DHAKA: Share price indices at the country’s both bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – witnessed negative trend in early hours of trading on Monday.     DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, shed over 5.82 points or 0.12 per cent to 4620.31 after

DHAKA: Iran is considering buying planes from US manufacturer Boeing as it moves to upgrade its fleet following the removal of UN sanctions.Iran’s deputy transport minister Asghar Fakhrieh Kashan told the media that Iran is interested in buying 100 aircrafts.UN sanctions were lifted a

DHAKA: Amazon says it will take on 2,500 new permanent staff in the UK this year, bringing its total number of UK employees to 14,000.The online retailer will also create thousands more jobs elsewhere in Europe.It is investing to expand its European operations, including its warehouses,

DHAKA: The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, has confirmed she will stand for a second term.Lagarde threw her hat into the ring during an appearance on French television.Her term in office expires on 5 July and the process to find a successor opened on

DHAKA: The world’s biggest plane maker, Boeing, will cut production of its 747-8 jumbo jet in half and take a charge of $569m in its fourth quarter.Starting in September Boeing will slow the production rate to six planes a year from twelve, reports the BBC.The four-engined plane is

DHAKA: Country's stock market marked fall in its price indices on Sunday, first trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 31.80 points only to stand at 4626.13 at the close of day’s trading.Trade deals stood at 125702 with volume of transactions at

DHAKA: The country’s electronics giant ‘Walton’ has a plan to manufacture mobile phone in Bangladesh if necessary policy supports are provided by the government. The local brand has already employed more than 150 engineers, who are conducting massive product development and research

DHAKA: Not a single tannery of the total 155 was moved from capital’s Hazaribagh to Savar though the 72-hour ultimatum of industries minister Amir Hossain Amu for shifting the tannery has crossed ten days ago.After the expiry of tannery shifting deadline, as many as 133 tanneries’

DHAKA: Google has agreed to pay £130m in back taxes after an "open audit" of its accounts by the UK tax authorities.The company had been accused of "not paying its fair share" of tax, and criticised for complex tax structures, reports the BBC.Senior figures at the technology company have

DHAKA: A three-day ‘BARVIDA Car Expo -2016’ has started in the capital aiming to inform about the state of the art reconditioned car made by Japan and supply those in a cheap price to the consumers. Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan has inaugurated this expo in International

DHAKA: Asian stocks rose on Friday after a hint of more monetary easing by the European Central Bank and a bounce in crude oil from 12-year lows helped soothe skittish markets.Japan's Nikkei jumped 3.5 percent to move away from a 15-month low struck Thursday, reports the

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank has asked branches of banks in customs areas to remain open on Friday (January 22) and the following day to minimize the loss due to the disruption of server of customs houses for past some days.The directive was given from off-site supervision department of the

DHAKA: China has agreed to cooperate with Bangladesh in flourishing the latter’s tourism sector by utilizing centuries-old Buddhist heritage to attract tourists from Buddhist community.In a meeting with Civil Aviation and Tourism minister Rashed Khan Menon, the visiting Chinese

DHAKA: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) discussed specific hydropower projects under BBIN framework that could be concretized on equitable basis and agreed to commence talks on the possibility of having a BBIN Rail Agreement.The joint working groups (JWGs) on sub-regional

DHAKA: Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has recently signed Business Solutions agreement with Grameenphone Ltd to avail state of the art communication solutions.EBL deputy managing director Akhtar Kamal Talukder and Grameenphone Head of Direct Sales Sajjad Alam signed the agreement on behalf of

DHAKA: European markets have opened slightly higher, a day after global turmoil saw billions wiped off the value of shares.After falling 3.5% on Wednesday, London’s benchmark FTSE 100 share index was up 0.5% in the first few minutes of trading, reports the BBC.Earlier, stocks in Asia

DHAKA: Investors witnessed minor fall in benchmark indices of the country’s bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- on Thursday, the last trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 11.56 points only to stand at

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway with mixed trend of share-price indices on Thursday, the last trading day of the week.DSEX, the Broad Index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), rose over 1.63 points to stand at 4671.14 at 12:09pm.Trade deals stood at 48526 with volume

DHAKA: Asian stocks opened higher after turmoil on financial markets saw European and US indexes tumble following another oil price fall.Thursday’s gains though did not recover the losses financial markets have seen over past days, reports the BBC.Investors remain worried over slumping

DHAKA: Country's stock market marked fall again in its price indices on Wednesday, the fourth trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 27.99 points only to stand at 4669.51 at the close of day’s trading.Trade deals stood at 159727 with volume of