DHAKA: Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain on Wednesday said some 5.5 lakh people would be recruited when special economic zone at Mirersharai in Chittagong will be established.The minister made assertion while addressing a certificate giving ceremony of a

RAJSHAHI: Bashundhara Group, leading business conglomerate of the country, on Wednesday donated cash to nine people, including two children who are victims of arson attack.They are under treatment in the burn unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital.Each of the victims was donated

DHAKA: Leaders of the county's real estate sector called upon all political parties Wednesday to save the country's vital industry from catastrophe as the sector has already counted Tk 792 crore in losses for the last 23 days of blockade.Besides, the sector has been suffering a loss of Tk

DHAKA: Eastern Bank Limited will begin issuing the MRV fee receipt and accept payment for visa appointment booking on Sunday (February 1), said a press release.      HSBC will no longer issue the MRV (visa) fee receipt or accept payment for US visa interview scheduling after January

DHAKA: Country's stock market witnessed minor fall in its price indices on Wednesday.DSEX, the benchmark index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over nine points only to stand at 4747 at the close on the fourth trading day of the week.Trade deals stood at 89,948 with volume of transactions at

DHAKA: Businesspeople on Wednesday demanded the ban of hartal and blockade for 20 years in the country by making law for accelerating development of the country.They made the call from a rally organized against the BNP-led 20-party alliance-enforced ongoing blockade for indefinite period

DHAKA: China’s yuan has become the world’s fifth most widely used payments currency, with the value of cross-border deals settled in it more than doubling in 2014, data from transactions organisation Swift showed Wednesday.The data comes as China looks to make the yuan used more

DHAKA: The Bangladesh Bank (BB) is likely to announce an investment-friendly monetary policy on Thursday for the second half of current fiscal keeping the existing inflation rate under control.BB Governor Atiur Rahman will unveil the policy at Jahangir Alam Conference Room of the bank

DHAKA: US technology giant Apple has reported the biggest quarterly profit ever made by a public company.Apple reported a net profit of $18bn (£11.8bn) in its fiscal first quarter, which tops the $15.9bn made by ExxonMobil in the second quarter of 2012, according to Standard and

DHAKA: Bashundhara Group, leading business conglomerate of the country, stood beside the burn victims, who were affected during the recent violence in the city.On behalf of Bashundhara Group chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, daily 'Kaler Kantho' editor Imdadul Haq Milon and ‘Bangladesh

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) summoned 11 officials of One Bank Limited for interrogating over the allegation of Ananda Shipyard’s loan scam of Tk 1300 crore.The ACC sent a notice signed by its deputy director Mir M Zainul Abedin Shibli to the bank authorities on Monday and

DHAKA: Apex business organization of the country FBCCI, BKMEA and readymade garments owners’ organization BGMEA delegates went to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan political office and signed in the condolence book.A 14-member delegation, including BGMEA president Atiqul

DHAKA: The amount of imports of Bangladesh has increased over $16 billion (11.36 percent) in the first five months of 2014-15 fiscal year.The central bank of the country, Bangladesh Bank (BB), disclosed the matter on Monday.According to BB, the settlement of letters of credit (LCs)

DHAKA: The World Bank (WB) will provide 375 million US dollars for setting up some 556 shelter centers in nine districts of the country. An agreement, under Multi-Purpose Disaster Shelter project, was signed between Bangladesh and WB at Economic Relation Department (ERD) conference room

DHAKA: The National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Mohammad Nazibur Rahman urged the customs officials to say ‘No’ to corruption and harassment in providing services for revenue collection.He came up with the plea as chief guest at the inaugural program of the celebration of

DHAKA: The country’s both bourses--Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE)--witnessed fall in the share price indices on Monday.DSEX, the broad index of DSE, shed over eight points to stand 4708 at the close of second trading day of the week. Trade deals stood

DHAKA: Oil slid in early Asian trade on Monday, with US crude falling close to a six-year low, after Greece’s election results heightened uncertainty in the euro zone and depressed the bloc’s currency against the US dollar.Greece’s left-wing Syriza appeared on course to trounce

DHAKA: The government signed an agreement with World Bank (WB) worth Tk 3,120 crore under third Primary Education Development Program (PEDP3). The signing ceremony was held in National Economic Council (NEC) conference room in city’s Agargaon area on Sunday afternoon. Senior secretary

DHAKA: The 10th International Plastic Fair will be inaugurated on January 27 with the aim of flourishing the country’s plastic industry.The fair will jointly be organized by Bangladesh Plastic Goods Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BPGMEA) and Taiwan’s Chan Chung

DHAKA: Country's stock market marked fall again in its price indices on Sunday. DSEX, the broad index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 81 points only to stand at 4,716 at the close on the first trading day of the week. Trade deals stood at 75302 with volume of transactions at Tk 3534