DHAKA: Share price indices at the country’s both bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- witnessed mixed trend in early hours of trading on Wednesday. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, rose over 6.79 points or 0.14 per cent to 4704.30 after the first

DHAKA: Asian markets fell again as oil prices slid through $28 a barrel and Wall Street put in a weak performance.Japan’s Nikkei was down 3 per cent while Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 fell 1.1 per cent, surrendering early gains, reports the Financial Times.At the lunch break, the Hang Seng

DHAKA: The price of crude oil came down to $23.58 dollars a barrel on Monday (January 18).Earlier on Friday (January 15), the price was $24.74, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.The price is expected to come down more as Iran announced to raise oil production to grab its market

DHAKA: Investors witnessed gain in the benchmark indices of the country’s both bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- on Tuesday.The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, rose over 10.30 points or over 0.21 percent to 4697.50 after the end of

DHAKA: Expatriate welfare and overseas employment ministry has awarded 10 Bangladeshi expatriates with Commercially Important Person (CIP) cards for their respective contribution to the economy of Bangladesh in 2014.Minister Nurul Islam BSc handed over the cards at a program, organized by

DHAKA: Shares in Adidas have risen more than 5% after the German sportswear firm named its new chief executive.Kaspar Rorsted, who Adidas called the ‘perfect candidate’, will take over on 1 October, reports the BBC.He is currently the boss of Henkel, whose brands include Persil

DHAKA: President Francois Hollande has set out a €2bn job creation plan in an attempt to lift France out of what he called a state of ‘economic emergency’.Under a two-year scheme, firms with fewer than 250 staff will get subsidies if they take on a young or unemployed person for six

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 Tuesday.DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, rose over 18.41 points or 0.39 percent to 4705.61 after the first one-hour of trade

DHAKA: Asian markets remained reasonably calm on Tuesday as full-year economic numbers from China arrived in line with expectations.China’s economy grew by 6.9% in 2015, compared with 7.3% a year earlier, reports the BBC.The numbers mark its slowest growth in a quarter of a century, but

DHAKA: China’s economy grew by 6.9 percent in 2015, compared with 7.3 percent a year earlier, marking its slowest growth in a quarter of a century.Annual growth in the world’s second-largest economy was in line with global expectations, reports the BBC.Beijing, meanwhile, had set an

DHAKA: A four-day international plastic summit will begin at Bangabandhu International Conference Center in city on Wednesday (January 20).Industries minister Amir Hossain Amu will inaugurate the summit aiming to increase the use and export of plastic products.Bangladesh Plastic Goods

DHAKA: The oil price has fallen below $28 a barrel amid fears the lifting of Western sanctions on Iran could worsen the existing oversupply problem.Brent crude, used as an international benchmark, fell as low as $27.67 a barrel, its lowest since 2003, before recovering slightly to trade

DHAKA: Country's stock market marked gain in its price indices on Monday, the second trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose over 12.37 points only to stand at 4687.20 at the close of day’s trading. Trade deals stood at 156707 with volume of

DHAKA: The Annual Management Conference-2016 of Premier Bank Ltd was held at hotel Radisson in city on Saturday (January 16).Premier Bank chairman Dr HBM Iqbal, inaugurated the conference as chief guest while bank vice-chairman Mohammad Imran Iqbal and director Abdus Salam Murshedy were

COX’S BAZAR: Road Transport and Bridges minister Obaidul Quader said the construction work of the Asian Highway from first week of the next month.The work will start from Ghumdhum of Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar from the first week of February,’ said  Obaidul Quader at the press

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 1.93 points or 0.04 per cent to 4676.76 after the first one-hour

DHAKA: Japanese shares hit a one-year low early on Monday following big falls in the US and as oil prices dropped below $28 for the first time since 2003.The benchmark Nikkei 225 fell to its lowest level since the beginning of 2015. By mid-morning it had regained some ground and was down

DHAKA: International Finance Corporation (IFC) as part of the activities under South Asia Regional Corporate Governance Project, in partnership with Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI), organized a two-day workshop on Sunday (January 17).The workshop titled ‘Managing Disputes and

DHAKA: Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina commented that her government has encountered the conspiracies against country’s booming readymade garments (RMG) sector.‘The plot against RMG was not only in national level, it was also in international level,’ she added.The premier made this

DHAKA: Investors witnessed fall in benchmark indices of the country’s bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- on Sunday.DSEX, the broad index of DSE, shed over 20.12 points only to stand at 4674.82 at the close of the first trading day of the