Bangladesh not yet ready to give India transit: Quader
Businesses want separate industrial park for light engineering sector
Business leaders on Saturday demanded the government set up a separate industrial park for the light engineering sector and allocate special space in the economic zones to promote industrialisation and... Full storyStocks lose 7pc as panic deepens
Dhaka stocks plunged last week, extending the slide for the second week, amid investors’ protests against free fall in share prices on legal battle worries and the finance minister’s remarks about the market, market... Full storyMuhith stresses planned dev of housing sector
Finance minister AMA Muhith on Saturday stressed the need for planned development of the housing sector in the country and asked the Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation to carry out their activities... Full storyPakistan could be vital market for Bangladeshi ceramics, pharmas: envoy
Acting Pakistan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Afzaal Mahmood on Saturday said that Pakistan could become a vital market for Bangladeshi ceramics and pharmaceuticals. At a meeting with the leaders... Full storybti presents new business concept
building technology and ideas ltd has launched ‘GO-Group OwnershipTM’ — an opportunity to acquire real estate with a limited capital and to be assured of substantial rewards at the same time. Full storyECB loosens lending rules to ease funding stress
The European Central Bank is to start accepting a wider range of collateral in its lending operations and assets of a lower quality, it said on Friday, its second such move in six months to neutralise growing funding... Full storyRating agencies under new pressure in Italy
Italian state auditors are investigating whether downgrades of Italy by the three major rating agencies last year hurt the debt-laden country’s finances by making it accelerate austerity measures that have deepened... Full storyBASF gets new MD
N Janakiram Raju has recently been appointed managing director of BASF Bangladesh Ltd. He succeeded Saria Sadique, who took the role of business director - automotive, BASF Corporation Engineering Plastics... Full storyToyota to move Yaris North American production to France
Toyota Motor Corp said it would transfer its Yaris compact car production for North America to France from Japan in May next year, marking the first time the company will export cars from Europe to that market. Full storyGrowth fears spell dour week for Wall Street
Any chance of US markets enjoying a rally last week were torpedoed by warnings about weaker US growth and a sweeping indictment of the world’s largest banks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the five... Full storyMJL Bangladesh Limited
MJL Bangladesh Limited (formerly Mobil Jamuna Lubricants Limited) is the joint venture company between state-owned Jamuna Oil Company and EC Securities Limited (subsidiary of the East Coast Group). Full storyCommodity prices slump on global economic strains
Commodity prices slumped last week, with Brent oil crashing to 18-month lows and metals tumbling, as more dark clouds appeared over an already troubled global economy. Brent crude oil dropped under $90 a... Full storyEuro’s big four agree growth boost, split on bonds
