DHAKA: A USD 700m landmark finance deal struck by Etihad Airways Partners (EAP) to fund expansion has been recognized by market intelligence organization International Financing Review (IFR) with a leading global award.The five-year deal was judged the Emerging Europe Middle East and

DHAKA: Asian shares traded mixed, following a lacklustre lead from global markets dragged down by oil prices.The price of US crude oil dropped more than 3% overnight, while Brent crude was back near 11-year lows on reports that Iran plans to increase exports once sanctions are removed,

DHAKA: Investors witnessed minor fall in benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Monday, the second trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 10.18 points only to stand at 4592.33 at the close of day’s trading.Trade deals stood at 94697 with

DHAKA: Share price indices at the country’s both bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- gained in early hours of trading on Monday.     DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, rose over 2.04 points or 0.04 per cent to 4604.56 after the first one-hour

DHAKA: More than 5 lakh Bangladeshi workers have migrated in the year of 2015.According to this information, country’s manpower export has increased by 30% compared to the past year.Similarly, the flow of sending remittance has increased by 1.8%.Refugee and Migratory Movements Research

DHAKA: Country's stock market marked fall in its price indices on Sunday, the first trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 5.80 points only to stand at 4602.51 at the close of day’s trading.Trade deals stood at 94804 with volume of transactions at

DHAKA: Bangladesh government has decided to digitalize the food grains collection system aiming to eradicate the interference of the middlemen and to ensure the benefit of the farmers.Sources concerned have confirmed that “Earnest and Young”, an UK-based firm has been assigned to

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway showing gain in share-price indices on Sunday, the first trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose over 9.99 points to stand at 4618.32 at 12:05 pm.Trade deals stood at 36187with transaction at Tk

DHAKA: Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Annisul Huq urged the government to keep an eye on this sector to build planned housing.‘Taka thousands of crores are being laundered from our country. The opportunity to invest in housing sector of the country will stop drain out the

DHAKA: Marcel, a local electronic products manufacturing company, is now offering conditional six months replacement warranty for its LED (Light Emitting Diode) televisions, started from December 1.Along with the replacement warranty, the customers will also enjoy two years warranty for

DHAKA: Malaysia’s first ‘sharia-compliant’ airline made its inaugural domestic flight over the weekend and it hopes to include international routes next year.A senior airline official said, reports Al Jazeera.Rayani Air will initially serve the domestic routes in the predominantly

DHAKA: Nike, the world’s leading maker of sporting goods, reported a 20% year-on-year rise in net profit for the three months ending November.Income for the period came to $785mln.Future orders for deliveries from December to April 2016 - which is a key measure for Nike - also beat

DHAKA: The state minister for labor and employment affairs Mujibul Haque Chunnu on Wednesday said two specialized hospitals will be built in Gazipur district to treat Occupational Diseases of laborers in the industries.He made this disclosure while addressing a roundtable conference

DHAKA: Zimbabwe plans to adopt the Chinese yuan as legal tender in return for debt cancellation worth about $40m - a move one economist predicted ‘has no future at all’.China has become the largest investor in Zimbabwe, which has been shunned by the West over its human rights record

DHAKA: Housing and public works minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain commented that the investment in housing sector can reduce the laundering of black money.He made this comment while inaugurating a five-day Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) Fair 2015 at

DHAKA: Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) in a meeting held on Tuesday approved five project worth of Tk 759.12-crore.Of the amount, the government will provide Tk 726.72-crore while rest of the money will come from the own funds of the respective organizations.Prime

DHAKA: Emirates has announced that it will deploy its highly-popular A380 to even more destinations across its network in 2016 - reinforcing its commitment to provide an enhanced onboard experience for its passengers.Birmingham, Prague, and Taipei have been added to the growing list of

DHAKA: GCM Resources, the parent company of Asia Energy which has exploration licences and a mining lease over the Phulbari Coal basin and a Contract with the government for “Exploration and Mining Coal in Northern Bangladesh” held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in London on

DHAKA: A three-day exhibition of Japanese reconditioned cars will begin at International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) in city from January 22 of 2016.Around 50 car companies are expected to showcase their products in the expo to be organized by Bangladesh Reconditioned Vehicles

DHAKA: Investors witnessed significant gain in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Monday, the second trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose over 67.33 points to stand at 4578.87 at the close of day’s trading.Trade deals stood at 100334