Thursday, 23 January, 2020
The government is planning to install floating solar panels at different water bodies in the country as it targets to generate 10 percent of the total electricity demand from renewable energy sources.…
Indian entrepreneurs urged to invest in light engineering
Indian entrepreneurs urged to invest in Bangladesh’s light engineering to tap the opportunities…
US-Bangla Airlines adds another aircraft
US-Bangla Airlines, one of the country’s leading private airlines, on Wednesday added another…
Tk 1.43b SRDI project for capacity dev
The government has initiated a scheme to increase the institutional capacity of Soil Resource Development…
DCCI, UIU ink deal for creating skilled manpower
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) and United International University (UIU) have paired…
Mollik made GM
of Sonali Bank
Golam Nobi Mollik was recently promoted to General Manager (GM) of Sonali Bank. Before his new assignment,…
Russia transfers one
more nuclear power
unit to China
Russia and China signed the final acceptance statement recently confirming transfer of the nuclear island…
News of the day
Oil prices edged lower on Wednesday, extending the previous session’s drops, as investors continue…
India’s GDP to grow at 5.5pc
in FY21: India Ratings
NEW DELHI: Following the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) downward revision of India’s…
Oil prices fall nearly 1pc
as supply concerns ease
Singapore: Oil prices fell nearly 1 per cent on Tuesday as investors expected Libya’s oil production…
IBM forecasts full-year profit above estimates
NEW YORK: International Business Machines Corp forecast full-year profit above market expectations on…
Asian markets rebound
HONG KONG: Asian markets bounced back Wednesday on bargain-buying following the previous day’s…
Hyundai Motor returns to
profit in fourth-quarter
SEOUL: Hyundai Motor Co turned in its best quarterly operating profit in almost three years and said…
Daimler 2019
profit down
by half, diesel
scandal weighs
FRANKFURT: German luxury car maker Daimler on Wednesday issued its third profit warning for 2019, as…
China remains
second largest
FDI recipient
in 2019
BEIJING: China remained the world’s second-largest recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI)…
Indonesia central
bank maintains
accommodative
monetary policy
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s central bank is set to continue its accommodative monetary policy this year…
News of the day
The challenge posed by Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency likely prodded major central banks to set…
Trump relaunches trade
battle with Europe
DAVOS: US President Donald Trump relaunched a major trade offensive against Europe on Wednesday, threatening…
S’pore higher taxes not expected
for expansionary budget 2020
Singapore: This term of government’s large accumulated surplus should allow for an expansionary…
S Korea’s real GDP growth hits 10-year low in 2019
SEOUL: South Korea’s real gross domestic product (GDP), adjusted for inflation, posted the lowest…
Chinese economy in good position for future growth
NEW YORK: The Chinese economy is in a good position for future growth as the country is making headway…
US shale oil output growth to hit slowest in a year: EIA
NEW YORK: US oil and natural gas output in major shale formations is expected to rise by the smallest…
Aramco IPO proceeds to fund Saudi industry
DAVOS: Saudi Arabia will pump the proceeds from last month’s listing of oil giant Saudi Aramco…
Netflix ramps
up global
subscribers
SAN FRANCISCO: Netflix said Tuesday it added millions of new subscribers globally over the past quarter…
Apple ‘to start making lower-cost iPhone next month’
NEW YORK: Apple will begin manufacturing a new lower-cost iPhone next month, as the company aims to…
United tops profit forecasts even
CHICAGO: United Airlines Holdings Inc on Tuesday beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit and…
Stocks go up
Country’s premier bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) turnaround with a positive note on Wednesday…
Regal Furniture displays
50 new products at DITF
Popular furniture brand Regal has come up with a new design at Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF).…
Rupee settles 2 paise higher at 71.19 against dollar
NEW DELHI: The rupee strengthened by 2 paise to settle at 71.19 against the US dollar on Wednesday amid…
Honda to join White House initiative to boost US
job training
WASHINGTON: Honda Motor Co will join on Tuesday a growing number of companies signing a White House…
‘Digital wallet can accelerate growing trend of wage digitisation’
Boosting access and usage of mobile wallets in the garment worker sector can accelerate the growing…
SIBL opens
sub-branch
at Mirpur
Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) opened Pirerbag sub-branch at Pirerbag at Mirpur in the capital…
Jamuna Bank opens
sub-branch
in Munshiganj
Jamuna Bank Limited opened a sub-branch at Mollakandi in Munshiganj recently. Al-Haj Nur Mohammed, Chairman…
Taka up against euro
The local currency Taka gained against the Euro and dropped against the UK pound, while it remained…
Commodity at a glance
Prices of most essential commodities remained unchanged in the city’s kitchen markets on Wednesday.…
Corporate Corner
Islami Bank Bangladesh Managing Director and CEO Md. Mahbub ul Alam inaugurates the sub-branch of the…