DHAKA: Work for the setting up of the second of the four proposed 'border haats' (bazaars) along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura began Wednesday. The work for the first 'border haat' is on in southern Tripura's bordering town Sabroom, 135 km south of Agartala in India. "Work for

DHAKA: Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday said that the country’s per capita income reached 1180 USD from 1044 USD. He made that disclosure after the meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC). ECNEC chairperson Prime Minister Sheikh

DHAKA: Country’s stock market marked gain in its price indices on Wednesday. The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, rose over 47 points only to stand at 4,410 at the close on the fourth trading day of the week. Trade deals stood at 66,582 with volume of transactions at Tk 2,713

DHAKA: The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety, a group largely made up of American retailers, has revealed factory inspection reports for the first time ever. The organization, created last July to help advocate for better working conditions in the Bangladesh apparel industry, has

DHAKA: In a bid to provide consumers all its quality services under a roof, country’s 2nd largest mobile telecom operator Banglalink has recently inaugurated an Experience Center at Jamuna Future Park.   The inauguration ceremony was held in the presence of Chief Executive Officer,

DHAKA: Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) asked to suspend Dhaka Security Exchange (DSE) general manager Khandaker Asadullah for breaching securities laws doing illegal share business.The decision came from the 524th BSEC commission meeting on Tuesday, said a press

DHAKA: Bangladesh and Nepal have agreed to build joint hydraulic power plant. The decision was taken after a ministerial meeting on Wednesday.After the meeting, a press briefing held at city hotel.Bangladesh state minister for power, energy and mineral resources minister Nasrul Hamid

DHAKA: The government signed a Tk 10 crore US Dollar loan deal with Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the development of railway. The deal was signed on Wednesday at Economical Affairs conference room under the Railway Sector Investment Project-3. On behalf of government, Economical

DHAKA: AB Bank Limited, the first private sector bank of the country, hosted an Iftar Mahfil in honour of Media personnel of the country.  Journalists, from print & electronic media and related media personnel were present at the Iftar Mahfil. High officials of the bank were also

DHAKA: Country's stock market marked fall again in its price indices on Sunday.  The broad index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, shed over 18 points only to stand at 4,344 at the close on the first trading day of the week. Trade deals stood at 43097 with volume of transactions at Tk

DHAKA: The Communications Affairs Ministry on Thursday singed an agreement with four international companies to implement the ‘Dhaka-Chittagong Expressway Construction Project’.The ministry’s Roads and Highways Department (RHD) singed the deal with SMC International Private

DHAKA: Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said that there were no more obstacles to get back Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). He came up with the assertion while addressing a press conference at his secretariat office in city on Sunday noon. Returning from U.S the commerce minister

DHAKA: A Nordic trade delegation is staying on Dhaka now to know detail potentialities and possibilities of renewable energy usages to do business in Bangladesh. The delegation held a discussion on running business through use of renewable energy – Green Business – at the Westin

DHAKA: The government is going to allocate Tk. 86,000 crore for the country’s ever largest Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the fiscal year 2014–15.  The ADP was placed at the meeting of the National Economic Council meeting on Tuesday chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

DHAKA: Second European Social Business Week was held in Lund and Malmö on May 12–16.Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus participated in the week long forum as the chief guest.Social problems in Europe and their solutions were discussed and explored by and with academics,

DHAKA: Investors witnessed sharp fall in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Monday. The Dhaka Stocks Exchange broad index shed over 38 points to stand at 4,364 at the close on the second trading day of the week. Trade deals stood at 61,701 with transaction at Tk 2,170

DHAKA: The High Court on Monday asked former FBCCI president Anisul Haque to buy shares of two directors of Desh Energy Company with market price.      An HC single bench of Justice Rezaul Hasan passed the order after a hearing on show cause notice in this regard. Barrister

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 zero point to stand at 4,401 at 12:05pm. Trade deals stood at 22,897 with volume of transactions at Tk 771 million. Of

DHAKA: Customs officials seized three gold bars, weighing 2.1 kilograms and worth about Tk 1crore, from the possession of a passenger of a fight of Tiger Airways at Shahjalal International Airport. Confirming the matter Airport Customs Assistant Commissioner Israt Jahan said that acting

DHAKA: China will try to quicken the pace of economic reform this year as part of the government’s efforts to arrest a slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy. The country’s top economic planning agency said late on Saturday, The Straits Times publishes this report on