DHAKA: Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday said Asian Development Bank (ADB) showed keen interest to increase their development programs in Bangladesh.Muhith was talking to journalists after a meeting with ADB vice-president Wencai Zhang at his secretariat office.The minister said

DHAKA: The prices of key share at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed negative trend from the beginning of Wednesday’s trading.DSEX, the prime index of country’s major bourse – Dhaka Stock Exchange – went down to 4,758.00 points at 2:35pm

DHAKA: Moinul Islam Moin, Head of Marketing PRAN (Confectionery) Ltd, won the ‘Global Marketing Leader’ award from World Global Marketing Congress held at Mumbai’s Hotel Taj Lands End this month.  Some 1200 Marketing Leaders from about 100 countries attended the summit where 100

DHAKA: Bikroy.com, the largest market place in Bangladesh, launched two paid ad promotional services, named Top Ad for seven days and Daily Bump Up for seven days, said a press release.Apart from this, the basic service of posting free ads remain the same, the site now also offers

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank (BB) has issued an order to all the government and private banks to keep their main braches at divisional and district towns open on Saturday (November 29).Deputy General Manager of Department of Off-Site Supervision Division of the central bank Ashim Kumar

DHAKA: The prices of key share at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed negative trend from the very beginning of Monday’s trading maintaining continuity with Sunday’s fall.DSEX, the prime index of country’s major bourse – Dhaka Stock Exchange

DHAKA: Country’s one of the largest medicine exporters BEXIMCO Pharmaceutical Limited has gained approval from Canada’s drug regulatory authorities called Health Canada.BEXIMCO Farma is the only local medicine manufacturer that has achieved the recognition for following Current

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of the country, on Sunday awarded twenty four Bangladeshi expatriates for playing a vital role in country’s economy.Twenty of them were awarded for sending the highest amount of remittance and four others for the highest level of bond

DHAKA: Two RFL ‘Best Buy’ outlets have been inaugurated in Sirajganj and Tangail districts recently, said a press release.RN Paul, Director of RFL inaugurated two outlets where M Gias Uddin Biswas, AGM of RFL Best Buy, Mehedi Hasan, Assistant Brand Manager of Best Buy, Mizanur

FROM NATIONAL PARLIAMENT: Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said that a seven-day exposition will be held to increase the export of cement in India. The minister disclosed the matter while answering to a question at the 4th session of the 10th National Parliament on Thursday. He said that

DHAKA: Titan, world class brand watch, launched its exclusive showroom ‘World of Titan’ at Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in the city on Sunday. Eminent actress and theatre personality Bipasha Hayat inaugurated the showroom.  Kallol Group of Companies Managing Director Ghulam

DHAKA: Key share price indexes at both Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed a mixed trend on Thursday. Though, the both bourses were witnessing positive trend in the early hours of trading but later the price index of DSE and CSE went down. However,

AUSTRALIA: Bangladesh Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed reached Melbourne on Tuesday on a five-day visit to Australia.The high-ups of Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Export Association (BGMEA) received him at the airport and arranged dinner in his honour.During the visit, the

DHAKA: Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Saturday categorically said bank loan interest rate is not being lessened as some dishonest businesspeople did not pay the bank loans. He was addressing a view exchange meeting on the 7th Five-Year Plan at the NEC conference room of Planning

DHAKA: US ambassador to Dhaka Dan Mozena recently surveyed country’s noteworthy garments company Concorde Garments Ltd.  He praised wholeheartedly for the impressive contribution of Concorde Garments on economical growth of Bangladesh.  After having discussion on different

DHAKA: Hotel Sarina, the 5-star inn, located at city’s Banani, is going to showcase Italian foods from Saturday. The Italian Food Promotion will continue till November 28. During the fest, visitors can enjoy the Italian buffet from 6:30pm to 10:30pm everyday. The hotel authorities

DHAKA: Prices of most of the shares at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed positive trend from the early hours of trading on Wednesday. DSEX, the prime index of country’s major bourse – Dhaka Stock Exchange – went up to 4,945.00 points at

DHAKA: The authorities of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) have taken an initiative to send information related services to the investors through SMS (Short Message Service).Besides, an investor will get information about his Beneficiary Owner (BO) account from a

DHAKA: Humayun Kabir from Bunagati village of Salikha upazila under Magura district came to the limelight through media in 2013 for his innovation of an environment friendly Ruti (bread) Maker machine.  Banglanews24.com, leading online news portal of the country,   also made a special

DHAKA: Australia and India have pledged to push for a major free trade deal, as Indian PM Narendra Modi made a rare speech to lawmakers in Canberra.Australian PM Tony Abbott admitted that bilateral ties - worth A$15bn in 2013, were ‘underdeveloped’, hoping for the new deal in