DHAKA: The 3rd IORA Blue Economy Ministerial Conference held in Dhaka called for the protection of biodiversity in the oceans of the member countries and the involvement of all in the development of the maritime economy. This was adopted through the 17-point Dhaka Declaration on

DHAKA: Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) is set to hold meeting with stakeholders in the capital city on Thursday (September 5) afternoon to discuss ongoing stock market situation.  The meeting will be held at its office in city’s Agargaon area at 3:30 pm,

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon the country’s businesspersons to act against the propaganda now being carried out against the government in abroad as it ultimately affects the businesses. The premier was talking to newly elected leaders of Bangladesh Garment

DHAKA: A five-week Jamdani Festival is going to kick off at Bengal Shilpalay in the capital city on Friday (September 6).   Bangladesh Jatiya Karushilpa Parishad, or National Crafts Council of Bangladesh (NCCB), is organising the fest in collaboration with the Bengal Foundation. 

DHAKA: Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed downward trend in early hours of trading on Tuesday (September 3), the third session of the week. DSEX, the benchmark index of DSE, shed over 23.82 points or 0.47 percent to stand at 5009.70 at 11:51 am. 

DHAKA: Urging the businesspeople to set up industries by giving special attention to waste management and environment, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reassured them of extending all sorts of support. The premier was addressing as the chief guest the National Export Trophy for 2016-17

DHAKA: Five companies of one of Bangladesh’s largest conglomerates PRAN-RFL Group received national export trophies in export category for FY 2016-17. The local business giant received trophies from the ministry of commerce for exporting agro processing, plastic goods and light

DHAKA: Shamim Ahmed and Dr Md Nurul Islam have been promoted as Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of Mercantile Bank Limited, said a press release issued Sunday (September 1).  Prior to this, Shamim Ahmed was the Senior Executive Vice President (SEVP) & Head of International Division and

DHAKA: The US has imposed fresh tariffs on $112bn (£92bn) of Chinese imported goods. The new tariffs are sharp escalation in the bruising trade war between the world's two largest economies, reports BBC. The move is the first phase of US President Donald Trump's latest plan

DHAKA: Castrol launched Textile Lubricant through a grand ceremony at Lakeshore Hotel in Gulshan of the capital on Thursday (August 29). Shafiqur Rahman, President of Bangladesh Textile Engineering Association, Narayanganj Industrial Superintendent of Police Zahidul Islam, CEO of

DHAKA: Motorbikes of world number one brand Hero MotoCorp are now available on e-commerce based marketplace evaly. Customers can buy various models of Hero bikes including Hero Hunk, Hero Igniter, Hero Passion XPro and scooters from evaly.com.bd at attractive prices.  HMCL Niloy

DHAKA: South Korea has expressed its interest in the construction of Bay-terminal and Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) terminal of the Chattogram port, state minister for shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury said. At the same time, the minister called on South Korean investors for more investment

DHAKA: A training programme on “Anti-Money Laundering & Combating Financing of Terrorism” for AB Bank officials in Dhaka.  AB Bank Ltd has recently arranged the programme at its Training Academy in the capital city.  Sajjad Hussain, DMD & CAMLCO of AB Bank, inaugurated the

DHAKA: The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed criminal charges against a former senior engineer at Google's owner Alphabet alleging he stole car technology secrets. Anthony Levandowski was charged with 33 counts of trade theft involving Alphabet's self-driving car

DHAKA: Bangladesh has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Japan on cooperation to export skilled Bangladeshi workers in various fields of Japan.  Bangladesh signed a memorandum of cooperation with Japan as the ninth country to send skilled workers. Both sides agreed to

DHAKA: The price of gold, consumers hoped, would stabilize following the opportunity offered by the government to legalize the precious item. But the situation took an opposite turn as the price of this jewelry making metal increased by Tk 10,556 per bhori in a year. The finest refined

DHAKA: Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson must pay $572m (£469m) for its part in fuelling Oklahoma's opioid addiction crisis, a judge in the US state has ruled. The company said immediately after the judgement that it would appeal. The case was the first to go to trial out of

DHAKA: United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) organized a workshop on integrity in Chattogram on August 22 of 2019. The workshop was a part of implementing “National Integrity Strategy”. The main aim of the workshop was to create awareness about integrity. Chief Guest of the

Asian stock markets tumbled on Monday after a sharp escalation in the US-China trade war rattled investors. On Friday, US President Donald Trump announced tariff hikes on effectively all Chinese imports to the US. It came after Beijing said it would impose fresh duties and raise

DHAKA: The rupee opened lower against the US dollar at 72.03 on Monday, and declined to as much as 72.24 - down 58 paise from the previous close - in late morning deals.  That marked the lowest intraday level recorded for the rupee so far in calendar year 2019, reports NDTV.