Trade deficit widens to $7.34b in 10 months
Safeguard duty on RMG takes toll on export to Turkey
Bangladesh’s export to turkey has reduced by 20 per cent in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year, mainly because of the 17 per cent safeguard duty imposed by the European country on Bangladeshi readymade garments. Full storyReducing inflation to 7.5pc will be major challenge: economists
Bringing down the inflation to 7.5 per cent will be a major challenge for the government in the financial year of 2012-2013 as it will have to increase the prices of fuel oil and power as per IMF prescription, economists said on... Full storyHigh bank borrowing by govt could hit capital market: bourses
Govt to import eggs, chicks ahead of Ramadan
The government has decided to import eggs and day-old chicks ahead of the Ramadan to contain the spiralling prices and meet the protein demand. The imported eggs and chickens would reach the country before the Ramadan... Full storyOnline trading starts at DSE today
The Dhaka Stock Exchange will launch today its web-based trading system which will enable investors to place buy or sell orders directly via internet. The Securities and Exchange Commission chairman M Khairul Hossain will... Full storyUnited Airways to fly Ctg–Kolkata from June 18
United Airways (BD) Limited, the country’s one of the private airlines, will restart flying on Chittagong–Kolkata route from June 18 to carry passengers from Hazrat Shah Amanat International Airport, Chittagong. Full storyUS stocks rebound to year’s best weekly gain
After five weeks in a slump, US investors turned their backs on more worrisome news from Europe and poor US economic data to deliver the markets their best week so far this year. With Spain’s banking sector plunging into crisis mode... Full storyChina economy weak in May, inflation at 2-yr low
Eurozone ministers consider Spanish bailout
