DHAKA: The foreign exchange reserve has crossed the $22 billion mark for the first time in history riding on buoyant remittance inflows, moderate exports and declining import payments.Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of the country, made the disclosure on Thursday afternoon.BDST: 1723

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday sent the plaintiff of toxic Paracetamol case to jail for his absence in court for three years after filing case. Abul Khaier Chowdhury, inspector of drug administration department, was sent to jail as he didn’t appear before the court in spite of

DHAKA: Readymade garment workers called for indefinite countrywide demonstration from Thursday to press their 5-point demand including to pay the salary from the Tuba factory.Labor leader Moshrefa Mishu called the strike after the police pulled out the workers of five factories of

DHAKA: Both two bourses of the country witnessed mixed trend in share-price indices on Thursday.The broad index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, rose over one point to stand at 4,486 at the close on the last trading day of the week.Trade deals stood at 1,13,860 with transaction at Tk

DHAKA: Garment owners’ organization Bangladesh Garment Manufactures and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has started giving wages to the workers of five Tuba Group factories on the second-day. The process has started at 9:45 am on Thursday from BGMEA building in city’s Karwan Bazar

DHAKA: India’s central bank governor Raghuram Rajan says global markets are at risk of a ‘crash’ should investors start bailing out of risky assets created by the loose monetary policies of developed economies. The comments, carried in an interview with Central Banking Journal,

DHAKA: Tuba Group Sramik Sangram Committee called for countrywide protest on Thursday if their demand is not meet by authorities of the group.  Leader of the committee and deputy general of Bangladesh Garment Workers’ Trade Union Jolly Talukder confirmed the matter to banglanews. She

DHAKA: Tuba Group Sramik Sangram Committee called for countrywide protest on Thursday if their demand is not meet by authorities of the group.  Leader of the committee and deputy general of Bangladesh Garment Workers’ Trade Union Jolly Talukder confirmed the matter to banglanews. She

DHAKA: Tuba Group Sramik Sangram Committee called for countrywide protest on Thursday if their demand is not meet by authorities of the group.  Leader of the committee and deputy general of Bangladesh Garment Workers’ Trade Union Jolly Talukder confirmed the matter to banglanews. She

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank (BB), the central bank of the country, has cancelled mobile banking services of private Prime Bank Limited.A competent source of concerned department said Payment System Department of Bangladesh Bank, on Wednesday, sent a letter to the bank in this regard. The

DHAKA: Investors witnessed gain in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Wednesday. The broad index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, rose over 12 points to stand at 4484 at the close on the fourth trading day of the week. Trade deals stood at 1,24,574 with transaction at Tk

DHAKA: Tuba Group Sramik Sangram Committee called for countrywide protest on Thursday if their demand is not meet by authorities of the group.  Leader of the committee and deputy general of Bangladesh Garment Workers’ Trade Union Jolly Talukder confirmed the matter to banglanews. She

DHAKA: The unpaid wages and bonuses of Tuba Group workers will be given from the Bangladesh Garment Manufactures and Exporters Association (BGMEA), not from the Tuba factories. BGMEA acting president SM Mannan told media in his office around 2:15pm. He said they were trying to pay the

DHAKA: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court asked Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of Jamuna Bank Limited Mozammel Hossain to surrender before the court. Vacation Bench Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order on Tuesday afternoon after hearing of a petition of the Anti-Corruption

DHAKA: The country has set a record $148 crore of remittance in the just concluded fiscal year, said Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of the country. After liberation war, this is the highest ever amount of remittance.  The figure is 15.15 percent higher than last June and 19.67

DHAKA: Investors witnessed gain in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Monday. The broad index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, rose over 46 points to stand at 4467 at the close on the third trading day of the week. Trade deals stood at 118757 with transaction at Tk 5604

DHAKA: Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves stood at over 21 billion U.S. dollars at the end of July, first month of current fiscal, said country's central bank. A reliable source of Bangladesh Bank said that "the country's foreign exchange reserves stood at 21,383.48 million U.S.

DHAKA: Walton, the country’s leading brand of electrical, electronics, automobile and home appliance products, has been honored with the ‘Brand Excellence’ award amongst all local and foreign brands for gaining customers’ confidence. On July 31, World Brand Congress handed over

DHAKA: Bangladesh Garment Manufactures & Exporters Association (BGMEA) will pay the due salaries of the workers of Tuba Group on Wednesday. The BGMEA leaders made the disclosure after the meeting with the labor leaders on Sunday afternoon. The authorities said they would pay the salary

DHAKA: RFL, one of the leading business conglomerates of the country, inaugurated ‘Bizli Cables’ Showroom at Jail Road, Bandor Bazar in Sylhet recently.  Mahabubul Wahid, GM Marketing of RFL Electronics inaugurated the Showroom. M Aminul Islam, Head of Sales, M Saidur Rahman,