Tuesday, 18 February, 2020
Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun on Monday urged the business community to come up confidently with more investments in the country’s potential sectors. The minister made the request…
Tasnif Polymer sued for bond facility abuse
Customs Bond Commissionerate, Dhaka, filed a departmental case against Tasnif Polymer Industry Ltd for…
US, China to ink trade deal
before planting season
DES MOINES: It would be a timely piece of good news for American farmers if the United States and China…
TCB commodity sale for Ramadan
begins April 22
The state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start commodity selling at subsidized rate…
‘Govt to take action if anyone takes EBIN thru false info’
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Md Mosharraf Hussain Bhuiyan on Monday said that stern…
ICBC lends more to small
businesses
BEIJING: The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), China's biggest commercial lender,…
Asian markets build on gains
HONG KONG: Asian markets rallied Monday, building on last week’s healthy gains with investors…
Tipu Munshi off
to Geneva
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi left Dhaka for Geneva on Monday to take part at the 5th Trade Policy Review…
Nazmul re-elected
president of BAPI
Beximco Pharmaceutcials Managing Director Nazmul Hassan was re-elected President of Bangladesh Association…
News of the day
South Korea’s top central banker said on Monday that he was not considering an interest rate cut…
Japan’s business
sentiment hits
2-year low
Tokyo: Japan's business mood slumped to a two-year low in the March quarter, a central bank survey…
KSA Aramco world’s
most profitable
company in 2018
DUBAI: Oil giant Saudi Aramco revealed Monday it made the world's biggest corporate profit last…
China extends US car
tariffs suspension
BEIJING: The Chinese government said it will extend a suspension of retaliatory tariffs on US cars and…
Maritime sector to boost
UAE’s position as
global hub
Abu Dhabi: With around $65 billion (Dh239 billion) invested in 2018 in ports across the country, the…
Italian economy to
stagnate this year
ROME: Italy is headed for zero economic growth in 2019, Economy Minister Giovanni Tria said Sunday,…
Global gold demand
to hit four-year high
NEW YORK: Global demand for gold in 2019 will rise to the highest in four years as higher consumption…
Philippine economy to sustain strong growth: WB
MANILA: Amid lingering global and local uncertainties, the World Bank (WB) said in a report released…
Indonesia’s annualised
inflation keeps
easing in March
JAKARTA: Indonesia's annual inflation logged slower growth for the fourth month in March as the…
Sri Lanka faces
rising jobless
in Q4 of 2018
COLOMBO: Unemployment in Sri Lanka grew to 4.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 from 4 percent…
S Korea’s export
falls 8.2pc in Mar
SEOUL: South Korea's export fell 8.2 percent in March from a year earlier, keeping a downward trend…
News of the day
Taxes on products considered polluting are struggling to gain ground in the European Union despite backing…
Oil prices push higher as
supply worries drive gains
TOKYO: Oil prices rose on Monday, adding to gains in the first quarter when the major benchmarks posted…
Eurozone inflation slows amid
economic cooldown fears
BRUSSELS: Inflation in the eurozone slowed in March, data showed on Monday, amid worries that the European…
US retail sales unexpectedly fall in February
WASHINGTON: US retail sales unexpectedly fell in February, the latest sign economic growth has shifted…
India levies anti-dumping duty
on solar cell component
NEW DELHI: India has imposed anti-dumping duty of up to $1,559 per tonne on imports of a certain type…
Fresh round of
taxes may hurt
UAE retail mkt
Dubai: As the UAE examines options to implement the excise tax on a broader range of products, analysts…
Turkish lira slips
after Erdogan
loses control of
Ankara in vote
TURKEY: The lira tumbled as Turkey’s main opposition moved ahead of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s…
S’pore home
prices fall most
since 2016
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s private residential prices fell the most in two-and-a-half years in the…
Yunus launches marketplace
platform to offset carbon emissions
Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus signed an agreement with BNP Paribas, in Paris on Sunday…
Stocks see higher trading
Stocks closed on Monday with uptrend mainly because of the higher transactions of the large and medium…
IFSEC Bangladesh Expo begins April 18
The International Fire & Security Exhibition and Conference (IFSEC) Expo, the South Asia’s…
Sensex rallies over 265 points
MUMBAI: The BSE benchmark Sensex rallied over 265.54 points to trade at 38,938.45 in early trade…
Uttara Bank opens branch at Bhulta
Uttara Bank opened a branch at Golakandail at Rupganj in Narayanganj on Monday. Mohammed Rabiul Hossain,…
IBBL receives Strongest Bank
in Bangladesh award
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited received the ‘Strongest Bank in Bangladesh-2018’ Award conferred…
Union Bank
celebrates 7th
founding anniv
Union Bank Limited celebrated its 7th founding anniversary on Monday. The celebration programme was…
Berger paints opens Experience Zone in Ctg
Berger Paints Bangladesh opened an Experience Zone at Khasmahal, Patiya in Chattogram on Sunday. BERGER…
Taka down against euro
The local currency Taka dropped against the Euro and gained against the UK pound, and it remained unchanged…
Commodity at a glance
Prices of most essential commodities remained unchanged in the city’s kitchen markets on Monday.…
Corporate Corner
Industries Secretary Md Abdul Halim speaks at a seminar on ‘4th Industrial Revolution: Potentials…