Monday, 03 Mar, 2025

Business

Huntkey to enter Bangladesh with Global Brand

DHAKA: Huntkey Enterprise Group is making inroads into the Bangladesh market.  Huntkey Enterprise Group, a global professional power supply provider, recently announced it has started cooperation with Global Brand Pvt. Ltd., to explore the mainstream markets in Bangladesh. With more

Shakib brand ambassador of Singer

DHAKA: Cricket icon of Bangladesh and number one all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has become the brand ambassadors of Singer, one of the top Electronics and Home Appliance retailers of the country, for the next two years. Shakib Al Hasan and Managing Director & CEO of Singer Bangladesh

Bashundhara to help in constructing durable roads

DHAKA: The authorities of Bashundhara Cement, one of the concerns of the country’s largest business conglomerate Bashundhara Group (BG), have showed their keen interest to assist in research for establishing durable roads and highways with concrete across the country.Welcoming the

Bourses see gain Monday

DHAKA: Investors witnessed gain in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Monday. DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose over 12 points to stand at 4814 at the close on the second trading day of the week. Trade deals stood at 58475 with transaction at Tk 1,895

Bashundhara Cement organizes seminar

DHAKA: Bashundhara Cement, a sister concern of country’s largest conglomerate Bashundhara Group, organized a seminar in city’s Tejgaon area on Monday.The seminar on ‘durable roads and highways for Bangladesh’ was organized by Roads and Highways Engineers Association started at

DSE, CSE witnessing gain

DHAKA: Key share price index at both Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) is now witnessing positive trend on Monday, the second trading day of the week.However, DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, reached at 4,811.00 points by 12:36pm, starting from 4,801.15

Stocks down slightly in early trading

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway showing downward trend in share-price indices on Monday.DSEX, the prime index Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), shed over two points to stand at 4799 at 10:38 am.Trade deals stood at 913 with transaction at Tk 29 million. Of the issues

Stocks down slightly in early trading

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway showing downward trend in share-price indices on Monday.DSEX, the prime index Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), shed over two points to stand at 4799 at 10:38 am.Trade deals stood at 913 with transaction at Tk 29 million. Of the issues

Stocks end lower Sunday

DHAKA: Country's stock market marked significant fall in its price indices on Sunday.DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 22 points only to stand at 4,801 at the close on the first trading day of the week.Trade deals stood at 51860 with volume of transactions at Tk

Market showing negative

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway with downward trend of share-price indices on Sunday.DSEX, the prime Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 33 points to stand at 4,790 at 1:18pm.Trade deals stood at 29010 with volume of transactions at Tk 489 million.Of the issues

Kamal Mostafa made SBL vice-chairman

DHAKA: Kamal Mostafa Chowdhury has been made the vice-chairman of Standard Bank Limited (SBL).The SBL authorities made the statement through a press release on Saturday.However, Kamal Mostafa Chowdhury, a renowned businessman of Chittagong, is also the director of Bangladesh-Malaysia

Tofail opens Bangladesh pavilion

DHAKA: Commerce Minster Tofail Ahmed Friday inaugurated the Bangladesh pavilion at the 27th Industrial India Trade Fair in Kolkata of West Bengal. During the inauguration, the minister said that India, Bangladesh, China and Myanmar together can build a strong regional economic corridor.

Tofail for removal of Indian tariffs

DHAKA: Bangladesh Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed Friday called for removal of bilateral trade barriers from India to boost trade between the two countries.   “If the present situation of tariffs is removed, we can import greater quantities from India,” the minister told IANS on the

China adds 13 million jobs in 2014

DHAKA: China’s economy is creating more than 13 million new jobs this year, the Xinhua news agency cited the labour ministry as saying on Thursday, outstripping the official target despite slower economic growth.China added 10.82 million new jobs in the first nine months of this year,

Foreign loan, grant pledges drop by 37.6pc

DHAKA: Commitments of loans and grants made by international lenders and development partners declined by 37.6 per cent in the first five months of the current fiscal year compared with that of corresponding period of the last year.From July to November of 2014-2015 FY, development

Bourses see fall Wednesday

DHAKA:  Investors witnessed sharp fall in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Wednesday.DSEX, the broad index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 15 points to stand at 4,823 at the close on the fourth trading day of the week.Trade deals stood at 62364 with transaction at

Stocks witness fall Tuesday

DHAKA: The prices of the most of the shares of both Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed a negative trend from the early hours of trading on Tuesday.DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down to 4,838.75 points at 2:30pm during the closing while it

ACC grills 3 Sonali Bank officials

DHAKA: The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday grilled three officials of state-run Sonali Bank’s local office in an inquiry into a loan scam of Tk 600 crore. The questioned are Jahangir Helal, senior officer of the bank’s local office along with his two colleagues Mosharraf

US $24bln to be invested in power sector

DHAKA: State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid Bipu on Monday categorically said around $24 billion foreign investment would come in the power sector in the next six years, which will create huge jobs.He made the disclosure while addressing a discussion meeting marking Victory Day,

DI organises anti-violence conference in Bogra

DHAKA: Approximately 60 academic, business, civil society, political and religious leaders from Dhaka, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari and Rajshahi participated in the “Stop Violence, Build a Peaceful Nation” organised by Democracy International (DI), says a press release.The conference