Thursday, 21 January, 2021
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday said there will be no Non-Performing Loan (NPL) from now on as Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) has been directed to take necessary measures to check…
Contract signed to construct
Meghnaghat-Madunaghat
400kv transmission line
The government has recently signed a deal to construct a 214 km-long Meghnaghat-Madunaghat 400kv transmission…
‘Smartphone will become centre
of all public services soon’
Smartphone will become centre of all public services soon as the government has focused on innovation…
Govt, WB sign $250mn deal to create jobs
The government has signed a US$250 million development policy operation agreement with the World Bank…
BPC, Twelve Events Tours sign deal
Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) signed a bilateral agreement with Twelve Events Tours and Travel…
Int’l expo on RMG accessories begins at ICCB on Jan 17
The four-day mega exposition for the RMG accessories will be held on January 17-20 at the International…
Midland Bank opens agent banking outlet in Khulna
Midland Bank Limited opened an agent banking outlet at Rupsha in Khulna on Thursday. Md Ahsan-uz Zaman,…
Musarrof made ED of BB
Bangladesh Bank Bankers’ Selection Committee Secretariat General Manager Md Musarrof Hossain Khan…
bKash offers attractive
cash back at DITF 19
bKash, the largest mobile financial service provider in the country, offers attractive cash back for…
News of the day
China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, rose 3.5…
US oil export boom sparks a
battle to build Texas ports
CORPUS CHRISTI: Booming US oil exports have set off a scramble to build Gulf Coast ports to handle more…
US-China trade tensions
impacting Japanese firms
TOKYO: The Bank of Japan warned Thursday that risks to the global economy, including heightened trade…
China factory gate inflation dives
as trade war rumbles on
BEIJING: The cost of producing goods in China's factories slowed sharply in December, a sign demand…
Productivity setback adds to
worries for UK economy
LONDON: British productivity growth slowed to a two-year low during the three months to last September,…
Middle East bucks trend of flat
global cargo volumes: IATA
DUBAI: Demand for global air freight stalled in November to its slowest levels since March 2016 amid…
Laos expects
more private
investment from
home, abroad
VIENTIANE: The Lao government expects domestic and foreign private investment to climb to 23,086 billion…
Japan, EU
working to
stop no-deal
Brexit: Dutch PM
ROTTERDAM: Japan and EU powers are working "very hard" to prevent Britain leaving the bloc…
Sri Lanka struggles
to repay record
foreign debt: PM
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's prime minister said Thursday the country was struggling to pay back its ballooning…
News of the day
The gold price in Hong Kong closed at 12,110 Hong Kong dollars (about 1,544.64 U.S. dollars) per tael…
China’s economic
growth is ‘very
strong’: WB
LONDON: A World Bank official has labeled China's growth in 2018 and its prospects in 2019 as "very…
Fed official warns of recession
risk if rates go much higher
WASHINGTON: The US economy is in good shape but could be pushed into recession if the central bank goes…
New job creation in
UAE private sector
remains flat
Dubai: The UAE’s non-oil private sector recorded its slowest growth since October 2016, with the…
Saudi Arabia vows to slash oil exports after price slide
RIYADH: OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia said Wednesday it would slash its oil exports by 800,000 barrels per…
Asian markets retreat after rally as strong yen hits Tokyo
HONG KONG: Asian markets mostly turned south Thursday as investors took a breather after rallying this…
Bank of Canada keeps
interest rate steady
OTTAWA: The Bank of Canada kept its interest rate unchanged at 1.75 percent Wednesday as the sharp decline…
Tibet’s GDP
grows 10pc
in 2018
LHASA: The GDP in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region grew about 10 percent in 2018. Tibet's…
S Korea’s money
supply keeps
rising in Nov
SEOUL: Money supply in South Korea kept rising in November last year amid the protracted trend of low…
Mexico inflation
closes 2018
above target
MEXICO CITY: Mexico registered inflation of 4.83 percent for 2018, still above the central bank’s…
Stocks go up
Stocks closed the week on Thursday upward with rising trend of all major price indices at Dhaka and…
US stocks gain for 4th straight session
NEW YORK: US stocks rose Wednesday for a fourth straight session, although gains moderated somewhat…
Rupee rises 14 paise
against US dollar
MUMBAI: The rupee Thursday appreciated 14 paise to 70.32 against the US dollar in early trade amid weakness…
Sensex, Nifty start
on a choppy note
MUMBAI: Benchmark equity indices opened on a choppy note Thursday as investors turned cautious ahead…
Agent outlet of
SIBL opened
in Jashore
Social Islami Bank Limited opened its 88th agent banking outlet at Chowgacha in Jashore on Thursday.…
Standard Bank
holds EC meeting
The 132nd meeting of the executive committee of the Board of Directors of Standard Bank Limited was…
Lankabangla
Finance opens branch in Kushtia
LankaBangla Finance Limited opened its new branch in Kushtia on Thursday. The new branch was inaugurated…
HK stocks extend gains to fifth day
HONG KONG: Hong Kong stocks ended Thursday with more gains, extending their rally to five straight days…
Taka drops against euro, pound
The local currency Taka dropped against the Euro and the UK pound, and remained unchanged against the…
Commodity at a glance
Prices of most essential commodities remained unchanged in the city’s kitchen markets on Thursday.…
Corporate Corner
Islami Bank Bangladesh Managing Director and CEO Md Mahbub ul Alam inaugurates a premier pavilion of…