Friday, 10 July, 2020
A team of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) is likely to visit the USA soon to persuade the international aviation authorities with latest updates to reopen direct the flight operation between…
S’pore Businessmen keen to invest in Bangladesh
A business delegation of Singapore on Monday expressed their interest to invest in Bangladesh’s…
Cabinet approves draft agriculture policy
The cabinet on Monday approved the draft of National Agriculture Policy 2018 with a view to making agriculture…
BB to meet
economists
tomorrow
Bangladesh Bank (BB) will hold a consultation meeting with economists and business leaders on Wednesday…
Probationary
bankers asked to attain efficiency
RAJSHAHI: Experts have asked newly recruited bankers to show professional skills and efficiency in performing…
Deficient monsoon slows
sowing of paddy in India
NEW DELHI: With the patchy progress of southwest monsoon rains, 8 percent below ‘normal’…
Abdul Hai new DMD of Premier Bank
Md Abdul Hai was recently promoted to Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of Premier Bank. He started his…
Export to USA sees 2.64pc growth in July-April
Export earnings from the USA, one of Bangladesh’s key destinations, witnessed 2.64 percent growth…
News of the day
The Indian rupee appreciated by 30 paise to 68.57 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday at…
China’s economic fundamentals
point towards high-quality dev
BEIJING: Although China's growth data for the first half of the year is yet to be released, a glimpse…
UK foreign investment projects see 26pc fall in 2017
LONDON: Britain's lead as the top European destination for international investment in financial…
Dubai business activity
softens in June
DUBAI: Business growth in Dubai’s non-oil private sector economy eased in June from a 40-month…
Mideast sovereigns increase
private market allocations
Dubai: Middle East sovereigns are the most committed users of active management, with an average of…
Asian markets rise again after strong US jobs data
HONG KONG: Asian markets rallied on Monday, extending their gains at the end of last week, following…
Iran’s non-oil
trade with
BRICS grows
by 7.4pc in value
TEHRAN: Iran’s non-oil trade with the BRICS nations declined 8.68 percent in volume but increased…
China's forex
reserves rebound
in June
BEIJING: China's foreign exchange reserves stood at 3.1121 trillion U.S. dollars at the end of June,…
Chinese yuan
weakens
against dollar
BEIJING: The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 57 basis points…
News of the day
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Monday stressed that the central bank would maintain its ultra-loose…
US puts global
economic recovery
at risk with tariffs
Beijing: The US is launching a trade war that no one will come out of as a winner, Chinese officials…
Global stocks rally
continues apace
LONDON: A global stocks rally took root Monday after strong US jobs data, and despite Brexit uncertainty…
Ajman Bank reports
53pc Q2 profit rise
DUBAI: Ajman Bank on Sunday reported a 53 per cent rise in its second-quarter net income as impairment…
‘US-China trade war to
impact S’pore’s economy’
BEIJING: The ongoing trade conflict between the US and China – the two largest economies in the…
China’s regulator tells
banks to cut lending
rates for small firms
BEIJING: China's financial regulator has told banks to "significantly cut" lending rates…
China’s economy
predicted to expand 6.7pc in H1
BEIJING: China’s economy is predicted to expand 6.7 percent in the first half of 2018, slightly…
Crude oil market
watching closely
geopolitical tension
HOUSTON: In the week ending July 6, oil market has been closely watching the tension between Saudi Arabia,…
Shares in China’s Xiaomi
dip on Hong Kong debut
HONG KONG: Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi fell on its Hong Kong stock debut Monday, following a long-awaited…
US Bank loan
funds see
outflows for first
time in 20 weeks
New York: US Bank loan funds saw the first week of outflows after 19 consecutive weeks of inflows as…
Price fall in large caps drives
stocks down
Stocks witnessed downward trend on Monday due mainly to price fall in large-cap securities despite higher…
India taps RBI to track financial transactions
MUMBAI: In a move aimed at widening the crackdown on black money and following the money trail flowing…
Amazon to bring 1,700
jobs to Italy in 2018
MILAN: Amazon will bring 1,700 new jobs to Italy by the end of the year, the online commerce giant announced…
India Inc to post 12.8pc
revenue growth in Q1
NEW DELHI: India Inc will deliver the highest quarterly revenue growth in three years at 12.8 per cent…
IBBL holds
clients'
get-together
in Barishal
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) organised clients' get-together at a local hotel in Barishal…
Southeast Bank, Daraz sign deal
Southeast Bank Limited signed an agreement with Daraz Bangladesh Limited for ‘Online Payment Processing’…
DMCB opens branch at
Mathbaria
Dhaka Mercantile Co-operative Bank Limited (DMCB) opened the 128th branch of the bank at Mathbaria in…
Taka drops against euro, pound
The local currency Taka dropped against the Euro and the UK pound and it remained unchanged against…
Commodity at a glance
Prices of most essential commodities remained steady in the city’s kitchen markets on Monday.…
Corporate Corner
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) President Siddiqur Rahman welcomes…