DHAKA: ‘Best Buy’ outlet have been inaugurated in 58, Suvash Bose Avenue at Laxmi Bazar of the capital recently.RN Paul, Director of RFL inaugurated the outlet where M Gias Uddin Biswas, AGM of RFL Best Buy, Mehedi Hasan, Assistant Brand Manager of Best Buy, Mizanur Rahman, Sales

DHAKA: Investors witnessed gain in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Sunday.DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose over 16 points to stand at 4701 at the close on the first trading day of the week.Trade deals stood at 73,107 with transaction at Tk 2,210

CHIITAGONG: Goods handling in the Chittagong port dropped to 25 per cent due to countrywide blockade sponsored by BNP-led 20-party alliance since January 6, coupled with frequent hartals.Loading-unloading of goods from ships remain normal at the port amid countrywide political unrest,

DHAKA: Business people across the country demanded ban on hartal and blockade as they are incurring huge losses daily.Businessmen carrying national flags took position for 15-minute on the main road at Motijheel in the capital protesting ongoing hartal and blockade. Federation of

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor Dr Atiur Rahman said that around five lakh jobs have been created across the country through mobile banking.The governor made the disclosure while inaugurating a BB sponsored project titled ‘Business Finance for the Poor in Bangladesh’ at a

DHAKA: Businessmen carrying national flags gathered in front of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI) to show protest against hartal-blockade.FBCCI president Kazi Akram Uddin is leading the protest.Business people there will take position for 15-minute on

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway showing mixed trend in share-price indices on Sunday.DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose over nine points to stand at 4694 at 11:28 am.Trade deals stood at 16,421 with transaction at Tk 410 million. Of the issues

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman received the ‘Central Banker of the Year 2015’ award from the Asia-Pacific region for stimulating growth and stabilizing economy. Brian Caplen, editor pg The Banker – a UK-based The Financial Times-owned publication, handed over

DHAKA: The exports of readymade garments (RMG) from the country are growing at a slow but steady pace over the past two months, data from the Export Promotion Bureau shows. In the first seven months of the ongoing fiscal year that commenced on 1 July, 2014, garment exports clocked

DHAKA: Two million skilled workers, including five lac females are ready to go for work in Saudi Arabia any time, says Bangladeshi diplomat in Riyadh. This includes engineers, nurses, maids and drivers, said Consul General Shahidul Karim in comments to Arab News.  Shahidul Karim said

DHAKA: Investors witnessed slight gain in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Thursday.DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose over 16 points to stand at 4685 at the close on the last trading day of the week.Trade deals stood at 109,005 with transaction at Tk

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi business house and a Thailand corporate house Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for setting up a US$ 150 Bi-axially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) factory in Bangladesh.Mostafa Kamal, Chairman of Meghna Group Bangladesh, and Chalermchai Mahagitsiri,

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is quizzing five officials of Janata Bank Limited, including its former General Manager, for investigation into an allegation about Ananda Shipyard’s loan scam of Tk 1,300 crore.A team led-by Deputy Director Mir Zainul Abedin Shibli of ACC

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway with downward trend of share-price indices on Thursday.DSEX, the Broad Index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over nine points to stand at 4,658 at 1:07pm.Trade deals stood at 74,299 with volume of transactions at Tk 1,599 million.Of

DHAKA: Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday inaugurated a four-day exposition of textile and garment machineries at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the capital.The minister in his inaugural speech said that Bangladesh has immense possibilities in textile

DHAKA: Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA) decided to build dormitory for female workers in every Export Processing Zone (EPZ) to solve their housing problems as per the directive of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.The decision came from BEPZA directorial board meeting

DHAKA: The newly established European Union Business Council Bangladesh (EUBCB) held its first meeting in Dhaka on Wednesday aimed at identifying the obstacles to trade and investment between the EU and Bangladesh.In a press release, European Union’s delegation to Bangladesh, said the

DHAKA: Investors witnessed gain in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Wednesday.DSEX, the broad index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose over 11 points to stand at 4668 at the close on the fourth trading day of the week.Trade deals stood at 59,845 with transaction at Tk 2,037

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is quizzing eight officials of Bangladesh Development Bank Limited (BDBL) including its general manager (GM) over the allegation of Ananda Shipyard’s loan scam of Tk 1300 crore.ACC senior deputy director Mir M Zainul Abedin Shibli started

DHAKA: Share price index at the country’s both bourses --- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) slipped in early hours of trading on Wednesday, the fourth trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down by 12.24 points or 0.26 per cent