DHAKA: Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves crossed the US $24 billion mark just after two months of standing at over US $23 billion on February 26.General Manager of Forex Reserve & Treasury Management Department of Bangladesh Bank Kazi Saidur Rahman confirmed the matter to

DHAKA:  Investors witnessed minor fall in benchmark indices of the country’s bourses --Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- on Wednesday.DSEX, the Broad Index of DSE, shed over 19.28 points only to stand at 4099.20 at the close on the third trading day of

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway showing gain in share-price indices recovering the first hour’s fall on Wednesday, the fourth trading day of the week.DSEX, the Broad Index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, reached up to 4129.46 points by 1:26pm, starting from

DHAKA: Share price indices at the country’s both bourses --- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed negative in early hour’s trading on Wednesday, the fourth trading day of the week. DSEX, the Broad Index of the DSE, went down by 35.49 points or 0.86

DHAKA: Thailand’s Minister for Social Development and Human Security Police General Adul Saengsingkaew on Monday expressed readiness to cooperate with Bangladesh in the areas of women empowerment, self-sufficiency and anti-trafficking.He mentioned this during a call on him by the

DHAKA: Investors witnessed gain in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- on Monday, the second trading day of the week. DSEX, the Broad Index of DSE, rose over 24.00 points only to stand at 4118.48 at the

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway showing gain in share-price indices recovering the early hours’ fall on Monday, the second trading day of the week.However, DSEX, the Broad Index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, reached up to 4120.70 points by 2:12pm, starting from

DHAKA: Regent Airways of Bangladesh is going to launch scheduled flights, three days a week, on Dhaka-Kathmandu route from July 15.Regent Airways, in a statement on Sunday said that the new destinations and increased flights were part of the airline’s $100 million expansion plans.The

DHAKA: Trading and official activities at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) will remain closed Tuesday for Dhaka North, Dhaka South and Chittagong City Corporation Elections.The decision was taken after government has been declared April 28, 2015 as general

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 Monday, the second trading day of the week. DSEX, the Broad Index of the DSE, went down by 7.14 points or 0.17 per cent to

DHAKA: Airtel Bangladesh Limited, the fastest growing telecom operator in the country, is offering their customers to place calls in Nepal for free of cost for the next 48 hours from 12:00am Monday.On April 25, a 7.8 magnitude quake struck an area between the capital Kathmandu and the

DHAKA: According to International Labour Organization (ILO) some 12,260 workers were killed and 17,183 injured in accidents in their workplaces in Bangladesh from 2005 to 2014.Another 288 workers were died in the January-February of 2015, it added.Assistant director of Occupational

DHAKA: Investors witnessed significant fall in benchmark indices of the country’s bourses--Dhaka Stock Exchange and Dhaka Stock Exchange-- on Sunday. DSEX, the Broad Index of DSE, shed over 97.72 points only to stand at 4094.47 at the close on the first trading day of the week.Trade

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 Sunday, the first trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down by 67.89 points or 1.61 per cent to

DHAKA: Russia and Argentina signed a Memorandum Understanding establishing a Framework for Cooperation between the countries in the field of construction of a nuclear power unit in Argentina. Russia’s latest VVER technology will be used in the unit with installed capacity of 1,200 MW.In

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor Dr Atiur Rahman hailed the Center for Non-Resident Bangladeshis (NRB) for continuing their effort for the wellbeing of the NRBs as well as the country’s economy.He was addressing the opening ceremony of NRB World Conference Series 2015 at a city

DHAKA: Japanese developer firm Creed Asia BD Company Limited (Bangladesh) will invest at Bashundhara Residential Area (R/A) in the city to a build a high rise building there.Preliminarily, the Japanese firm in a joint venture with Dhaka-based developer company Jams Development Limited

DHAKA: S.C. Johnson & Son Inc. said Friday it has continued a run of foreign acquisitions by buying three brands from Advanced Chemical Industries Limited of Bangladesh.The move adds ACI Insecticides, Angelic Air Care and the Vanish Brand of Toilet Cleaners to S.C. Johnson's product

DHAKA: Nepal offered to provide duty free preferential access to 50 products from Bangladesh into Nepalese market while Bangladesh offered duty free access to 108 Nepalese products which was appreciated by Nepal.The decision was taken in the 2nd Additional Secretary/Joint Secretary Level

DHAKA: There are 38,516 economic units, units that generate a resource also provides some storage of that resource, in the country now.The matter was disclosed by Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) at its auditorium at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in city Thursday after analysing