Mohammad Mufazzal | 2011-03-16 00:00:00
Mohammad MufazzalThe securities regulator has finalised a guideline on buy-back by imposing two-year restriction on liquidity expansion in a move to help the government bring amendment in Companies Act 1994, officials said. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has designed...
Munima Sultana | 2011-03-16 00:00:00
Munima SultanaThe ambitious project of constructing a tunnel under the Karnaphuli river will be placed before the cabinet purchase committee today (Wednesday) to get its nod for carrying out a feasibility study. The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) has undertaken the...
Nazmul Ahsan | 2011-03-16 00:00:00
Nazmul AhsanThe country will a sign trade in services deal with several Asian and south-east Asian nations by June after the law ministry lifted its reservation about a key content of the proposed pact, officials said Tuesday. Law ministry had...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2011-03-16 00:00:00
Shamsul Huq Zahid The central bank, reportedly, issued last Monday a circular asking the banks not to force their borrowers to take policies from insurance companies of their (banks") choice. Such a circular, in fact, has been overdue for long....
Badrul Ahsan | 2011-03-13 00:00:00
Badrul AhsanThe country's footwear sector has witnessed a handsome growth in the last couple of years as both foreign and local entrepreneurs invested big amount of funds to avail more shares in the global market. According to the Board of...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2011-03-13 00:00:00
Mohammad MufazzalThe securities regulator is set to make training on capital market management a must for top officials of brokerages and merchant banks in an effort to help increase supply of quality professionals for the stock market. Chairman of the...
Fazle Rashid | 2011-03-13 00:00:00
Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Mar 12: Gaddafi, least concerned about the loss of lives, used aircraft, tank and artillery fire, to recapture Zawiyah, a city under the control of the rebels which is close to country's largest oil refinery. The pledges...
Khalilur Rahman | 2011-03-13 00:00:00
Khalilur RahmanMosquito menace in Dhaka city has assumed an alarming proportion causing utmost sufferings to the residents. For quite a long time the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) appears to be indifferent to eradicate the tiniest creatures. The only DCC activity...
Talha Bin Habib | 2011-03-13 00:00:00
Talha Bin Habib Malaysia has built up an affordable and high quality healthcare system over the last few decades in an effort to woo patients from across the globe, said Chief Executive Officer of Malaysian Healthcare Travel Council. Dr Mary...
Talha Bin Habib | 2011-03-13 00:00:00
Talha Bin Habib Malaysia has built up an affordable and high quality healthcare system over the last few decades in an effort to woo patients from across the globe, said Chief Executive Officer of Malaysian Healthcare Travel Council. Dr Mary...
Talha Bin Habib | 2011-03-13 00:00:00
Talha Bin Habib Malaysia has built up an affordable and high quality healthcare system over the last few decades in an effort to woo patients from across the globe, said Chief Executive Officer of Malaysian Healthcare Travel Council. Dr Mary...
Talha Bin Habib | 2011-03-13 00:00:00
Talha Bin Habib Malaysia has built up an affordable and high quality healthcare system over the last few decades in an effort to woo patients from across the globe, said Chief Executive Officer of Malaysian Healthcare Travel Council. Dr Mary...
Siddique Islam | 2011-03-11 00:00:00
Siddique Islam The central bank has increased its policy interest rates by fifty basis points after nearly eight months to curb inflationary pressures on economy, officials said Thursday. The interest rate on repurchase agreement (repo) was re-fixed at 6.0 per...
From Fazle Rashid | 2011-03-10 00:00:00
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Mar 09: The New York Times (NYT) which has been following the Yunus-Government battle over "control" of the Grameen Bank, the bank founded by the Nobel Laureate, ran a four column story today on his removal...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2011-03-10 00:00:00
Doulot Akter MalaInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) Wednesday suggested the national board of revenue (NBR) to introduce a 'functional tax system' by separating each of its operational activities like tax collection, audit, taxpayers' service and prosecution, said revenue board officials. An...
Siddique Islam | 2011-03-10 00:00:00
Siddique Islam The central bank has withdrawn the cap on lending rate in all sectors barring two - agriculture and industrial term loan, officials said. Such a capping was enforced by it nearly two years back, officials said. "We've withdrawn...
Asaduzzaman Pallab | 2011-03-09 00:00:00
Asaduzzaman PallabThe companies, which are listed with the Dhaka Stock Exchange 'over the counter' (OTC) market, are acutely feeling the absence of specific guidelines to make a return to the 'main market', popularly known as the secondary one of the...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2011-03-09 00:00:00
Doulot Akter MalaThe government has agreed on some major points to reform the tax administration as per recommendation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) providing US$ 1.0 billion External Credit Fund (ECF) for Bangladesh. The recommendations include introduction of new...
Syful Islam | 2011-03-09 00:00:00
Syful IslamThe Department of Fisheries (DoF) has sought back five fish seed multiplication farms from the Grameen Bank (GB), taken under lease agreement from the government in 1987, official sources said. The DoF director general in a letter last week...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2011-03-09 00:00:00
Shamsul Huq Zahid The stock market, after a continuous plunge for weeks, has bounced back. It is difficult to say how long the reverse trend would last. The decision, having strong support from the government, to float a Tk. 50...
Md Mazadul Hoque | 2011-03-08 00:00:00
Md Mazadul HoqueBangladesh Railway (BR) has scaled up ticket sale through cellphones by additional 15 per cent after the service proved to be efficient, an official said. The BR initially allowed Grameenphone and Banglalink to sell 10 per cent tickets...
Siddique Islam | 2011-03-08 00:00:00
Siddique Islam The central bank Monday assured the state-owned commercial banks (SCBs) of providing adequate foreign currency support for importing essential items, as the country's overall import marked a significantly fall in February. "We've given the assurance to the SCBs...
Syful Islam | 2011-03-08 00:00:00
Syful IslamThe ministry of fisheries is going to write a letter to the Prime Minister today (Tuesday) to take action against 'Nijera Kori', a non-government organisation, for its alleged conspiracy against the country's shrimp industry, official sources said. Minister for...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2011-03-08 00:00:00
Doulot Akter MalaThe NBR is planning to fix the rates of the proposed property tax from 0.5 per cent to 3.0 per cent on excess immovable properties in the metropolitan cities and urban areas. The National Board of Revenue (NBR)...
Shah Alam Nur | 2011-03-07 00:00:00
Shah Alam NurEarnings from eight export processing zones (EPZs) have marked a 23 per cent increase in the first seven months of the current financial year as investments continue to pour in to the zones due to political stability, officials...
Asaduzzaman Pallab | 2011-03-07 00:00:00
Asaduzzaman PallabDespite recommending highly encouraging dividends for the year 2010, the listed companies have failed to attract investors amid continued bearish trend in the stock market. Most of the banks, non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) and insurance companies declared higher dividends...
PRAN Foods Limited, UAE signed an agreem | 2011-03-07 00:00:00
PRAN Foods Limited, UAE signed an agreemUnder the deal, Jaleel Holdings LLC will distribute PRAN product worth 2.0 million Dirham per month to different global chain shops in United Arab Emirates (UAE). Managing Director of PRAN Foods Ltd, UAE Hasan...
Nazmul Ahsan | 2011-03-07 00:00:00
Nazmul AhsanThe BIMSTEC member countries have decided to establish a free trade area (FTA) for transaction in goods from July next year. If established, the FTA would be two years behind its original deadline, trade official said. The agreement, styled...
Siddique Islam | 2011-03-07 00:00:00
Siddique Islam Bangladesh has made a routine payment of about US$1.0 billion to the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) against imports during January-February period of this calendar year. After this payment, the country's foreign exchange reserve came down to $10.31 billion...
Syful Islam | 2011-03-07 00:00:00
Syful Islam The government has so far approved 44 projects of public sector and 53 of non-government organisation (NGO) sector, costing a total of Tk 5.25 billion, out of its jurisdiction of spending Tk 8.20 billion from the Climate Change...
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