Saturday, 16 Nov, 2024

Business

Stocks witness gain Tuesday

DHAKA: Investors witnessed gain in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Tuesday.The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, rose over 34 points to stand at 4,330 at the close on the second trading day of the week.Trade deals stood at 111,851 with transaction at Tk 4,561

Samsung forecasts 18% fall in profit

DHAKA: Samsung Electronics, the world`s biggest maker of mobile phones and TVs, has forecast a fall in profit for the October-to-December quarter.It expects to make an operating profit of 8.3 trillion won ($7.8bn; £4.8bn) for the quarter, down 18% from the previous three months.Compared

Market showing negative

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway with downward trend of share-price indices on Monday.The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange Broad Index, DSEX, shed over 20 points to stand at 4,293 at 12:40pm.Trade deals stood at 39,426 with volume of transactions at Tk 1414

Shamim Ahmed new AB Bank MD

DHAKA: Shamim Ahmed Chawdhury has been appointed as new president and managing director (acting) of AB (Arab Bangladesh) Bank.He took charge as president and managing director (acting) of the bank on January 1.Prior to his present position Shamim Ahmed was working as additional managing

RMG factory vandalized at CEPZ

CHITTAGONG: Readymade garment workers vandalized two factories named Section-Seven at Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) on Saturday morning demanding the implement of new wage structure. Witnesses said that several hundreds workers came out from factory at around 9:00am and

US jobless claims fall for 2nd straight week

DHAKA: The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell for a second week last week, suggesting labour market conditions continue to steadily improve.Initial claims for state unemployment benefits slipped 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 339,000, the Labor Department

Russia’s 2013 oil output hits post-Soviet high

DHAKA: World energy power Russia said on Thursday that its 2013 oil output hit a post-Soviet high while natural gas production of its giant Gazprom holding slipped for the second successive year.The mixed figures, highlighted by yet another dip in oil exports outside ex-Soviet

China manufacturing growth slows in Dec

DHAKA: Chinese manufacturing grew at its slowest pace in three months in December, HSBC confirmed on Thursday, as demand for the country’s goods eased, adding to concerns about recovery in the world’s number two economy.The bank’s final purchasing managers’ index (PMI), which

Emirates fight to Taiwan

DHAKA: Emirates airline expansion reached new heights on February 10 with the start daily non-stop flight to Taiwan’s capital city.This will be first non-stop connection between Taipei’s Taoyuan International Airport and Middle East.  The airlines made the announcement at a press

Stocks end higher Thursday

DHAKA: Investors witnessed gain in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Thursday.The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, rose over 27 points to stand at 4,314 at the close on the last trading day of the week.Trade deals stood at 103,202 with transaction at Tk 3,704

New Robi CEO Supun Weerasinghe takes office

DHAKA: Supun Weerasinghe took charge as chief executive officer (CEO) of Robi Axiata Limited, leading mobile operator of Bangladesh, on Wednesday.Supun has replaced Michael Kuehner who decided to retire from full time corporate life. Michael will continue to be a member of the Board of

Fiat agrees to buy up rest of Chrysler

DHAKA: The Italian motors giant Fiat has agreed to buy the remaining 41% of Chrysler it does not own in a move that will create the world`s seventh-largest car company.Fiat has owned a majority stake in the US company since 2009.The agreement ends long negotiations with the current

Forex reserve reaches $18.07bn in Dec

DHAKA: Foreign exchange reserves of Bangladesh Bank (BB) rose to a record $18.07 billion at the end of December from $17.11 billion in November. Sources from the central bank of the country said that the reserves are enough to cover six months of imports’ expenditure.Rising exports, a

Stocks witness gain Wednesday

DHAKA: Investors witnessed gain in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Wednesday.The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, rose over 19 points to stand at 4,286 at the close on the third trading day of the week as trading remained closed on Tuesday due to bank

Gold bars,banned cigars seized at Shahjalal

DHAKA: Armed Police Battalion (APBn) personnel held two people with huge banned cigarettes and four gold bars weighing 435 gram from Hazarat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday morning.The detainees are- Jahir Uddin, 45 and Ali Sheikh, 40.Sources said that the detainees arrived

Stocks witnessing gain

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway showing gain in share-price indices on Wednesday, the first day of New Year.The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, rose over 40 points to stand at 4,307 at 11:45am.Trade deals stood at 28653 with transaction at Tk 1,149

Morshed Khan, wife-son sued

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against opposition BNP vice-chairman Morshed Khan, his wife and son on charge of money laundering.The two other accused are Nasrin Khan and Faisal Morshed Khan.Deputy Director of the ACC M Moniruzzaman filed the case with Ramna Thana on

Tazreen MD among 6 warranted

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday issued arrest warrant against six people, including the managing director of Tazreen Fashions Ltd, in a murder case filed over the devastating fire in the factory.Senior Judicial Magistrate Wasim Sheikh passed the order to arrest the six fugitives after

Standard Bank 87th Branch at Chittagong

DHAKA: Standard Bank, a private commercial banks of Bangladesh, inaugurated its new branch at Chittagong, said a press release.  Recently in a befitting manner with a big-bang Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed, President of FBCCI who is also the Chairman of the Bank graced the function as Chief

Bourses see fall Monday

DHAKA: Investors witnessed sharp fall in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Monday.The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, shed over 56 points to stand at 4,266 at the close on the second trading day of the week.Trade deals stood at 91,634 with transaction at Tk