• Politicisation of public university teachers’ recruitment must end
  • Prices of chickens, eggs rise further
  • Two-day programme welcomes Baishakh
  • Limiting of public sector credit growth within 31pc unlikely
  • Syria forces kill 4 ahead of UN team’s arrival
  • No govt help for evicted slum dwellers
  • BCB agrees to send Tigers to Pakistan
  • GM, commandant suspended, Suranjit’s APS sacked
  • BAF getting multibillion taka revamp
  • Living beyond means
  • Govt needs to ensure supply of quality jute seeds
  • A global fair trade: Unctad’s lesson
  • Diverse culture displayed at Shilpakala
  • Govt to request CJ for HC bench for securities cases
  • Titanic sinking marked 100 years on
  • Rain or thundershowers likely
  • Kamal springs big surprise
  • HC issues order to stop process till PIL hearing
  • 15 HC judges sworn in
  • The ‘heavy lie’ and a ‘little man’
  • Pahela Baishakh celebrated
  • BUET teachers vow to continue strike
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Limiting of public sector credit growth within 31pc unlikely

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

Govt to request CJ for HC bench for securities cases

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

DSE turnover crosses Tk 1,200cr

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

GDP growth to be close to 7pc, says Muhith

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

IMF funds drive caught in global power shift

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

Tariff body sits today to discuss cotton import

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

GPH Ispat, Padma Life to debut on DSE on Wednesday

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

Global growth worries pound US stocks

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

Market Disclosures

Southeast Bank 1st Mutual Fund 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 drop on slower Chinese growth

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

Europe struggles to inject growth as recession looms

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

China to widen yuan trading band against dollar

A file photo shows an employee counts US dollar banknotes at a branch of Huaxia Bank in Shenyang, Liaoning province in China. — Reuters photo
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

India sours for foreign investors

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

S&P confirms top AAA rating for Britain

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


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