DHAKA: The cabinet on Monday proposed to reduce international call charges to stop illegal VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol). Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu placed the proposal in the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the secretariat in the noon. Confirming

DHAKA: Country’s stock market marked fall again in its price indices on Monday.The broad index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, shed over six points only to stand at 4,480 at the close on the second trading day of the week.Trade deals stood at 74,291 with volume of transactions at Tk

DHAKA: Farmers Bank, a commercial bank of the country, Managing Director Chowdhury Moshtaq Ahmed was fined for his involvement in irregularities. Bangladesh Bank fined the managing director for irregularities, a competent source from the bank confirmed this matter to banglanews.

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway with downward trend of share-price indices on Monday. The Dhaka Stock Exchange Broad Index (DSEX) shed over four points to stand at 4,482 at 12:45pm. Trade deals stood at 47,851 with volume of transactions at Tk 2,727 million.

DHAKA: State-run Sonali Bank authority has filed another money loan case against much-talked Hall-Mark Group Managing Director Tanvir Mahmud and Chairman Jesmin Islam.  Sonali Bank executive officer Abdus Salam lodged the case with money loan court at 10:00am on Monday.  Lawyer of the

DHAKA: The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EUR 100 million to the Government of Bangladesh to finance a new sustainable surface water supply system in Dhaka.  The financing contract was signed in Dhaka on June 30. The main project component is a new sustainable surface water

DHAKA: All activities of bank will remain closed as the authorities declared Tuesday as holiday though Bangladesh Bank and other banks main office will remain open. July 1 has been observed as holiday as they prepared half-yearly financial report.  The bank authorities also stopped the

DHAKA: Trading in country’s two bourses—Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stocks Exchange--will remain closed on Tuesday due to Bank Holiday. Public relations departments of DSE and CSE confirmed the matter to banglanews. Trading at the both capital markets usually remains closed

DHAKA: Sam Issac, a seasoned aviation professional, has joined Regent Airways on June 28 as Chief Advisor. As a forward thinker, Sam Issac designed many systems and process for the airline industry while he has worked with aviation-airlines like Emirates, Etihad Airways, Saudi Arabian

DHAKA: Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide Bangladesh Tk 724 crore as loan for the development of coastal areas.The organisation and the Government of Bangladesh Sunday have signed an agreement at National Economic Council (NEC)-2 conference centre for $ 98 million to develop

DHAKA: Rosatom’s four new nuclear power units, three in Russia and one in India will go in to production by the end of this year, says a press release.  Sergei Kirienko, Head of Russia’s state nuclear power corporation-Rosatom apprised the Prime Minister of Russia Dimitri

DHAKA: Investors witnessed significant gain in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Sunday. The broad index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, rose over 77 points to stand at 4,487 at the close on the first trading day of the week. Trade deals stood at 100,047 with

DHAKA: Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Saturday said that scope will remain for whitening black money through investing in housing sector. The minister came up with the assertion while discussing on the budget in national parliament in city. The proposed budget of Fiscal Year 2014-15 is

DHAKA: Banglalink, the country’s 2nd largest mobile telecom operator commercially launched 3G services in Magura recently by a jovial rally in the presence of massive crowd of all ages starting from DC Mor, Banglalink Point, Magura.  The rally started by flying off balloons and

DHAKA: Kerry Kennedy, President of Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, said that Bangladesh is the biggest competitor of China. She made the remark while addressing the inaugural ceremony of the Social Business Day as the keynote speaker at city’s Radisson Hotel on

DHAKA: A new graduating class of labor inspectors of the Department of Inspection of Factories and Establishments (DIFE) is set to strengthen the capacity of Bangladesh’s labor inspection system. Efforts to improve working conditions in Bangladesh's ready-made garment (RMG) industry

DHAKA: Consumer prices in Japan rose at an annual rate of 3.4% in May, the fastest pace in 32 years ,as the effect of the sales tax hike started to be felt. Japan raised its sales tax rate from 5% to 8% on 1 April. The price growth in May follows a 3.2% jump in April and is a big boost

DHAKA: Labour Inspectors of the Department of Inspection of Factories and Establishments (DIFE) were awarded certificates at an event to mark the successful completion of three-week induction training on inspection and occupational safety and health. The improving working conditions in

DHAKA: Treasury related branches of Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of the country, will remain open on Saturday. BB said in press release that all departments related to treasury activities of the central Bank will stay open on June 28 so that necessary steps could be taken to make

KURIGRAM: The prize giving ceremony to the best sellers of Bashundhara Cement in Kurigram was held in the Bscic industrial area in the district on Thursday noon. Bashundhara Cement is a product of Basundhara Group. First prize was a 19” LED TV set won by ‘M/S Farhad and Brothers’