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RMG workers stage demo in city

-- 2017-11-17 12:00:00

Hundreds of garment workers vandalised several vehicles while staging demonstration in the capitals’ Mirpur area on Friday morning demanding their due salaries Workers of Trust Trousers Ltd van...

Grameenphone to bring iPhoneX from Dec 1  

-- 2017-11-17 12:00:00

Grameenphone, one of the leading telecommunication service providers in the country, is set to offer the new generation of iPhone from December 7. Customers will be able to pre-order iPhone X from De...

Johnson & Johnson wins California lawsuit claim

-- 2017-11-17 11:53:45

A California jury on Thursday ruled in favor of Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit by a woman who said she developed the cancer mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos in the company’s talc...

Enlisting expats gets hamstrung as missions lack trained staffers

Arafat Ara 2017-11-17 10:17:58

The programme to enlist expatriate Bangladeshis in an official database has been held back by a lack of skilled personnel at overseas missions, officials familiar with the situation said. The Wage Ea...

Dollar price dips to four-week low

-- 2017-11-17 03:58:12

The dollar slipped to a four-week low against the yen on Friday, after a newspaper report of possible Russian interference in the US election. The report overshadowed any support for the dollar from...

Gold price rises as dollar weakens

-- 2017-11-17 03:51:24

Gold price edged higher on Friday as the dollar weakened as investigators looking into possible Russian interference in the US presidential election. Spot gold was up 0.2 per cent at $1,281.51 per ou...

Oil prices steady on lingering oversupply

-- 2017-11-17 03:42:41

Oil prices were steady on Friday but on track for the first weekly fall in six weeks, under pressure from surging US supplies and creeping doubts over Russian support for continuing a cut in crude out...

Oil slides after IEA casts doubt over demand outlook

-- 2017-11-16 12:52:03

Oil prices fell by 1.0 per cent on Wednesday, continuing Tuesday's slide after the International Energy Agency cast doubts over the past few months' narrative of tightening fuel markets, reports Reute...

Dollar rebounds from four-week lows

-- 2017-11-16 12:00:00

The dollar rebounded from four-week lows against the yen on Thursday, as global markets regained some of their risk appetite after a sharp sell-off in stocks and the greenback over the past week. As...

Three-day Ceramic Expo kicks off Nov 30

-- 2017-11-16 12:00:00

Country’s first ever ceramic products exhibition titled "Ceramic Expo Bangladesh-2017" will be held from November 30 to December 2 at the International Convention City Bashundhara, Dhaka. Bangl...

Mi phone shows its dominance in South Asia

-- 2017-11-16 12:00:00

Xiaomi has indeed been producing one of the most attractive phones with amazing specifications and has been providing it to the customers at an affordable price. Xiaomi showed its dominance in the g...

Manmohan Parkash ADB’s new Country Director

-- 2017-11-16 11:35:49

Manmohan Parkash has been appointed as the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) new Country Director for its Bangladesh resident mission. Parkash, as the Country Director, will oversee the implementa...

Jhilmil project: Malaysia to build 13,920 flats

-- 2017-11-16 08:35:53

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha (RAJUK) and Malaysian BNG Global Holdings SDN BHD and Consortium have signed an agreement for constructing 13,920 apartments in Jhilmil residential area. RAJUK Chairman...

Gold price inches down

-- 2017-11-16 03:44:24

Gold edged lower on Thursday as upbeat US economic data bolstered the possibility of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates next month and beyond. Spot gold was down 0.1 per cent at $1,276.95 per...

Oil rises on hope for OPEC output cuts

-- 2017-11-16 03:31:12

Global oil markets edged up on Thursday as expectations that OPEC will extend production cuts at a meeting at the end of this month outweighed rising US crude production and inventories. Brent crude...

BD, India need cross-border investment: Shahriar

-- 2017-11-15 05:29:06

Bangladesh and India northeastern states need to contribute to cross-border flow of investments to take maximum advantage of the geographical contiguity. State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar...

Bangla Trac Group, BPDB ink power purchase deal

FE Online Desk 2017-11-14 12:00:00

Bangla Trac Group has inked a power purchase agreement with the state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) to buy a total of total 400mw power recently, said a statement. State Minister of...

Mobile users now over 140m, claims BTRC

-- 2017-11-14 12:00:00

The number of mobile phone users in Bangladesh has crossed 140 million (14 crore), according to a statistics disclosed by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).   The sam...

Seven SIBL directors resign

-- 2017-11-14 12:00:00

Seven members of board of directors of the Social Islami Bank Ltd (SIBL) have resigned during a board meeting, weeks after a hostile takeover. SIBL Chairman Anwarul Azim Arif said on Tuesday that fou...

EEC postpones visit to BD over amendments to draft deal

Rezaul Karim 2017-11-14 11:03:03

Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) has postponed its visit to Bangladesh until February next due to further amendments to the draft deal on trade and economic cooperation, officials said. A high-powe...

B’desh chooses eight priority areas for Saudi investment

Syful Islam 2017-11-14 10:21:59

Bangladesh has selected eight prospective sectors expecting a large volume of investment from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), officials said. A high-powered business delegation from Riyadh is sche...

Uber launches bike-sharing service in Dhaka

-- 2017-11-14 06:40:14

Ride-hailing service Uber launched its bike-sharing product, UberMOTO, in Dhaka. The bike-sharing product will bring another option to riders to get from one place to another at the tap of a button....

Uber's South Asia policy chief steps down

-- 2017-11-14 01:25:17

Uber’s chief of policy for India and South Asia has quit, two sources familiar with the matter said on Monday, in the latest high-level departure at the online taxi company. Shweta Rajpal Kohli...

Move to boost trade ties with Indonesia

Talha Bin Habib 2017-11-13 12:01:08

The government has taken an initiative to increase bilateral trade with Indonesia and attract Indonesian investors to various sectors of Bangladesh, officials said. As part of the move, the commerce...

Dhaka homeowners protest holding-tax hike

FE Report 2017-11-13 11:29:03

Terming the proposed holding-tax hike 'exorbitant', a platform of Dhaka's landlords rejected Sunday the rate of raise and made a five-point demand, including cancellation of the decision. They also u...

New instt to boost maize, wheat production

-- 2017-11-13 09:51:08

Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) on Monday passed 'The Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute Bill, 2017' to set up an institute for conducting research on wheat and maize, seeking to boost their pr...

Sheltech winter festival begins Thursday

FE Online Desk 2017-11-13 06:50:04

Country's leading real estate company Sheltech has arranged Winter Festival 2017 to begin from Thursday. The event will end on November 26, says a press release. During the festival, Sheltech will o...

FSIBL relocates Shafipur Branch

-- 2017-11-13 02:39:22

First Security Islami Bank Limited (FSIBL) relocated its Shafipur Branch to a new premises at KZ Tower of Shafipur Bazar in Gazipur. Sunday's move was taken with a view to providing Shariah-based mod...

Walton offer: School teacher wins 0.1 million cash

FE Online Desk 2017-11-12 12:26:11

A school teacher in Dohar on the outskirts of Dhaka city received Tk 0.1 million after he bought a Walton brand refrigerator on Thursday. Ajit Kumer Sarker, an assistant head teacher of Islamabad Hig...

China shopping festival smashes records

-- 2017-11-12 11:29:18

Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, said on Saturday its Singles’ Day sales extravaganza hit $25.4 billion, smashing its own record from last year and cementing it as the world’s bigges...