Saturday, 23 February, 2019
Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Limited (BIFPCL) is likely to install a large scale solar-based power project at Rampal in Bagerhat district. Bangladesh-India secretary level meeting held recently…
Emirates gets Best Airline award
Emirates Airline has been voted the Airline of the Year, US-Bangla Airlines as the Domestic Airline…
Progati starts production, marketing of Mahindra jeeps, pick-ups
CHITTAGONG: Pragoti Industries Limited, an enterprise of Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation…
RFL recruits 120 female workers after BITAC training
RFL has appointed 120 female workers who received three-month skills training at Bangladesh Industrial…
Investment prospect at Uttara EPZ bright for cheap labour
A seminar on investment opportunity at Uttara, Iswardi and Mongla Export Processing Zones (EPZs) was…
Homeopathy board seeks 30pc of health budget in FY17
Bangladesh Homeopathy Board authority on Thursday urged the government to allocate 30 percent of the…
NEWS OF THE DAY
Tokyo stocks rose on Thursday as a weaker yen boosted the outlook for exporters’ profits, while…
Indian economy poised to grow 7.3pc in 2016
NEW DELHI: According to the world body, it is on a upward trajectory with the growth pegged at 7.5per…
Oil prices subdued in Asia after touching 2016 highs
SINGAPORE: Oil prices dipped in Asia on Thursday as investors locked in profits after the previous day’s…
Dollar little changed against euro, pound as focus on Brexit
TOKYO: The dollar was little changed against the euro and pound but rose against the yen in Asian trade…
Pakistan to get $510m aid tranche from IMF
DUBAI: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday it had reviewed Pakistan’s economic…
India ready to import gas for idle power plants
NEW DELHI: The government is ready to import at least 70 to 80 million metric standard cubic metres…
UAE banks to assess impact of new rules on impairments
DUBAI: Banks in the United Arab Emirates have been given until June 16 to assess the impact of new accounting…
Asian stocks down, oil pulls back after rally
HONG KONG: Asia stocks fell Thursday tracking a sell-off on Wall Street, as oil began to pull back after…
Global oil supply glut to ‘shrink dramatically’ this year: IEA
PARIS: A global oil glut that has sent prices tumbling is set to “shrink dramatically” later…
Brexit is biggest risk to UK economy, warns BoE
LONDON: A vote to leave the EU risks sending the pound sharply lower, stoking inflation, raising unemployment…
Bribery eats up 2pc of global economy: IMF
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund said Wednesday that bribery sucks up between $1.5 and $2.0…
Europe follows Asian stocks lower, bond yields fall
LONDON: European shares followed Asian stocks lower on Thursday, hit by sharp falls on Wall Street the…
Spain sees strong demand in 50-year bond offer
MADRID: Spain said Wednesday the launch of its first 50-year bond in two years drew strong investor…
Economic unrest fuels gold demand
LONDON: Global gold demand surged in the first quarter as investors seeking refuge from financial unrest…
Australia, US boost efforts to protect steelmakers
SYDNEY: Canberra and Washington will step up joint efforts to protect domestic steelmakers, Australian…
Staid US credit unions smell profits in pot industry
NEW YORK: Credit unions are the fuddy-duddies of US finance: unimaginative community banks that shy…
Graft crackdown earns Latvia OECD seat
RIGA: Latvia on Wednesday said it had been invited to join the OECD following a crackdown by the Baltic…
ILO launches innovative website on labour issues
GENEVA: The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched a new “InfoStories” website,…
National Bank gets two DMDs
Abdus Sobhan Khan, Head of Treasury of National Bank Limited, has been promoted as Deputy Managing Director…
Bourses end week in fall
The two bourses of the country – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE)…
Boro paddy procurement drive begins in Gaibandha
GAIBANDHA: Boro paddy procurement drive of Department of Food has begun in Gobindaganj upazila in the…
Taka gains against UK pound
Taka gained against UK pound, but eased against Euro, while it remained unchanged against US dollar…
Commodity at a glance
Prices of imported garlic declined marginally but most other essential commodities remained unchanged…
CORPORATE NEWS
Tanvir Hossen, General Manager of Uttara EPZ, poses for photograph with the participants…