The Bangladesh Bank’s target to contain public sector credit growth within 31 per cent by the end of the current financial year might not be achieved as the government decided to increase its bank...Full story
Law minister Shafiq Ahmed on Sunday said that steps would be taken to set up a separate High Court bench to deal with the securities cases.
‘We will request the chief justice to set up a separate...Full story
The turnover of the Dhaka Stock Exchange on Sunday crossed a new high in eight months to Tk 1,201.85 crore as the investors continued to inject fresh funds to the market. Full story
The finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith still hoped that the Bangladesh economy would grow by nearly 7 per cent in the current fiscal year while the international development...Full story
Tensions among some of the world’s leading economies have boiled up over a plan to raise new resources for the International Monetary Fund to contain the eurozone debt crisis, and a quest...Full story
The Bangladesh Tariff Commission sits today with stakeholders to take opinions on cotton import from India, said an official on Sunday.
The meeting will begin at 3:00pm at the BTC conference room with...Full story
The Dhaka Stock Exchange on Sunday decided that the trading of shares of Padma Life Insurance and GPH Ispat would begin on the bourse on Wednesday.Full story
US stocks closed out a miserable week with steep losses Friday as worries about growth in the United States, China and Europe eclipsed a solid start to the corporate earnings season.Full story
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As per unaudited quarterly accounts for the 3rd quarter ended on March 31, the fund has reported net profit of Tk 38.56 million with...Full story
Oil prices fell on Friday, dragged down by prospects of weaker crude demand from China as data showed the country's economy grew at the slowest rate for nearly three years, analysts said.Full story
With recession looming in debt-struck Europe, governments face growing pleas to move away from all-out austerity and inject growth policies as leaders struggle to revive their economies.Full story
The International Monetary Fund welcomed a decision by China’s central bank Saturday to widen the yuan’s trading band against the dollar in a major step towards loosening currency controls.Full story
Business consultant Adrian Mutton says it takes courage for a foreign corporation to make a big-ticket investment in India given the uncertainties thrown up by capricious twists in government policy.Full story
Standard & Poor’s rating agency on Friday confirmed its top AAA long-term credit rating for Britain and maintained a stable outlook for the country that is not a member of the eurozone.Full story