DHAKA: Around 91 percent of Nordic companies doing business in Bangladesh are contemplating to increase their activities in Bangladesh over the coming 3-years period.The reason behind increasing activities in Bangladesh could be due to 34% of the respondents experiencing higher profits

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank (BB) and IFC-World Bank (WB) Group on Tuesday (March 22) have signed a cooperation agreement at a ‘Cooperation Agreement Signing and Program Launching Ceremony’ to promote financial inclusion of Bangladeshi women through increased adoption of mobile financial

DHAKA: Country’s two bourses saw negative trends of share price indices on Tuesday (March 22), the third session of trading week.DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), shed over 31.92 points or 0.71 percent to stand at 4410.22 points at the end of day’s trading.Trade

DHAKA: China is interested to cooperate in building a deep seaport in Bangladesh even in collaboration with other countries.The Chinese government is also showing interest to invest more in Bangladesh and promising to continue military cooperation.China ambassador to Bangladesh Ma

DHAKA: The “Dutch-Bangla Expo-2016”, a joint trade fair, will be held in the Netherlands on September 28-29.Dutch-Bangla Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DBCCI) president M Hassan Khaled made this announcement on Monday afternoon (March 21) at a DBCCI-hosted reception program in honor

DHAKA: Country’s two bourses saw rise of share price indices amid choppy trading on Monday, the second session of trading week.DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), gained 11.86 points or 0.26 percent to stand at 4442.15 points at the end of day’s trading.Trade deals

DHAKA: BizCare, a local consultancy firm, has become the business associate of the Manila-based Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility (AFCSR).As a business associate, BizCare will work together with AFCSR in organizing the upcoming international conference on CSR to be held in

DHAKA: The two bourses of the country saw rise of share prices indices amid choppy trading in the early hours on Monday, the second session of trading week.DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), gained 8.26 points or 0.18 percent to stand at 4438.57 points at 11:28am.Trade

DHAKA: IFC recently signed a $ 14.44 million loan agreement with Epyllion Knitwear Ltd for a project aimed at enhancing social compliance and ensure sustainable environment.Alemayehu, IFC South Asia regional Director, Wendy Werner, IFC country manager, Reaz Uddin Al–Mamoon, Managing

DHAKA: Fazle Kabir has taken formal charge as Governor of Bangladesh Bank on Sunday.He vowed to bring back 81 million US dollars, heisted from reserve account at New York Federal Bank.Earlier in the day, he stepped down as chairman of state-own Sonali Bank.On March 15, he was appointed as

DHAKA: Indian minister for petroleum and natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan flagged off Thursday from Siliguri of West Bengal a train carrying 2,200-MT gasoil as a goodwill gesture to Bangladesh.The consignment will be received in Parbatipur of Bangladesh by Bangladesh state minister for

DHAKA: Asian stock markets mostly tracked the gains made on Wall Street after the US central bank took a more cautious approach to its monetary policy.The Federal Reserve scaled back the number of interest rate rises it expects to make this year because of concerns over the global

SYEDPUR (NILPHAMARI): Country’s one of the popular private airliner Novoair’s Syedpur-Dhaka flights have been inaugurated on Thursday (March 17).The airliner’s managing director Mafizur Rahman inaugurated the flight at the VIP Lounge this morning.Nilphamari-4 MP Shawkat Chowdhury,

DHAKA: Newly appointed Governor Fazle Kabir vowed to find out the persons involved in heist from Bangladesh Bank reserve account at US Federal Bank.He made the declaration to journalists at Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday morning after arriving from USA.The Governor also

DHAKA: Retired senior secretary and also state-run Sonali Bank directorial board chairman Fazle Kabir has been made governor of Bangladesh Bank (BB).Public administration ministry issued a circular in this regard on Wednesday afternoon (March 16).According to the circular, Fazle Kabir has

DHAKA: China’s parliament has ended its annual session by approving a new five-year economic plan, as Premier Li Keqiang says the country will push ahead with economic reforms.The plan aims to increase China’s economy, the world’s second-largest, by around 6.5 to 7% a year by 2020,

DHAKA: Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said that two Bangladesh Bank (BB) governors Nazneen Sultana and Abul Kashem have been removed from their posts.The minister made this disclosure to the media prior to the pre-budget discussion with non-government organization officials held

DHAKA: Dr Atiur Rahman said that he has resigned from the post of Bangladesh Bank governor for his moral obligation.However, the former boss of country’s central bank has faced widespread criticism over the reserve heist.‘The Prime Minster gave me the responsibility of Bangladesh

DHAKA: Investors witnessed gain in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Tuesday, the third trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose over 8.27 points to stand at 4475.89 at the close of day’s trading.Trade deals stood at 103535 with

DHAKA: Oil prices have fallen by nearly 3% after Iran put off plans to join nations proposing a freeze on production.Oil minister Bijan Zanganeh said Iran would only join discussions to cap output after its production reached four million barrels per day, reports the BBC.In February,