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

DHAKA: The strong deliberation and questions of energy affairs advisor of CAB Shamsul Alam made both Titas and Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) embarrassed and Petrobangla scared. He got the confession taking to them at the last ditch. However, his deliberation was such

DHAKA: Key share price indices at both Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed a daylong positive trend on Tuesday after a long wait.However, DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, reached at 4,656.47 points by 2:35pm, starting from 4,619.00 points in the

DHAKA: Asian stocks declined, with Japanese exporters sliding as the yen strengthened after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut interest rates to a record low.China shares rose for the first time in six days on stimulus speculation and Australian stocks gained ground after the

DHAKA: A four-day exposition of textile and garment machineries will begin on February 4 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city.Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) president Tapan Chowdhury said at a press conference at association conference room in city