DHAKA: Sri Lankan high commissioner to Bangladesh Yasoja Gunasekera invited Bangladesh’s top business companies for investment in her country aiming to expand bilateral economic ties for mutual benefit.The Lankan envoy was addressing diplomatic correspondents at DCAB Talk at Sagar-Runi

DHAKA: Shares in Asia were mostly lackluster on Thursday as investors continued to worry about a possible rate rise in the US and an ongoing slowdown in China.Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index was flat, down 0.02% at 19,687.01 despite some better-than expected economic

DHAKA: Investors witnessed gain in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Thursday, after six trading days’ negative trend.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose over 62.03 points to stand at 4433.57 at the close of the last trading day of the week.Trade deals

DHAKA: The seventh EU-Bangladesh joint commission meeting is underway on Wednesday in Dhaka aiming to review their current relations and find out ways to expand trade ties.Economic Relations Division (ERD) senior secretary Mohammad Mejbahuddin and acting managing director of Asia and

DHAKA: Nestle has relaunched its popular Maggi noodles in India, five months after a food scare saw them taken off shelves.In May, Indian food safety authorities banned the production and sale of Maggi amid claims they contained dangerously high levels of lead.The ban was overturned in

DHAKA: Export of manpower to Malaysia through G2G+ non-government organizations has been delayed.The draft of memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two countries, which was set to be placed to the cabinet meeting on Monday, was lifted at the last moment.Cabinet secretary Mohammad

DHAKA: Country's stock market marked fall again in its price indices on Monday, the second trading day of the week.DSEX, the broad index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 26.24 points only to stand at 4416.90 at the close of day’s trading.Trade deals stood at 89013 with volume of

DHAKA: French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said the government did not want carmakers Renault and Nissan to merge.At the moment the companies own large shareholdings in each other and co-operate closely, reports the BBC.However, on Friday Renault held an emergency board meeting amid

DHAKA: Both the bourses started week on a negative note as investors witnessed significant fall in benchmark indices on Sunday, the first trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 59.01 points only to stand at 4443.14 at the close of day’s

DHAKA: Share price indices at the country’s both bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – witnessed fall in early hours of trading on Sunday.     DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down 12.22 points or 0.27 per cent to 4489.94 after the first

DHAKA: Telecom operator Airtel Bangladesh Limited on Saturday crossed the milestone of gaining one crore subscribers within five years of its business in the country.Airtel managing director and also chief executive officer Prasanta Das Sarma said this is the most wanted goal for any

DHAKA: The long-awaited text of the landmark trade deal called the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been released to the public for the first time.The TPP is one of the world's most extensive trade agreements, bringing together 12 Pacific rim countries, including the US and Japan,

DHAKA: Apparel imports into the US continued on their upward trajectory in September, with seven of the top ten supplier countries booking year-on-year growth. Bangladesh led the pack, posting a solid double-digit gain, with strong increases also recorded by Indonesia, Vietnam, and

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway with downward trend of share-price indices on Thursday, the last trading day of the week.DSEX, Broad Index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 11.86 points to stand at 4499.44 at 12:16pm.Trade deals stood at 30497 with volume of

DHAKA: Asian shares traded mixed on Thursday as comments by Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen on the possibility of an rate rise in December capped gains.Yellen told a congressional committee that a rise in interest rates before the end of the year was ‘a live possibility’. US rates

DHAKA: National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairman Mohammad Nazibur Rahman commented that the collection of revenue will exceed the target this year as in the previous year.He made this comment at a launching ceremony of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industries (DCCI) at NBR conference room

DHAKA: Investors witnessed minor fall in benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Wednesday, the fourth trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), shed over 40.20 points only to stand at 4511.31 at the close of day’s trading.Trade deals stood at

DHAKA: Share price indices at the country’s both bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – downward trend in early hours of trading on Wednesday.     DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down 22.08 points or 0.48 per cent to 4529.42 after the

DHAKA: Asian markets headed higher on Wednesday as investor appetite picked up on the debut of the world's biggest share-offering this year: Japan Post.Japan Post and its banking and insurance units started trading in Tokyo after an initial public offering (IPO) topped $11.5bn (£7.4bn),

DHAKA: Volkswagen (VW) says it has found "irregularities" in carbon dioxide emissions levels, which could affect around 800,000 cars in Europe.The firm said the problem, which it came across while investigating diesel emissions, could cost about €2bn (£1.4bn).Brands including VW, Audi,