DHAKA: The Philippines Central Bank has blocked an attempts to hack its website, amid a warning from global financial network SWIFT about recent multiple cyber fraud incidents targeting its system. SWIFT'S disclosure came as law enforcement authorities in Bangladesh and elsewhere

DHAKA: The two bourses of the country -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- extended their losing spell of share prices indices for the fourth running day on Tuesday (April 26), the third trading session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock

DHAKA: Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Wednesday (April 26) approved nine projects worth of Tk 7,000-crore. ECNEC committee okeyed the projects at a meeting held at NEC Conference Room in city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in

DHAKA: Both the bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- are witnessing loss in share prices indices in the early hours on Tuesday (April 26), the third trading session of the week.   DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), lost over

DHAKA: Oil giant Shell has announced planned office closures in Reading, Aberdeen and Manchester following the takeover of BG Group. The company is cutting more than 10,000 jobs across the world, with 2,800 of those connected with the BG deal, reports the BBC. Shell plans to close

DHAKA: International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute, BEI, organized two corporate governance related workshops in the Dhaka on April 24 and 25, respectively. At the first event, steered by Professor Ulrich Steger, the focus was on Non-Executive

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia’s cabinet has agreed a broad-based economic reform plan, known as Vision 2030, revealing how the oil-reliant state plans to diversify its economy over the next 14 years. Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Monday that the country was building up its Public

DHAKA: The attackers who stole $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank probably hacked into software from the SWIFT financial platform that is at the heart of the global financial system, said security researchers at British defense contractor BAE Systems. SWIFT, a cooperative

DHAKA: Shares in car maker Mitsubishi Motors continued to fall on Monday after the car maker admitted rigging fuel efficiency tests. After falling more than 40% in the past week, shares lost by another 4.8%, reports the BBC. The Japanese company is expected to announce annual

DHAKA: Both the bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- are witnessing gain in share prices indices in the early hours on Monday (April 25), the second trading session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), gained over

DHAKA: The government has reduced petrol-octane price by TK 10 per liter and diesel-kerosene by Tk 3. The new price will be effective from the wee hour of Monday (April 25). A gazette notification has been issued on it in the afternoon few hours after the state minister for power,

DHAKA: Country’s top telecommunication provider Grameenphone Ltd (GP) has recently renewed its Business Solutions agreement with the British Council (BC). The agreement aims to provide state of the art and cost effective communication solutions of Grameenphone. Sajjad Alam, Head

DHAKA: Probe body found negligence of Bangladesh Bank (BB) officials behind reserve heist. Investigation committee, led by former governor Mohammed Farashuddin, made the announcement. The committee mentioned the names of 30/32 officials for their negligence of duties. Earlier on

DHAKA: Shares in Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors plunged 13.5% in Friday trade to close at 504 yen. It was the third day of hefty falls, sparked by news on Wednesday that the company admitted falsifying fuel economy data for more than 600,000 vehicles sold in Japan. Government

DHAKA: The emissions scandal surrounding Mitsubishi Motors has widened as the firm said further models may be involved. At a press conference, the company’s president Tetsuro Aikawa said there may have been more car models that incorrectly measured fuel efficiency data than initially

DHAKA: Both the bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- witnessed fall in share prices indices on Thursday (April 21), the fifth and final trading session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), shed over 19.05 points or

DHAKA: In a latest development, refusing some media reports, Grameenphone (GP) authorities said their employees were not involved with SIM cloning.   GP issued a press release in this regard on Wednesday (April 20). The release said: “There has been no instance of SIM cloning

DHAKA: Japanese officials have raided an office of Mitsubishi Motors following the revelation that the carmaker had falsified its fuel economy data. The officials searched its plant in the central Japanese city of Okazaki, reports the BBC. Mitsubishi has admitted that employees

DHAKA: The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) is witnessing gain in share prices indices while the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessing loss on Thursday (April 21), the fifth and final trading session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), gained over 0.32

DHAKA: Price waterhouse Coopers (PWC), a multinational professional services network headquartered in London, United Kingdom, has started its journey in Bangladesh.  It is the largest professional services (tax and advices) firm in the world, and is one of the Big Four auditors, along