DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank (BB) will release new notes of Tk 22,000-crores on Thursday ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of Muslims.General people can exchange the old notes with the new ones, which include from the coin of Tk 1 to the note of Tk 1,000, at 18 branches of

FROM NATIONAL PARLIAMENT: Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed informed the House that the government has targeted to export readymade garments (RMG) to 50 billion USD by 2021.He said that the RMG export of the country has kept continuity amid a lot of obstacles.According to the minister, most

DHAKA: More than a third of automated teller machines across Greece ran out of cash on Saturday before they were replenished as Greeks pulled out money on fears their country was set to crash out of the euro.Three banking sources said, reports The Straits Times.Anxious Greeks lined up

DHAKA: Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a loan of Tk 3,120-crore to construct dual-gage rail track between Dhaka and Chittagong.A loan contract was signed between Bangladesh government and ADB at NEC Conference Room in She-e-Bangla Nagar in city on Sunday.The ADB will provide the

DHAKA: Investors witnessed gain in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses--Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE)-- on Sunday, the first trading day of the week.DSEX, the Broad Index of DSE, rose over 46.93 points to stand at 4502.22 at the close of

DHAKA: Share price indices at the country’s both bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – witnessed gain in early hours of trading on Sunday, the first trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, rose over by 24.65 points or 0.55 per

CHITTAGONG:  Loading and unloading of goods at outer anchorage of Chittagong Port have remained suspended for four straight days due to inclement weather.But Loading and unloading of goods at jetty have remained normal.Due to heavy rainfall and rough weather, unloading of goods from

DHAKA: Tea prices fell for the fourth straight week at a weekly auction on Tuesday due to low demand from local buyers in the Muslim fasting month of Ramazan, brokers said.Tea prices dropped sharply in the last marketing season on poor demand from local buyers because of the damage to

DHAKA: Asian markets turned negative Thursday on concerns about Greece’s debt reform after talks between the country’s officials and creditors fell apart and its leader accused them of rejecting his proposals.While both sides agreed to resume talks later in the day, there are fears

DHAKA: Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed informed the National Parliament on Thursday that all Bangladesh products have been enjoying duty-free access to India under SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA).The goods exclude 25 tobacco, alcohol and narcotic items, he added.The minister

DHAKA: Country’s foreign exchange reserves reached a record high $25.2 billion (Tk 195,946.25 crore) on Thursday.Confirming the matter, BB general manager ASM Asaduzzaman told banglanews that the latest increase to the reserves can help the country to cover its import bill for almost

DHAKA: Bangladesh will get duty-free access of 6,998 products to Thailand. Government officials of both countries made the disclosure in city on Thursday.Fifteen other products, including ready-made garments (RMG), medicine and agri-products, will gradually get duty-free access to the

DHAKA: Investors witnessed minor fall in benchmark indices of the country’s bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) --on Thursday.DSEX, the Broad Index of DSE, shed over 1.96 points only to stand at 4455.28 at the close on the last trading day of the

DHAKA: Toyota and Nissan, Japan’s two top automakers, on Thursday said they will recall more than three million more cars globally because of concerns over airbags involved in eight deaths worldwide.‘Toyota will now globally expand its recalls to involve approximately 2,860,000

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses --- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- is underway with downward trend of share-price indices on Thursday.DSEX, the Broad Index of DSE, shed over 25.47 points to stand at 4431.76 at 12:00pm.Trade deals stood at

DHAKA: The government has inspected structural, fire and electrical safety measures of 1,000 ready-made garment (RMG) factories.A press release by International Labour Organisation (ILO) said a press release on Wednesday.It said, till now, 2,904 RMG factories have been inspected of which

DHAKA: The European Union (EU) delegation to Bangladesh organized a consultative workshop on Wednesday to explore the potential for EU-Bangladesh cooperation in the aquaculture sector and exchanging views among representative counterparts.This was disclosed through a press release in the

DHAKA: Le Méridien Dhaka, city’s newest and largest upscale hotel, hosted a celebratory iftar mehfil for the children of Baitul Aman Housing Society Madrasah & Orphanage on Tuesday evening.Civil Aviation and Tourism minister Rashed Khan Menon was present at the event as chief guest to

DHAKA: Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed informed the Parliament that no gold has been imported in the country on a commercial basis through legal means in past five years.The minister made the disclosure on Wednesday in response to a question, tabled in the 10th Jatiya Sangsad, by MA Hannan

DHAKA: Country's stock market marked fall in its price indices on Wednesday, the fourth trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 32.21 points only to stand at 4457.24 at the close of day’s trading. Trade deals stood at 93163 with volume of