Friday, 15 November, 2019
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said some people have earned name and fame by introducing themselves as proponent of microcredit, but reality is that the people of Bangladesh could not get benefit…
Cyclone ‘Bulbul’
affects telecom
services
The recent severe cyclonic storm ‘Bulbul’ has resulted interruption in nationwide telecommunications…
‘Govt working to ensure planned industrialisation’
Prime Minister’s Private Industry and Investment Adviser Salman F Rahman said the government is…
Walton takes pre-order
for dual back camera smartphone
Bangladeshi handset maker Walton has started taking pre-order for its notch display dual back camera…
Bashundhara Atta, Maya launch
campaign on diabetes
Bashundhara Atta and Maya jointly launched a five-day long campaign in the capital to create awareness…
Govt urges UN to improve access to finance for
graduating LDCs
Finance Secretary Abdur Rouf Talukder urged the UN to take initiatives for unhindered, easy and improved…
Intex South Asia
begins Nov 17
The inaugural ceremony of Intex South Asia in Bangladesh will take place on 17 and 18 November 2019…
News of the day
China’s factory output growth slowed significantly more than expected in October, as weakness…
Japan’s economy
grows less than expected in Q3
TOKYO: Japanese growth slowed significantly in the third quarter of the year, according to government…
US posts $134bn
budget deficit
in October
NEW YORK: The US government recorded a $134 billion budget deficit in October, the first month of the…
US household debt
nears $14tn in Q3
NEW YORK: Borrowing by American households rose for the 21st straight quarter in the July-September…
China’s economy shows further signs of weakness
BEIJING: China’s economy betrayed further signs of strain on Thursday with data showing a sharp…
Trump to discuss $100bn
trade deal with Turkey
NEW YORK: President Donald Trump said he’ll discuss a trade deal with Turkey’s President…
Asian equities swing as trade cues awaited
HONG KONG: Asian markets fluctuated Thursday with investors shifting cautiously following another Wall…
Germany on cusp of recession
BERLIN: Germany was bracing Thursday to find out if it slipped into recession in the third quarter as…
Occidental Petroleum
stepping up oil,
gas asset sales
BANGALORE: Occidental Petroleum Corp is stepping up its oil and gas-producing property sales, adding…
SoftBank’s Yahoo
Japan confirms
merger talks with
Line, shares jump
TOKYO: SoftBank’s Yahoo Japan, one of Japan’s top internet firms, confirmed it is in talks…
UAE, Egypt
launch $20bn
joint investment
programme
ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates and Egypt launched a $20 billion joint investment programme on Thursday…
News of the day
World stocks nudged down on Thursday as Chinese economic data slowed in October and Germany only narrowly…
Moody’s cuts India’s economic
growth forecast to 5.6pc for ’19
NEW DELHI: Moody’s Investors Service on Thursday slashed India’s economic growth forecast…
Google checking
account service
on its way
SAN FRANCISCO: Google plans to launch a checking account service next year in a collaboration with Citigroup…
Russian growth
accelerates in 3Q
MOSCOW: Russian economic growth ticked up in the third quarter driven by the agriculture sector, though…
Australian jobs suffer biggest drop in 3 yrs
SYDNEY: Australian employment suffered its sharpest fall in three years last month, data showed on Thursday,…
Daimler to cut
jobs to save
$1.1bn by ’22
FRANKFURT: Daimler said Thursday it planned to cut jobs to save more than €1 billion (US$1.1 billion)…
Burberry logs
rising profit
LONDON: Luxury British fashion house Burberry on Thursday logged rising interim profits despite the…
WeWork hit with big loss
SAN FRANCISCO: WeWork posted third-quarter losses of $1.25 billion despite the beleaguered office space…
Jamuna Bank
opens branch
in N’ganj
Jamuna Bank opened its 136th branch at BSCIC Fatulla in Narayanganj recently. Jute and Textile…
Uttara bank
opens branch
in Kishoreganj
Uttara Bank Limited opened Karimganj branch of the bank at Karimganj in Kishoreganj on Thursday. Azharul…
Eastern Housing
approves 20pc
cash dividend
Eastern Housing Limited approved 20 percent cash dividend for its shareholders for the year 2019. The…
METAL, Mother
Seeds Industries
ink deal
METAL, a pioneer agri-mechanization and agri-seeds business group in Bangladesh signed an agreement…
GP ready to pay
Tk 200cr to BTRC
Leading mobile phone operator Grameenphone (GP) on Thursday informed the apex court that it is ready…
Union Bank opens Fatikchhari branch in Ctg
Union Bank Limited inaugurated the Fatikchhari Branch in Chattogram on Thursday. Omar Farooque, Managing…
French Q3 unemployment rate slightly up
PARIS: France's unemployment rate stood at 8.6 percent in the third quarter of 2019, up by 0.1 percentage…
Chinese shares close higher Thursday
BEIJING: Major Chinese stock indices closed higher on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite…
US Fed chairman says current monetary policy ‘likely to remain appropriate’
WASHINGTON: The current stance of U.S. monetary policy is "likely to remain appropriate" as…
UCB opens 192nd branch
in Ctg
United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) opened its 192nd branch at Boalkhali in Chattogram on Thursday.…
EBL, Sarah
Resort ink agreement
VISA, Mastercard, Diners Club International, Discover and Union Pay International cardholders of Eastern…
Duranta bike opens outlet at Rampura
The country’s popular bicycle brand ‘Duranta’ opened its new outlet in the capital…
Taka gains against euro, pound
The local currency Taka went up against the Euro and the UK pound, while it remained unchanged against…
Commodity at a glance
Prices of most essential commodities remained unchanged in the city’s kitchen markets on Thursday.…
Corporate Corner
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal inaugurates the week-long Income Tax Fair-2019 on Officers’…