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
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
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
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 &
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
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
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)
ASHULIA (DHAKA): The visiting Swedish deputy minister for employment Irene Wennemo on Monday remarked the readymade garments (RMG) workers of Bangladesh are industrious and efficient to turn the country into a developed one if they were given proper opportunities.The deputy minister came
DHAKA: Investors witnessed 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 51.60 points to stand at 4475.81 at the close of day’s trading. Trade deals stood at 97645 with
DHAKA: Asian markets have opened lower, starting what is expected to be a global sell-off after the attacks in Paris on Friday night that killed 129.In Hong Kong the benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 1.96%, while in Japan, the benchmark Nikkei 225 index dropped 1%.Market sentiment was weak
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 50.08 points or 1.13 per cent to 4474.29 after the first one-hour
DHAKA: In a bid to promote coastal shipping, Bangladesh and India on Sunday inked the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to operationalise the "Agreement on Coastal Shipping" they signed in June.This will enhance trade by bringing down the cost of transportation of EXIM (Export-Import)
DHAKA: Japan's economy has fallen into recession again after it shrank 0.8% on an annualised basis in the third quarter.The preliminary data means the world's third-largest economy has contracted for a second consecutive quarter, marking a technical recession.Growth was expected to
DHAKA: A 250-million Le Méridien was formally inaugurated in city Sunday evening.It was inaugurated through a press conference.At the inaugural session, the hotel authorities said that all necessary materials were imported in constructing the hotel. Moreover, the higher price of land has
DHAKA: Country's stock market marked fall again in its price indices on Sunday, the first trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 9.36 points only to stand at 4424.20 at the close of day’s trading.Trade deals stood at 70549 with volume of
DHAKA: The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) Foundation is accepting applications for a number of bursaries and scholarships.This inaugural opportunity arose from an initiative by CIPS Foundation in partnership with the UK’s Department for International
DHAKA: After early hours’ gain, trading at the country’s two bourses is underway showing fall in share-price indices on Sunday, the first trading day of the week.DSEX, the broad index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 9.72 points to stand at 4423.85 at 1:30pm.Trade deals stood at
DHAKA: The World Bank (WB) will give Bangladesh a loan of $17.7-crore more with the view to build a 335-MW combined cycle power plant in Siddhirganj to increase power supply in the country in a minimum cost.The headquarters of the world lender in Washington DC in USA gave an approval of
DHAKA: Two-day Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF), an assembly of development partners, is set to begin on Sunday in city with the view to find ways to implement 7th Five-Year Plan and the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Finance ministry’s Economic Relations Division
DHAKA: Bangladesh has signed a total of 3 billion USD with four USA and Singapore based firms on Friday (on November 13), the opening day of UK-Bangladesh E-commerce fair in London.Bangladesh Hi-tech Park managing director Hosne Ara Begum, on behalf of Bangladesh Government signed the