DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway showing mixed trend in share-price indices on Monday, the second trading day of the week. DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 4.16 points to stand at 4476.01 at 12:04pm.Trade deals stood at 36902 with transaction

DHAKA: The four-day ‘Thailand Week’ will be organized at International Convention City of Bashundhara in city on March 16.Bangladesh commerce minister Tofail Ahmed will inaugurate the fair, to be organized by Thai commerce ministry’s Department of International Trade Promotion

DHAKA: Trading in the bourses of the country on Sunday (March 13), the first session of the trading week, ended in mixed as investors saw rise of share price indices on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and down on Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE).DESX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange

DHAKA: Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith categorically said that actions will be taken against Bangladesh Bank regarding the robbery of money by hacking its system.He made this assertion to the media at secretariat in city on Sunday (March 13).Expressing his anguish, the finance

DHAKA: Both the bourses of the country saw downward trends of share price indices on Sunday (March 13), the first session of the trading week.DESX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), shed over 1.20 points or 0.02 percent from the previous day and stayed at 4483.32 points at

DHAKA: Woori Bank, headquartered in Seoul of South Korea, has introduced “WiBee Bank”, a web based application for its customers in Bangladesh. The bank’s customers can now login to m.bd.wooribank.com from their smart phones and submit Loan and Foreign Currency Exchange Requests

DHAKA: Investigators suspect unknown hackers managed to install malware in the Bangladesh central bank's computer systems and watched, probably for weeks, how to go about withdrawing money from its U.S. account.According to two bank officials’ brief on Friday, more than a month after

DHAKA: Commerce ministry senior secretary Hedayetullah Al Mamun urged Bangladeshi expatriates to brand frozen fishes of Bangladesh, especially shrimp and processed shrimp, in US market.He made the urge in a meeting with expatriate Bangladeshi leaders in US at Bangladesh Consulate General

DHAKA: Asia's markets were largely down on Friday as investors digested news from the European Central Bank (ECB) about its rates and stimulus program.European and US markets initially cheered the much-anticipated news that the ECB would cut its rates and expand its quantitative easing

DHAKA: A spelling mistake in an online bank transfer instruction helped prevent a nearly $1 billion (£700 million) heist last month involving the Bangladesh central bank and the New York Fed, banking officials said.Unknown hackers still managed to get away with about $80 million, one of

DHAKA: Singapore has again been judged as the world’s most expensive city but costs across the world have been highly volatile, according to researchers.The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) ranked Singapore as the priciest ahead of Zurich, Hong Kong, Geneva and Paris.London was sixth

DHAKA: State-owned commercial banks have reduced the interest rate on deposit money with one month.The banks in their respective decisions lowered the rate from 1 percent to .50 percent.Earlier on March 3, Sonali, Janata, Agrani, Rupali, BASIC and Bangladesh Development Bank made a

DHAKA: Investors of the country heaved a sigh of relief observing gain as share price indices in two bourses ended in the positive territory on Thursday (March 10), the last session of the trading week.DESX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), rose over 26.72 points or 0.359

DHAKA: European Union (EU), the largest market for Bangladeshi products, has decided to boost its investment in the country.It will also encourage other British companies to invest in Bangladesh.Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed and EU ambassador Pierre Mayaudon jointly informed the matter

DHAKA: Volkswagen’s top executive in the US is stepping down nearly six months after the German carmaker became engulfed in the diesel emissions scandal.Michael Horn, president and chief executive officer of Volkswagen (VW) of America since 2014, is leaving ‘through mutual

DHAKA: Investors of the country observed modest gain as share price indices in two bourses saw upward trends in the opening hours on Thursday (March 10), the last session of the trading week.DESX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), rose over 13.63 points or 0.30 percent from

DHAKA: Bangladesh signed a $2 billion line of credit (LOC), loans at subsidized rates from agencies, with India on Wednesday (March 9).The government signed the LOC with Export-Import (EXIM) Bank of India at NEC conference room at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in city around 3:00pm in the

DHAKA: Investors witnessed gain in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Wednesday, the fourth trading day of the week.DSEX, the broad index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose over 3.91 points to stand at 4457.80 at the close of day’s trading.Trade deals stood at 83938 with

DHAKA: Top local and foreign economists find the best solutions for Bangladesh, exploring costs and benefits of different ways of investment in a bid to make the country prosperous.After a year engaging with researchers and Bangladeshi leaders and civil society, the Copenhagen Consensus

DHAKA: The possibility of Britain leaving the EU is the ‘biggest domestic risk to financial stability’, Bank of England governor Mark Carney has said.He told the Treasury Committee that an exit vote could create economic uncertainty, although he added that remaining in the EU also