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  • AFC turns down BFF appeal
  • CMP urged to be more pro-people
  • Ghulam Azam seeks transfer of his case to ICT-2
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Inflation declines slightly to 9.15pc in May

A file photo shows traders filling a sack with paddy at Ashuganj in Brahmanbaria. The overall point-to-point inflation further declined slightly in May to 9.15 per cent but the average inflation in 11 months of the current fiscal year remained in double digit.      — New Age photo
The overall point-to-point inflation further declined slightly in May to 9.15 per cent but the average inflation in 11 months of the current fiscal year remained in double digit. The point-to-point overall inflation decreased to 9.15 per cent in May.. Full story

Private sector credit growth drops further in April

A file photo shows construction workers working at a site in Dhaka. The credit growth in private sector fell further in April due mainly to the declining trend of industrial loan disbursement and overall import payment. — New Age photo
The credit growth in private sector fell further in April due mainly to the declining trend of industrial loan disbursement and overall import payment that affected the growth of the country’s gross domestic products, said BB officials and economists. Full story

Stocks return in positive zone amid volatility

Dhaka stocks returned in positive zone on Tuesday as investors went for bargain hunting after Monday’s massive plunge following court’s rule over market regulators’ special power. Full story

SEC okays Envoy Textile’s Tk 90cr IPO

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday approved Tk 90 crore initial public offering of the Envoy Textiles Ltd with an offer price of Tk 30 including a premium of Tk 20. Full story

BB to release new Tk-5 coin tomorrow

Bangladesh Bank will release new metal coin of Tk 5 denomination with portrait of the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman tomorrow. The coin will be available at the BB’s Motijheel... Full story

Many big companies evade tax: minister

Industries minister Dilip Barua on Tuesday said many big private companies in the country evade tax and VAT despite making hefty profits, and thus help generate ‘black money’. Full story

Market Disclosures

NCC Bank Sultana Yasmen, one of the directors of the company as per company's report dated 09.05.2012, has further reported that... Full story

Euro rises ahead of G7 conference

The euro rose against the dollar and yen in Asian trade on Tuesday as markets awaited talks on Europe’s fiscal crisis and helping debt-hit Spain avoid a meltdown. Full story

Asian stock markets rise after heavy sell-off

Asian markets climbed on Tuesday as dealers took a breather from a recent heavy sell-off caused by concerns over the debt-ridden eurozone and hoped for a positive outcome from key G7 talks. Full story

Spain says markets closing to it as G7 holds meeting

Spain said on Tuesday that credit markets were closing to the eurozone’s fourth biggest economy as finance chiefs of the Group of Seven major economies were to hold emergency talks on the... Full story

India prepares contingency plan for euro meltdown

A grocery shop owner counts rupees notes in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad recently. — Reuters photo
India has prepared a contingency plan for Greece exiting the eurozone and even a collapse of the monetary union, Indian officials said on Tuesday. The eurozone debt crisis has already put a damper on... Full story

Facebook shares continue to fall

Two weeks after the largest, most anticipated IPO in years, Facebook shares keep going down. And down. And down. And investors want to know how far they can go. Full story


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