RAJSHAHI: South Korea has shown their interest to establish a car manufacturing factory in Rajshahi.An 11-member South Korean team comprising representatives from three Korean car manufacturing factories is set to visit in Rajshahi on May 24.The visiting team held a meeting with Ena Group

DHAKA: Coffee House has been a common element in modern Bangla literature and in the lives of urban people.Most of the Bangla music lovers have enjoyed the famous song ‘Coffee House-er sei adda ta aaj aar nei.., of Manna Dey. The image the song gives about the coffee house comes to

DHAKA: Columbus Coffee Shop has been opened in city’s Banani area with the taste of famous US brand Crimson Cup Coffee for the local coffee lovers.The inaugural ceremony was held on Friday with the presence of actors Ananta Jalil, Afiea Nusrat Barsha and Nursat Imrose Tisha, singers

DHAKA: The biennial election to the Board of Directors of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) for 2015-17 term has begun Saturday morning.Voting started at 9:00am and will continue till 5:00pm.Three panels are contesting the polls elections under the banner

DHAKA: The Cathay Pacific Airways flight attendants’ union said that it would move forward with plans for a strike in August, accusing the company’s management of failing to negotiate pay and benefits.More than 300 union supporters, some carrying placards, staged a protest outside the

DHAKA: Bangladesh signed a government-to-government deal with Canada to import high quality potash worth about USD 44 million from the country.Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) and Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC), on behalf of their respective sides, signed the

DHAKA: Hasnara Begum, a rural housewife, nourished a dream to be a self reliant, a solvent one by pursuing education.No sooner had completed education; she came to Khash Hawla village on the bank of Bharhmaputra in Norshindhi district as housewife. Her husband was a poor peasant. Their

DHAKA: Country's stock market marked fall in its price indices on Thursday.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 26.18 points only to stand at 4481.75 at the close on the last trading day of the week.Trade deals stood at 165978 with volume of transactions at Tk 7536.16

DHAKA: Malaysia’s 11th and final 5-year economic plan leading up to its target of being a developed nation in 2020 aims to balance the government budget but still see 5-6 percent annual economic growth through a 20-percent rise in labor productivity.This will see gross per capita income

DHAKA: Japan government will provide 1,486 million Japanese yen to deploy 150 waste collection vehicles in Dhaka and Chittagong cities.The signing ceremony of the grant assistance on “The Project for Improvement of Solid Waste Management Equipment” was held at Economic Relations

DHAKA: Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said the areas for 17 economic zones have been selected and China will get their preferable area.The minister came up with this assertion while addressing a office inauguration program of Bangladesh-China Chamber of Commerce and Industries (BCCCI) in

DHAKA: Five of the world’s biggest banks are expected to be hit with a combined bill of more than US$5 billion and criminal charges on Wednesday in a settlement with US and British authorities over rigging of currency markets.It will mark another dark day for an industry trying to put

DHAKA: M Zikrul Hoque and Mizanur Rahman have been promoted as General Managers (GMs) of Janata Bank Limited.Janata Bank deputy general manager M Sazedur Rahman issued a press release in this regard.Zikrul joined Janata Bank as Rural Credit Officer (Senior Officer) in 1986. He obtained

DHAKA: The first quarter revenue earnings of country’s one of the top cell-phone operators Robi Axiata Limited has increased 4.1 percent.Moreover, the tele-operator has got about 10 lakh new subscribers from January to March this year.A press conference held at Robi Gulshan corporate

DHAKA: Investors witnessed gain in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Tuesday.The Broad Index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, rose over 51.85 points to stand at 4459.28 at the close on the third trading day of the week.Trade deals stood at 180084 with transaction at Tk

DHAKA: Annual conference of National Bank Limited (NBL) Sylhet region managers was held at Sylhet regional office.The conference was held on Friday, a press release, issued by NBL public relations officer (PRO) M Abdul Hamid Shohag said on Tuesday.Managing Director and CEO of National

DHAKA: Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved a project worth Tk 478 crore, aiming to curb human tracking amid growing migrant crisis.The approval came at the ECNEC meeting, held at NEC conference room at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in city, with Prime

DHAKA: A three-day Bangladesh International Tourism Fair-2015 will kick off in city Thursday with a target to earn 15 million USD from the event.Officials concerned of Bangladesh Foundation for Tourism Development (BFTD) informed it in a press conference at Pan Pacific Sonarganon hotel

DHAKA: Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved eight projects involving Tk 1591 crore.The approval came at the ECNEC meeting with ECNEC Chairperson Sheikh Hasina, also the Prime Minister, in the chair at the NEC Conference room in city’s

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- is underway showing gain in share-price indices on Tuesday.DSEX, the key index of DSE, rose over 73.38 points to stand at 4480.81 at 11:38 am.Trade deals stood at 62474 with