Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, June 21: Due to lack of proper patronage and acute red-tapism of the previous governments, three different projects of Chittagong WASA (CWASA) worth Tk 13.0 billion (130 crore) are yet to see the light of the day. As...
FE ReportPrime Bank Ltd (PBL) and Hotel Sea Palace (HSP) signed an agreement in the city recently to offer certain privileges to PBL officials and vice versa.Under the agreement, the PBL employees will get discount on HSP's services. In addition,...
FE ReportDCCI Director Manzur Ur Rahman said proper knowledge of income tax laws are needed for smooth running of business organisations.He said this at the certificate distribution ceremony of a training course on 'rules and procedures of value-added tax (VAT)...
LONDON, June 21 (AFP): European shares lost ground Thursday as concerns about bond yields resurfaced, with exchange M&A in focus after the London Stock Exchange said it's considering merging with Borsa Italiana.The pan-European Dow Jones Stoxx 600 index lost 0.7...
SINGAPORE, June 21 (Reuters): Asian stocks have brushed aside a sharp fall in US shares with encouraging data for global economy.The yen bounced along near recent lows against the euro and the dollar and some traders say the low-yielding currency...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, June 21: Prices of construction materials have gone up abnormally in the recent days in the district affecting construction works.According to sources, last year a truck of first class bricks was sold at Tk 5,000 but this year...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, June 21: The acting Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC), Rezaunnabi Dudu announced a proposed budget of Taka 1521.865 million (Taka 152 crore 18 lakh 65 thousand and fifty three) of RCC for the 2007-2008 fiscal year at...
FE Report Bay Leasing and Investment Limited (BLIL) and Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh (CRAB) Limited recently signed an agreement for credit rating of the company. CRAB Managing Director and Economic Adviser to its board Masihur Rahman and BLIL Managing...
FE ReportDhaka Bank Limited organised a general management training programme on leadership and success in collaboration with Sensei International, Dubai at a city hotel recently.Acting Managing Director of the bank Khondker Fazle Rashid inaugurated the training programme.Company Secretary Arham Masudul...
Recommendation of company dividendSonarbangla Ins: The board of directors of Sonarbangla Insurance Company Limited has recommend 7.0 per cent cash dividend for its shareholders for the year 2006. The annual general meeting (AGM) of the company will be held on...
The visiting Singaporean textile entrepreneurs have expressed keen interest to invest in the country's composite textile sector.The delegation led by Singaporean Textile and Fashion Federation (TaFf) President Benny Pua expressed this at a press conference at a city hotel Thursday,...
Our CorrespondentMONGLA, June 21 : The users of Mongla Port (MP) have urged the authorities concerned to undertake proper steps to maintain adequate water depth in the channel, and ensure safe shipping at day and night.The existing facilities of MP...
The construction of two di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) fertiliser factories in Chittagong was completed recently at a cost of Taka 10.30 billion (1,030 crore) to meet the growing demand of the phosphatic fertilisers in the country, reports BSS. The total production...
JOYPURHAT, Jun 21 (BSS): The government distributed cheques against the proposed compensation offer for the bird flue-affected poultry farm owners of Panchbibi Upazila of the district Wednesday.A simple programme was organised here with Uapazila Nirbahi Officer Momtaz Uddin in the...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, June 21: Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) in its 224th board meeting held at BSC Bhaban in Chittagong resolved to construct a 30-story building in Dhaka and procure a 13-year old container vessel capable of handling 500 to 700...
FE ReportAsset Management Company Limited (AMCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), has declared net asset values (NAV) of its two unit funds. The total NAV of ICB AMCL Unit Fund stood at Tk 545,446,480.98 on the basis...
FE Report Members of the executive committee (EC) of the Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) unanimously nominated EXIM Bank audit committee Chairman AKM Nurul Fazal Bulbul a director in the board of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry...
FE ReportCommercial Bank of Ceylon Limited (CBCL) has recently launched a SME loan product under the brand name of "Probriddhi" at its Sylhet branch.CBCL Chief Operating Officer S Prabagar handed over the document to the first customer of "Probriddhi Loan"...
CHITTAGONG, June 21 (UNB): President Iajuddin Ahmed Thursday urged the universities to impart contemporary knowledge in consonance with up-to-date curricula and moral values to ensure quality education and develop intellect and morality in the society."Bangladesh, being a developing country, needs...
RANGPUR, June 21 (BSS): All major rivers and their tributaries marked rise again following continuous onrush of hilly waters from the upper catchments in greater Rangpur area, official sources said. Over 16,000 people in the low-lying char areas in 28...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, June 21: Extensive damages were caused to roads, bridges and culverts in the port city following excessive rains that swept the entire city recently. The extent of damages and losses may exceed Tk. 1 billion, CCC sources said.The...
The well-marked low over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a monsoon depression at 12:00 noon Thursday, in close succession to recent weather inclemency, reports UNB.A Met office bulletin said the well-marked low over west central Bay and adjoining east...
MYMENSINGH, June 21 (bdnews24.com): Joint forces arrested a roads and highways engineer, Mohammad Bayezid, in Mymensingh Wednesday. Colonel Iqbal of the joint forces alleged that Bayezid had demanded a Tk .50 million bribe from road contractor Syed Mojibar Rahman. This...
British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB) will distribute .20 million saplings free of cost from today (Friday), reports UNB.Environment and Forest Ministry acting secretary AHM Rezaul Karim inaugurated saplings distribution programme at a function held at Krishibid Institute in the city...
FE Report The 36th death anniversary of martyred freedom fighter Sheikh Mejbahuddin Md Faruq will be observed today.Faruq was caught and killed by the occupied Pakistani army on June 22, 1971. In observance of the day, the Weekly Bartoman Sanglap...
SAVAR, June 21 (UNB): Eleven people, including three of a family, fell sick after eating jackfruit at the bank colony in pourasava area Wednesday night.Local sources said poultry feed trader Iqbal Hossain bought three jackfruits for entertaining relatives who came...
GAZIPUR, June 21 (UNB): Chief Election Commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda said Thursday their aim is to hold an election where competent candidates would be elected through the real practice of democracy."The situation of the country will also be better if...
Awami League presidium member Tofail Ahmed Thursday said it was better to be run by an army-backed caretaker government than going back to the pre-January 11 days, reports bdnews24.comTofail said the current caretaker government was the result of the absolute...
The caretaker government has appointed 10 deputy attorneys-general (DAG) and 39 assistant attorneys-general (AAG) drawn from the Supreme Court Bar under the current reshuffle in the headquarters of law officers. "The President, in exercise of his powers, has made the...
FENI, June 21 (BSS): Sujan, a non-government organisation (NGO) working for good governance, has stressed the need for strengthening the ongoing reforms in the electoral system for holding free, fair and credible elections in the country.The current electoral reforms would...
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