DHAKA: Key share price indexes at both Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed mixed trends on Monday. Both the bourses were witnessing a positive trend in the early hours of trading but later the price indexes of DSE and CSE went down. However, after

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway showing gain in share-price indices on Monday.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose over 19 points to stand at 4,869 at 1:09 pm.Trade deals stood at 46226 with transaction at Tk 1494 million.Of the issues traded, 147

DHAKA: Like every year, the Dhaka International Trade Fair, the largest exposition participated by local and foreign entrepreneurs, is going to be kicked off in city’s Agargaon on January 1 in 2015. The Ministry of Commerce is organizing the 20th International Trade Fair where some 14

DHAKA: The National Pay Services Commission (NSPC) has recommended the formation of a separate bank named "Sommriddhi Shopan" for civil servants.NSPC chairman Mohammed Farashuddin told the journalists after submitting the commission’s report to Finance Minister AMA Muhith Sunday

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses --Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange --is underway showing mixed trend in share-price indices on Sunday.DSEX, the prime index of DSE, shed over nine points to stand at 4846 at 11:37 am.Trade deals stood at 15279 with

DHAKA: Easy, Bangladesh’s first online prepaid and postpaid airtime recharging/payment service for mobile and internet users brings to consumers the convenience of online payments for mobile recharges, mobile bill pay and mobile. Easy.com.bd in partnership with Visa, the global

DHAKA: Pay and Service Commission has submitted its report to Finance Minister recommending maximum Tk 80,000 and minimum Tk 8,200 as basic wage for government job holders.Minister AMA Muhith said the implementation process of the newly recommended salary will be started from July 1 of

KERANIGANJ: An awareness building campaign on safe use of Liquid Petroleum (LP) gas of Bashundhara LP Gas Limited (BLPGL), one of the concerns of country’s leading conglomerate Bashundhara Group, was held in Keraniganj on Saturday.The 14th campaign titled ‘Nirapad Nibash (Safe

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank asked all scheduled banks to set up closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at their information technology-related rooms to ensure security.Banking Regulation and Policy Department of the central bank issued a circular on the matter on Thursday and sent to

DHAKA: A three-member delegation from Botswana will come to Bangladesh on a three-day visit on Saturday (December 20).The delegation, led by Botswana state minister for public administration affairs ministry Dikgang Phillip Makgalemele, will stay in Bangladesh till December 22, said a

DHAKA: The foreign exchange reserves of the country reached a new record Thursday crossing 22.37 billion by receiving highest remittances this year.The reserve mark touched 22.37 billion US dollars, which is the highest level of preserving currency officially recorded after birth of

DHAKA: ‘Best Buy’ outlet has been inaugurated at 27/1 Indira Road in the capital recently, said a press release.RN Paul, Director of RFL inaugurated the outlet where M Gias Uddin Biswas, AGM of RFL Best Buy, Mehedi Hasan, Assistant Brand Manager of Best Buy, Ahsan Uddin, Sales

DHAKA: Country's stock market marked gain in its price indices on Thursday. The broad index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, rose over 18 points only to stand at 4,856 at the close on the last trading day of the week.Trade deals stood at 77899 with volume of transactions at Tk 2313

COX’S BAZAR: The four Asian neighboring countries will be connected with the 2000-year old ‘Silk Route’ by building Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor (BCIM-EC).The policy issues have been discussed at the second meeting of the BCIM joint-study group at a hotel in

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman categorically said that the growth of country’s Gross Domestic Products (GDP) may surpass predicted 6.5 percent in current fiscal. The governor came up with the expectation while addressing a scholarship giving program organized

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 Thursday.DSEX, the prime index of DSE, rose over 29 points to stand at 4,867 at 11:19 am.Trade deals stood at 11,787 with

DHAKA: Dr Birupakkha Paul on Wednesday joined as new chief economist of the Bangladesh Bank.He submitted his joining letter to the administrative division of the central bank of the country in the noon.Dr Birupakkha Paul, an Associate Professor at State University of New York, has

KOLKATA: Winter means full of functions and gatherings where there is enough use of fashionable dresses. Many women complain that as they cover their bright dresses with heavy cloths for protecting themselves from winter, it fades the brightness of their fashionable dresses.But the

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained seven members, including bank officials and a woman of a cheque forgery group on Wednesday.The RAB members conducted separate drives in several areas in the city from Tuesday midnight to Wednesday noon and detained them.The elite force also

DHAKA: Holcim Cement (Bangladesh) Ltd has appointed Sumanta Pandit as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) recently.Sumanta Pandit, however, joined Holcim Bangladesh from Emirates Cement, a subsidiary of Ultratech India, where he was heading the business in Bangladesh as Country