Wednesday, 05 Mar, 2025

Business

DSE, CSE down at opening

DHAKA: Share price indices at the country’s both bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- slipped in early hour of trading on Wednesday.DSEX, the Broad Index of the DSE, went down by 5.00 points or 0.11 per cent to 4484.45 after the first one-hour of

Stocks witness lower Tuesday

DHAKA: Country’s two bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- witnessed down trend in share-price indices on Tuesday.DSEX, the key index of DSE, shed over 14.53 point negative to stand at 4489.46 at the close on the third trading day of the week.Trade

Beximco Pharma gets US FDA approval

DHAKA: Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited has become the first Bangladeshi pharmaceutical company to get the approval of the United States’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA).A press release said on Tuesday.The approval came after the US drug regulatory authority conducted an inspection at

Stocks witness mixed Monday

DHAKA: Both two bourses of the country -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- witnessed mixed trend in share-price indices on Monday.DSEX, the key index of DSE, shed over seven point to stand at 4503.98 at the close on the second trading day of the week.Trade

DSE, CSE witnessing gain

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses --- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- is underway showing gain in share-price indices on Monday.DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, gained by 8.05 points or 0.17 per cent to 4519.52 after the first two-hour of

Bangladesh-Malta ties to be stronger

DHAKA: Diplomatic ties between Bangladesh and Malta will be stronger and deeper in the future.The speakers came up with this assertion at a reception party in honor of the accredited High Commissioner of Malta for Bangladesh John Joseph Aquilina, UOM, at Lakeshore Hotel in city’s

Stocks see minor fall Sunday

DHAKA: Investors witnessed minor fall in benchmark indices of the country’s bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- on Sunday.DSEX, the key index of DSE, shed over 8.38 points only to stand at 4511.46 at the close on the first trading day of the

Stocks see early hrs’ fall

DHAKA: Share price indices at the country’s both bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- slipped in early hours of trading on Sunday, the first trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down by 12.76 points or 0.28 per cent to

3rd aircraft added to US-Bangla airlines fleet

DHAKA: US Bangla Airlines, 2014’s best private airlines in domestic routes, added third aircraft ‘DASH-8-Q400’ to its fleet on Friday The aircraft, brought by Islami Bank’s funding, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in afternoon of the day.Company’s senior

Dettol soap fails lab test

DHAKA: After Maggi noodles, Reckitt Benckiser's Dettol soap has failed laboratory tests and was also declared sub-standard.     The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) of India had collected samples from Agra and subsequently sent them for laboratory tests in Lucknow, reports the

Month-long handloom textile fair kicks off

DHAKA: Ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, month-long handloom textile fair kicked off in Agargaon area of the capital on Friday.  State minister for Home Affairs Ministry Asaduzzaman Khan inaugurated the fair at noon. President of the fair Tarique Hasan Kajol, Director Ishak Miah and leaders of

Fears grow over Greek banks’ health

DHAKA: Fears are growing over the health of Greek banks after reports that savers have withdrawn billions of euros in the past week.Capital flight from beleaguered Greek banks this week alone could be more than €3bn (£2.1bn), reports the BBC.Savers are moving funds as time runs out on

Worldwide displacement all-time high

DHAKA: Wars, conflict and persecution have forced more people than at any other time since records began to flee their homes and seek refuge and safety elsewhere, according to a new report from the UNHCR.UNHCR’s annual Global Trends Report: World at War, released on Thursday, said that

Pay structure to be finalized in July

DHAKA: Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday said the new pay structure for the public servants would be finalized by the next month.‘However, the new pay scale will be made effective from July 1,’ the minister added.Muhith was talking to journalists at his secretariat office at

Stocks see fall Thursday

DHAKA: Investors witnessed minor fall in benchmark indices of the country’s bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- on Thursday, the last trading day of the week.DSEX, the Broad Index of DSE, shed over 16.57 points only to stand at 8452.41 at the

How Bangladesh became model for reducing hunger

DHAKA: Four decades ago, the newly formed and desperately poor South Asian nation of Bangladesh saw its already-high levels of extreme poverty and chronic hunger skyrocket with floods, leading to the Bangladesh famine of 1974.Farmers and farmland were swallowed up in rampaging waters,

Stocks witnessing fall

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 16.47 points to stand at 4510.94 at 12:06pm.Trade deals stood at

Greek warning as key meeting looms

DHAKA: Greece has a ‘political and moral duty’ to reach an agreement with creditors over its debt crisis.Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis came up with this assertion, reports the BBC.But he said Thursday’s meeting of eurozone finance ministers was unlikely to bring an immediate

India PM Modi launches mobile app after his name

DHAKA: Stepping up his digital presence, India Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched the ‘Narendra Modi Mobile App’ to provide instant updates and an opportunity to receive messages and emails directly from him.The Android-based application is also aimed at giving a

Greek headed for ‘painful’ euro exit

DHAKA: Greece’s central bank has warned for the first time that the country could be on a ‘painful course’ to default and exit from both the eurozone and the EU.It comes as the Greek government and its international creditors blamed each other for failing to reach a deal over