KABUL, Oct 31 (AP): Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah plans to boycott next week's runoff against incumbent Hamid Karzai following a breakdown in talks on how to fix the country's electoral crisis, two people familiar with the discussions said.A boycott...
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