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 Monday, the second trading day of the week. DSEX, the Broad Index of the DSE, went down by 7.14 points or 0.17 per cent to

DHAKA: Airtel Bangladesh Limited, the fastest growing telecom operator in the country, is offering their customers to place calls in Nepal for free of cost for the next 48 hours from 12:00am Monday.On April 25, a 7.8 magnitude quake struck an area between the capital Kathmandu and the

DHAKA: According to International Labour Organization (ILO) some 12,260 workers were killed and 17,183 injured in accidents in their workplaces in Bangladesh from 2005 to 2014.Another 288 workers were died in the January-February of 2015, it added.Assistant director of Occupational

DHAKA: Investors witnessed significant fall in benchmark indices of the country’s bourses--Dhaka Stock Exchange and Dhaka Stock Exchange-- on Sunday. DSEX, the Broad Index of DSE, shed over 97.72 points only to stand at 4094.47 at the close on the first trading day of the week.Trade

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 67.89 points or 1.61 per cent to

DHAKA: Russia and Argentina signed a Memorandum Understanding establishing a Framework for Cooperation between the countries in the field of construction of a nuclear power unit in Argentina. Russia’s latest VVER technology will be used in the unit with installed capacity of 1,200 MW.In

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor Dr Atiur Rahman hailed the Center for Non-Resident Bangladeshis (NRB) for continuing their effort for the wellbeing of the NRBs as well as the country’s economy.He was addressing the opening ceremony of NRB World Conference Series 2015 at a city

DHAKA: Japanese developer firm Creed Asia BD Company Limited (Bangladesh) will invest at Bashundhara Residential Area (R/A) in the city to a build a high rise building there.Preliminarily, the Japanese firm in a joint venture with Dhaka-based developer company Jams Development Limited

DHAKA: S.C. Johnson & Son Inc. said Friday it has continued a run of foreign acquisitions by buying three brands from Advanced Chemical Industries Limited of Bangladesh.The move adds ACI Insecticides, Angelic Air Care and the Vanish Brand of Toilet Cleaners to S.C. Johnson's product

DHAKA: Nepal offered to provide duty free preferential access to 50 products from Bangladesh into Nepalese market while Bangladesh offered duty free access to 108 Nepalese products which was appreciated by Nepal.The decision was taken in the 2nd Additional Secretary/Joint Secretary Level

DHAKA: There are 38,516 economic units, units that generate a resource also provides some storage of that resource, in the country now.The matter was disclosed by Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) at its auditorium at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in city Thursday after analysing

DHAKA: Bashundhara Cement and Sinohydro Corporation Limited signed an agreement regarding the supply of cement for the river management project of Padma multipurpose bridge.The agreement was inked at The Westin hotel in city on Thursday evening.Bashundhara Group managing director Sayem

DHAKA: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said the construction work of main structure of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge will begin in next October. He came up with the remarks while talking to reporters at secretariat on Thursday.The minster said hammer, weighing 2,500

DHAKA:  Investors witnessed significant 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 60.73 points only to stand at 4192.20 at the close on the last trading day

DHAKA: An agreement was signed between IFC and Eastern Bank Limited, Bangladesh, on project services on Wednesday.Under this arrangement, capacity of small and medium enterprise clients will be developed while credit risk management will be improved, said a press release on Thursday.Ali

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 Thursday, the last trading day of the week. DSEX, the Broad Index of the DSE, went down by 33.91 points or 0.79 per cent to

RIYADH: The desert kingdom Saudi Arabia is developing its agriculture. The expatriate Bangladeshis are expected to play the pivotal role of the facilitators in this advancement.Bangladesh ambassador in Saudi Arabia Golam Moshi said that the kingdom will import farm labors from Bangladesh

DHAKA: The winners of the 4th Global Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction have been decided –the trophies and USD 350,000 prize money go to projects in Colombia, Sri Lanka and the USA.All three prizes recognize architectural interventions that deliver tangible benefits to local

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank (BB) will supervise the security of all scheduled banks. The central bank will also inspect their security systems in this regard.BB governor Dr Ataur Rahman made the instruction after his arrival at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday morning.BB

DHAKA: Country's stock market marked fall in its price indices on Wednesday, the fourth trading day of the week.The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, shed over 30.30 points only to stand at 4252.94 at the close of day’s trading. Trade deals stood at 126353 with volume of