DHAKA: South African President Jacob Zuma has replaced newly appointed finance minister David van Rooyen with the more experienced Pravin Gordhan in a surprise Sunday night announcement.On Wednesday, the president sacked previous finance minister Nhlanhla Nene in a move that sent the rand

DHAKA: UAE’s national airline picked up three additional accolades at the World Travel Awards for 2015.The awards included ‘World’s Leading Airline – First Class’, ‘World’s Leading Airline Inflight Entertainment’ and ‘World’s Leading Cabin Crew’.Etihad Airways has

DHAKA: The dream of years has started driving towards the reality. People of Bangladesh’s southern region are eagerly observing their hopes to be materialized at last. The fruit of patience comes ten-folded as the under-construction bridge will have a railway track with vehicular

DHAKA: Leading mobile phone operator, Robi has retained the ISO 9001 standard for the tenth year.Robi will be considered as the first operator to have attained this coveted standard in Bangladesh.The conformance of this standard once again demonstrates Robi’s unwavering commitment to

DHAKA: Visiting World Bank (WB) senior vice-president and also chief economist Kaushik Basu commented that Bangladesh will attain 6.5 percent GDP in current fiscal year.The country will achieve 6.7 percent GDP next year, he predicted.The visiting WB official made the assertion at a

DHAKA: Investors witnessed significant fall in benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Sunday, the first trading day of the week.DSEX, the broad index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), shed over 40.68 points only to stand at 4542.73 at the close of day’s trading.Trade deals stood

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway with downward trend of share-price indices on Sunday, the first trading day of the week.  The Dhaka Stock Exchange Broad Index (DSEX) shed over 5.37 points to stand at 4578.04 at 12:01pm.Trade deals stood at 27114 with volume of

DHAKA: Stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic fell on Friday and oil sank further as fears about global oversupply mounted.In London, the FTSE 100 closed under 6,000 points as investors dumped commodities shares, reports the BBC.The blue-chip index ended the day 2.2% lower, down 135

DHAKA: Bangladesh will get an international award for its outstanding success in school banking program.Bangladesh Bank general manager ASM Asaduzzaman informed banglanews about the development on Thursday evening.BDST: 1837 HRS, DEC 10, 2015RS/RR/SMS

DHAKA: The dream project of Padma Bridge has made its place in the Trans-Asian Railway. The speed limit of the rail will be 160-km/h over this 6.15-km bridge.In the detail design of railway in India and other countries of the world, the amount of Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) loading

DHAKA: Country's stock market marked fall in its price indices on Thursday, the last trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 3.95 points only to stand at 4583.41 at the close of day’s trading.  Trade deals stood at 105549 with volume of

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway showing mixed trend in share-price indices on Thursday, the last trading day of the week.DSEX, the broad index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), shed over 10.64 points to stand at 4576.73 at 12:19 pm.Trade deals stood at 45925 with

Dhaka: Supply of winter vegetables has been increased in markets triggering a fall of inflation rate in November.Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) updated information showed that inflation rate has been decreased to 6.05%.However, it rate was 6.19% in October.Planning minister AHM

DHAKA: Several markets across Asia were down in early trade on Tuesday, despite an oil price rise overnight and a positive lead from Wall Street.Brent crude rose above $40 a barrel for the first time this year, reports the BBC.The price of iron ore also shot up, rising almost 20%, due in

DHAKA: Both two bourses of the country witnessed positive trends in share-price indices on Tuesday, the third trading session of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose over 10.34 point or 0.23 percent to stand at 4453.97 at 11:30am.Trade deals stood at 22,237 with

DHAKA: Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith denied talking about the stealing of Tk 800-crore from Bangladesh Bank reserve as he was not aware of the incident.‘But it is unusual’, he added.The minister made this assertion while talking to the media after a meeting with World Bank

DHAKA: BRAC Bank, one of the fastest growing banks of the country, brings an attractive offer for its customers for buying books from the Somoy Prokashon stall at ongoing Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela in city.The credit card holders of BRAC Bank have been receiving a complimentary copy of a

DHAKA: Karnaphuli Industries Limited has introduced its new Haojue Lindy 125cc Scooty that has been designed for Women.It will initially be available for pre-order exclusively on Bikroy.com, the Largest Marketplace in Bangladesh. Lindy 125cc Scooty, the first ever motorcycle launched in

DHAKA: Investors observed fall in benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Thursday (February 25), the last trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 11.96 points or 0.26 percent to stand at 4567.56 at the end of day’s trading.Trade deals

DHAKA: Beijing has overtaken New York as the city with the highest number of billionaires for the first time.A new report by China-based firm Hurun says, reports the BBC.A total of 100 billionaires are now living in the Chinese capital, compared with 95 in New York, the report