Friday, 07 Mar, 2025

Business

Market showing positive

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway showing gain in share-price indices on Wednesday, the fourth trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose over 12.35 points to stand at 4586.41 at 11:39 am.Trade deals stood at 30377 with transaction at

Saudi assures of more investment in Bangladesh

RIYADH: The Saudi Arabia government assured of more investment in Bangladesh and reopening of the Bangladesh-Saudi Industrial and Agricultural Investment Company.Finance Minister Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf of Saudi Arabia came up with this assertion while meeting with his Bangladesh

Stocks end lower Tuesday

DHAKA: Country's stock market marked fall in its price indices on Tuesday, the third trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 11.05 points only to stand at 4574.05 at the close of day’s trading.  Trade deals stood at 112554 with volume of

Australia calls business partnership platform for business

DHAKA: Australia government asked for applications for its Business Partnerships Platform for international development, inviting businesses to develop new initiatives to reduce poverty in developing countries.Australian High Commission to Bangladesh on Tuesday issued a media release

Bangladesh, Korea signs EDCF agreement for dev projects

DHAKA: The governments of Bangladesh and Korea signed the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) Framework Arrangement on 19 November.The agreement will enable Bangladesh to obtain EDCF loans up to $350 million for 2015 to 2017 from Korea to finance infrastructure development

Stocks witness mixed Monday

DHAKA: Both two bourses of the country witnessed 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 11.70 point to stand at 4585.10 at the close of day’s trading.Trade deals stood at 168947 with

Both DSE, CSE up at opening

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 Sunday.     DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, rose over 31.02 points or 0.67 per cent to 4627.84 after the first one-hour

Stocks see gain on Sunday

DHAKA: Investors witnessed gain in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Sunday, the first trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose over 1.43846 percent to stand at 4596.81339 at the close of day’s trading.Trade deals stood at 113963 with

Stocks witnessing gain

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 24.87 points to stand at 4556.50 at 12:39pm.After a one and half our delay due to technical

Tech glitch delays DSE trading

DHAKA: Sunday’s trading at Dhaka Stocks Exchange (DSE) has been delayed due to technical problems.Usually, day’s trading is scheduled to start at 10:30am.The time to start trading will be communicated later once the technical problem is resolved, said the DSE website.BDST: 1123 HRS,

Novoair becomes Dhaka Dynamites, Sylhet Superstars partner

DHAKA: The premium privet airline Novoair has become a partner of Dhaka Dynamites and Sylhet Superstars in BPL.Novoair is very happy and proud to be part of two teams in BPL 2015 while members of the other teams will also travel with Novoair, said a press release on Saturday.The airline

Muhith for ‘a fixed day’ to pay taxes

DHAKA: Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday advised the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to fix a day to realize taxes across the country.He came up with the advice while addressing the inaugural ceremony of three-day Winter Tax Fair 2015 at Officers’ Club in city in the

US Federal Reserve signals Dec rate rise

DHAKA: US Federal Reserve officials appear more confident that the economic conditions needed to trigger an interest rates rise are near.Minutes of the Fed’s October meeting showed that the conditions may ‘well be met’ by the next gathering in December.Fed officials saw the jobs

Training to boost workplace coop in RMG sector

DHAKA: The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched capacity development training on effective workplace cooperation for workers’ representatives and mid-level managers in the readymade garment (RMG) sector.ILO and Bangladesh Institute of Management (BIM) have targeted to

Stocks see gain Wednesday

DHAKA: Investors witnessed gain in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Wednesday, the fourth trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose over 0.32 points to stand at 4496.68 at the close of day’s trading.Trade deals stood at 91642 with

Market showing negative

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway with downward trend of share-price indices on Wednesday, the fourth trading day of the week.DSEX, the Broad Index of Dhaka Stock Exchange shed over 24.50 points to stand at 4471.85 at 11:31am.Trade deals stood 21785 with volume of

Axis Bank opens office in Dhaka

DHAKA: Extending its overseas footprint, Axis Bank, private bank of India, opened a representative office in Dhaka on Sunday.High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Pankaj Saran inaugurated the office, says a press release.Axis Bank group executive (corporate relationship group &

Asian markets wary of fresh terror threat

DHAKA: Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday as investors remained cautious over fears of fresh terror attacks in Europe.US shares lost earlier gains after a football game in Germany was called off following a bomb threat just two hours before it was due to start.Investors were also wary

‘Bangladesh, Thailand to work closely on labor migration

DHAKA: Thailand commends Bangladesh for efficient management of large number of migrant workers globally, said Thailand’s labor minister General Sirichai Distakul during a bilateral meeting in Bangkok on 17 November with Bangladesh expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment minister

Tourism fair opens at BICC Nov 19

DHAKA: A three-day Bangladesh Travel and Tourism Fair (BTTF) will be inaugurated at city’s Bashundhara International Convention Center (BICC) on November 19.Tour Operators Association of Bangladesh (TOAB) confirmed the matter at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU)