DHAKA: The Bangladesh Bank on Monday directed all banks to allow new Bangladeshis, previously enclave people, to open bank accounts by depositing Tk 10 only to improve their lives.A circular signed by Nurun Nahar, General Manager of Financial Inclusion Department of the central bank, made

DHAKA: The main Athens stock index, the Athex, has fallen by 22.87% as trading resumes after a five-week closure.The nation’s top four lenders - Piraeus Bank, National Bank, Alpha Bank, and Eurobank - were biggest fallers, all down by 30%, the maximum allowed. Banks make up about a

DHAKA: The government, not the Bangladesh Bank, will issue notes and coins up to Tk 5 denomination instead of Tk 2 from now on.Finance secretary signs on the government notes while the governor sign on those of the Bangladesh Bank. On Monday, cabinet gave the final nod to the draft of

DHAKA: A permanent trade fairground will be constructed on a 20-acre land in city’s Purbachal area to attract more foreign customers.The Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) is annually being arranged in Agargaon since December 1 in 1995.Moreover, two large hall rooms will also be

DHAKA: Country's stock market marked gain in its price indices on Monday, the second trading day of the week.DSEX, the Broad Index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose over 60.52 points only to stand at 4862.55 at the close of day’s trading. Trade deals stood at 167299 with volume of

DHAKA:  Profit at Europe's largest bank, HSBC, was up 10% in the first half of this year compared with a year ago on strong earnings in Hong Kong.Pre-tax profit was $13.6bn (£8.7bn) in the first six months, compared with $12.3bn a year ago - higher than forecasts, which were for

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 Monday.DSEX, the Broad Index of DSE, rose over 36.05 points to stand at 4838.07 at 11:26 am.Trade deals stood at 43298 with

DHAKA: The 80th draw of the prize bond of Tk 100 held on Sunday (August 2) at the conference room of Anisur Rahman, the additional divisional commissioner of Dhaka.A total of 1,932 prizes were given, including the first prize of Tk six lakh, second prize of Tk 3.25 lakh, third prize of Tk

DHAKA: Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) president Atiqul Islam said that his organization will provide a roadmap of earning 50-bln dollars from readymade garments (RMG) export by 2021.He made the disclosure at a press conference at BGMEA building in city

DHAKA: Investors witnessed gain in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- on Sunday.DSEX, the key index of DSE, rose over 9.71 points to stand at 4802.02 at the close on the first trading day of the week.Trade

DHAKA: National Credit and Commerce (NCC) Bank Limited director Mohammad Nurun Newaz Selim has recently been made the chairman of the executive committee of bank’s directorial body.Also an eminent industrialist Selim earlier performed his duty as NCC Bank chairman for four times.He is

DHAKA: Share price indices at the country’s both bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – witnessed positive trend in early hours of trading on Sunday, the first trading day of the week.     DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, gained by 5.25 points

DHAKA: Two days after ‘People’s President’ APJ Abdul Kalam was laid to rest with full state honors, the social media is a buzz with pictures of the ‘Missile man’ on currency notes.The pictures of Dr Kalam on the currency of India have been going viral on the internet, reports

DHAKA: The 80th draw of Bangladesh Prize Bond will be held on Sunday at 11am at the Dhaka Divisional Commissioner's conference room. Each series of the prize bonds has some 46 prizes, including one prize of Tk six lakh, one prize of Tk0.325 million (3.25 lakh), two prizes of Tk0.1 million

DHAKA: Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against president and general secretary of Paal Samity situated in city’s Rayerbazar area for embezzlement of Tk 2.60 crore.The ACC deputy director Abdus Sattar Sarkar filed the case with Mohammadpur Thana accusing president Biswanath

REPORTING FROM BIBIYANA (HABIGANJ): The Kushiara River gently gurgles by. Even during the dry season, thousands of cusecs of water would flow past. But, just beside that, it seemed like a vast desert.Despite the rich, fertile soil, difficulties with irrigation meant that nothing could be

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank (BB) Thursday declared monetary policy for the first half of the ongoing 2015-16 fiscal, setting internal sector credit growth at maximum 16.5 percent.BB governor Atiur Rahman declared the monetary policy at Jahangir Alam Conference Hall of the central bank.About

DHAKA:  Investors witnessed minor gain in benchmark indices of the country’s bourses Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), on Thursday, the last trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of DSE, rose over 14.40 points only to stand at 4792.30 at the close of

DHAKA: Share price indices at the country’s both bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- slipped in early hours of trading on Thursday, the last trading day of the week.     DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down by 8.8 points or 0.18 per

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor Atiur Rahman said a 500 million dollar fund will be open to assist SME entrepreneurs aiming to help eradicate poverty.The governor made the remark while inaugurating an organization ‘I am SME of Bangladesh’ which begin to develop small and medium