Monday, 17 February, 2020
The future of the companies related to infrastructure, especially cement and steel industry, is very bright since there is a surge of infrastructure development flowing over the country, said experts…
Bangladesh needs
‘fruitful facilities’ in global trade: Tipu
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi, who is now in Geneva, said that Bangladesh needs fruitful facilities…
Speaker urges Qatar to
invest in power sector
Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has urged Qatar to invest in Bangladesh’s power…
Fighting graft boosts
tax revenues: IMF
WASHINGTON: Reducing corruption allows governments to collect more in taxes, according to a study published…
IAB gets Berger seminar hall
Berger seminar hall of IAB Centre at Agargaon has been inaugurated by Rupali Chowdhury, Managing Director,…
ABG JS Ventilation
launches Cool Ceiling
ABG JS Ventilation launched COOL Ceiling and Customised Ventilation Products. Denmark Ambassador to…
BDBL gets two GMs
Md Kamil Burhan Firdous and M Shafiqul Islam have been promoted as General Managers of Bangladesh Development…
China, CEEC see steady
trade growth
BEIJING: China and Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) saw steady trade growth last year as…
News of the day
Investors will focus on falling profits, a more dovish Federal Reserve and lower interest rates as major…
US job growth resumes in March,
letting Trump breathe easier
WASHINGTON: US job creation came back to life in March, possibly assuaging recession fears and allowing…
Eurozone ministers fret over
cooldown in economy
BUCHAREST: Eurozone finance ministers said darkening clouds in Germany and Italy posed a danger to the…
Smart cars put China’s auto
industry on fast track
CHONGQING: In front of the exhibition center of Chongqing Chang'an Automobile Co. Ltd., a vintage…
Builders bring Feb rebound for
German industrial output
FRANKFURT AM MAIN: German industrial production rebounded in February to beat analysts’ expectations,…
Samsung Electronics flags 60pc
slump in Q1 operating profit
SEOUL: The world’s biggest smartphone and memory chip maker Samsung Electronics warned Friday…
Canadian home
prices at
risk: IMF
WASHINGTON: The risks of a sudden drop in Canadian house prices have risen over the last two years to…
Brazil's vehicle
production drops
0.6pc in Q1
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's vehicle production dropped 0.6 percent with 695,700 units in the first…
Vietnam’s economy
to slow down
in ’19: HSBC
HANOI: Vietnam's economy will expand 6.6 percent this year, down from last year's 7.1 percent,…
News of the day
Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday that France would stick to plans for a tax on digital…
India’s branded RMG makers post steady profit growth
NEW DELHI: Branded apparel makers reported a steady increase in their profit margins in the December…
Japan wages data show
sharp, unexpected drop
TOKYO: Japanese wages fell unexpectedly in February as the labour ministry adjusted the sample group…
WB sees Venezuela GDP contracting another
25pc by year-end
WASHINGTON: The economy in crisis-hit Venezuela is expected to contract a further 25 percent in 2019,…
Greece secures debt relief
from eurozone after delay
BUCHAREST: Eurozone finance ministers released long delayed debt relief to Greece on Friday, saying…
Indian oil giant briefly halts fuel
to beleaguered Jet Airways
MUMBAI: India’s largest commercial oil company briefly stopped supplying fuel to Jet Airways on…
Number of US
active drilling
rigs increases
this week
HOUSTON: The number of active drilling rigs in the United States increased by 19 to 1,025 this week,…
China’s fuel
demand from
cars to rise
20pc by 2025
NEW YORK: Chinese fuel demand from cars would increase by around 20 percent by 2025 as strong sport…
WB cuts Russian
2019 GDP growth
forecast over
lower oil prices
MOSCOW: The World Bank on Friday trimmed its forecast for Russia's GDP growth this year to 1.4 percent…
Canada loses
7,000 jobs
in March
OTTAWA: The Canadian economy lost 7,000 jobs in March but the unemployment rate remained at 5.8 percent,…
Siegwerk plans to
build new blending centre in Bangladesh
Siegwerk, one of the leading global suppliers of printing inks for packaging applications and labels,…
US stocks advance
NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks concluded another solid week on a positive note on Friday after the March…
Tokyo shares close higher
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed higher Friday on rising hopes the US and China will hammer out a trade deal,…
Prices of production
goods drop in China
BEIJING: China's official data showed that half of the production goods monitored by the government…
EU, China struggle to
agree summit statement
BRUSSELS: China’s refusal to give the EU solid commitments over access to its markets is preventing…
Oil prices rise amid bullish job data
NEW YORK: Oil prices rallied on Friday, amid strong U.S. employment data, easing worries over weakening…
Al-Arafah Islami
Bank holds business
review meeting
The monthly business review meeting of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited was held at its head office in…
Business confce
of SIBL held
Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) arranged a day-long 1st quarterly business conference 2019 to evaluate…
Pound falls
again amid
Brexit chaos
NEW YORK: The British pound retreated Friday after London requested another extension in the long-running…
Taka drops against euro, pound
The local currency Taka went down against the Euro and the UK pound, and it remained unchanged against…
Commodity at a glance
Prices of most essential commodities remained unchanged in the city’s kitchen markets on Saturday.…
Corporate Corner
The CCTV tower in the central business district is pictured in Beijing recently. China has unveiled…