Thursday, 28 Nov, 2024

Business

3-day ‘Vegetable Fair’ in city

DHAKA: ‘National Vegetable Fair 2016’ will take place in city with more than 200 varieties of vegetables.The visitors will get opportunity to know the detailed information about the vegetables in different parts of the country during their visit to this exhibition.This fair, to be

DSE, CSE up at opening

DHAKA: Share price indices at the country’s both bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- gained in early hours of trading on Sunday.     DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, rose over 6.90 points or 0.14 per cent to 4636.55 after the first one-hour

Businessmen urged to explore new markets

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday put emphasis on diversifying the production of commodities and exploring new markets for those products instead of relying on one product.The premier came up with the observation while inaugurating the month-long 21st Dhaka International Trade

Saudi to recruit male workers from Bangladesh

DHAKA: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has made an assurance of recruiting male workers from Bangladesh soon, withdrawing all kind of bars.  The assurance came at a bilateral meeting between Visiting Bangladesh Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Nurul Islam B.SC

Rooppur Power Plant agreement sets new milestone

DHAKA: Bangladesh government on December 25 signed USD 12.65 billion general contract with Russian Company JSC Atostroyeexport (JSC ASE) for a 2400 MW nuclear power plant at Rooppur in Pabna district.This will be the largest single project in the Bangladesh public sector. After Padma

PM to inaugurate month-long DITF Friday

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to inaugurate the month-long 21st Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)-2016 in city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area on Friday.Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed disclosed the matter while addressing a press briefing at DITF secretariat near Bangabandhu

Stocks end year positive

DHAKA: Investors witnessed significant gain in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Thursday (December 31), the last day of the outgoing year 2015.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose over 24.72 points to stand at 4629.64 at the close on the last trading day of

Walton to set up eye-catching pavilion in DITF’16

DHAKA: Country’s electronics giant ‘Walton’ is setting up an eye-catching and exceptional premier pavilion in the eminent 21st Dhaka International Trade Fair-2016 to attract the visitors and customers.The local brand is conducting the construction works of the pavilion greatly

DSE, CSE up at opening

DHAKA: Share price indices at the country’s both bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- gained in early hours of trading on Thursday.     DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, rose over 7.43 points or 0.16 per cent to 4612.34 after the first one-hour

Stocks see slight gain Wednesday

DHAKA: Investors witnessed gain in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Wednesday, the fourth trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose over 8.10 points to stand at 4604.91 at the close of day’s trading. Trade deals stood at 94383 33 with

Market showing positive

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway showing gain in share-price indices on Wednesday, the fourth trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose over 0.71 points to stand at 4597.52 at 12:11 pm.Trade deals stood at 36094 with transaction at

No pay-order for bank jobs

DHAKA: Job seekers will not enclose any bank-draft or pay-order for applying to banks. Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Tuesday served a notification in this regard.According to the notification, it is an expensive and also tiresome matter to send bank-draft or pay-order for an unemployed

Etihad Airways receives intl award

DHAKA: A USD 700m landmark finance deal struck by Etihad Airways Partners (EAP) to fund expansion has been recognized by market intelligence organization International Financing Review (IFR) with a leading global award.The five-year deal was judged the Emerging Europe Middle East and

Asian markets subdued by falling oil prices

DHAKA: Asian shares traded mixed, following a lacklustre lead from global markets dragged down by oil prices.The price of US crude oil dropped more than 3% overnight, while Brent crude was back near 11-year lows on reports that Iran plans to increase exports once sanctions are removed,

Stocks witness fall Monday

DHAKA: Investors witnessed minor fall in benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Monday, the second trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 10.18 points only to stand at 4592.33 at the close of day’s trading.Trade deals stood at 94697 with

DSE, CSE up at opening

DHAKA: Share price indices at the country’s both bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- gained in early hours of trading on Monday.     DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, rose over 2.04 points or 0.04 per cent to 4604.56 after the first one-hour

Manpower export increased by 30%

DHAKA: More than 5 lakh Bangladeshi workers have migrated in the year of 2015.According to this information, country’s manpower export has increased by 30% compared to the past year.Similarly, the flow of sending remittance has increased by 1.8%.Refugee and Migratory Movements Research

Stocks start week negative

DHAKA: Country's stock market marked fall in its price indices on Sunday, the first trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 5.80 points only to stand at 4602.51 at the close of day’s trading.Trade deals stood at 94804 with volume of transactions at

Digitalization in food grains purchase system

DHAKA: Bangladesh government has decided to digitalize the food grains collection system aiming to eradicate the interference of the middlemen and to ensure the benefit of the farmers.Sources concerned have confirmed that “Earnest and Young”, an UK-based firm has been assigned to

Stocks witnessing gain

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway showing gain in share-price indices on Sunday, the first trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose over 9.99 points to stand at 4618.32 at 12:05 pm.Trade deals stood at 36187with transaction at Tk