CHITTAGONG: The blockade which began from the very beginning of the current year could not create any impact on the country’s export and import trade rather it showed uptrend during this period.At country’s largest seaport Chittagong, the volume of container handling and unloading of

DHAKA: The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) Tuesday approved three development projects involving a cost of Tk 636.96 crore.The approval came from a meeting of the government’s highest policy-making body at the NEC conference room in city with Prime Minister

DHAKA: A three-day international tourism fair, titled ‘Monitor Dhaka Travel Mart’ will begin on April 9 in the city.Civil aviation and tourism minister Rashed Khan Menon will inaugurate the fair at 4:00pm on the day at Sonargaon Pan Pacific Hotel while ministry’s secretary Khorshed

DHAKA: Bangladesh will be allowed to use India territory in expanding its trade with other countries.With Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina as chair, the cabinet on Monday approved the draft of amended trade agreement between Bangladesh and India.The agreement keeps the provision of expanding

DHAKA: Country's stock market marked fall in its price indices on Monday, the second trading day of the week.DSEX, the Broad Index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 33.85 points only to stand at 4397.25 at the close of day’s trading. Trade deals stood at 104769 with volume of

DHAKA: Greece has agreed to repay its debt to the International Monetary Fund by April 9, IMF chief Christine Lagarde said after a meeting with Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis.There was speculation ahead of the visit that Athens might fail to meet the €460 million IMF

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), is underway showing negative trends in share-price indices on Monday.DSEX, the Broad Index of DSE, shed over 20.30 points to stand at 4412.18 at 1:20pm while it was 4445.49 after

DHAKA: Country’s largest business conglomerate Bashundhara Group (BG) arranged a workshop on ‘Disciplinary Action’.Executives of several industrial and commercial units of the group took part in the workshop, held at Bashundhara Training Centre on Saturday.Titled as ‘Workshop on

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 Broad Index of DSE, shed over 41.02 points only to stand at 4431.10 at the close on the first trading day of the

DHAKA: Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith hinted that the size of budget for 2015-16 fiscal might be around Tk 3,00,000 crore.The minister came up with hint at the beginning of pre-budget meeting ahead of the national budget at National Economic Council (NEC) conference room at

DHAKA: On the 19th of March 2015, the Tigers roared in London. Team Bangladesh, representing Unilever Bangladesh Limited, lifted the first runners-up crest at the Unilever Future Leader’s League 2015, beating more than 300,000 students from around the world. They beat teams from Canada,

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 Broad Index of the DSE, went down by 25.92 points or 0.57 per cent to

DHAKA: Bashundhara Cement, a concern of one of country’s leading business conglomerate Bashundhara Group, organized a three-day “Bashundhara Cement Coin Show 2015” with the view to introduce people with the cultures and civilizations of past.Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman

DHAKA: Japanese automaker Suzuki plans to invest tens of millions of dollars to build a second plant in Myanmar, seeking to make quick inroads in the country’s growing market.A report said on Saturday, reports The Straits Times.The small-car maker has already secured a roughly 20ha plot

DHAKA: Greece will meet its financial obligations to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and pay workers' salaries and pensions next week, a government source said, easing speculation that Athens could default on its debts with unknowable consequences for global markets.‘Everything

DHAKA: With the arrival of Biman’s newly procured two Dash8 Q400s Friday, Biman Bangladesh Airlines is all set to resume its full-blown domestic operations from April 6 as per earlier announcement and new schedule. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will formally release the two lease-hold

DHAKA: Crude-oil prices fell after six world powers and Iran announced they had agreed on a framework to curb Iran’s nuclear drive.The US benchmark, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for May delivery, shed 95 cents to close at US$49.14 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, The

Top Bangladesh film star Ferdous Ahmed and Indian famous film star Rituparna Sengupta Wednesday visited Beximco Industrial Park at Gazipur. They were welcomed by Beximco Group Director and CEO Syed Naved Husain at the park.BDST 1756 HRS, APR 01, 2015

DHAKA:  Investors witnessed minor fall in benchmark indices of the country’s bourses --Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE)-- on Wednesday.DSEX, the key index of DSE, shed over 17.37 points only to stand at 4513.10 at the close on the fourth trading day of the

DHAKA: Share price index at the country’s both bourses --- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – witnessed positive trend in early hours of trading on Wednesday, the fourth trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, gained 14.87 points or