The implementation status of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) including that of self-financed projects during the first month (July) of the current fiscal year (FY16) reached 1 per cent with an overall expenditure of Tk 714.08 crore, reports UNB. The implementation rate is, however, one per cent…

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a leading think tank of India, has welcomed the recent decision of the Delhi government to mandate recycled products from construction, demolition (C&D) waste in all future contracts for building works and road works to be taken up by Delhi government and…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday underscored the need for the proper utilisation of the lands of closed state-run industries saying that no public industry would be privatised in the future, reports UNB The prime minister said this while presiding over the second meeting of the National Council…

Ambassador to the United States Mohammad Ziauddin has met with three Congressmen to argue for the restoration of trade benefits for Bangladeshi products in the US market under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP). He also discussed with the Congressmen—Peter T King, Carolyn Maloney and…

Head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Alfonso Lenhardt is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka tomorrow on a four-day visit to discuss how both countries can work together further to achieve Bangladesh’s 2021 Vision, reports UNB During his stay in Dhaka, Lenhardt will…

AFP, TOKYO: The dollar ticked up against the yen yesterday as Chinese authorities moved to shore up the world’s number two economy and reverse a global stock market bloodbath. In Tokyo, the dollar changed hands at 119.36 yen, up from 118.84 yen in New York late Tuesday. Fears over slowing growth…

Stock market rebounded yesterday, arresting the fall that continued in the last three consecutive trading sessions and taking the turnover to a two-month low, reports BSS. The broader price index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) eased up to 4805.65 with 12.72 points gain when the blue-chip DS30 and the…

Bangladesh Bank (BB) yesterday asked some selective banks to provide loans from its refinancing scheme to dairy farmers for buying and raising calves, reports BSS. The central bank in a circular asked the banks to give up to Tk 200,000 to a dairy farmer for buying and raising cows. The directive was…

AFP, NEW YORK: A former JPMorgan Chase analyst and two friends were arrested in California on Tuesday on charges they made more than $600,000 on insider trading deals, the Justice Department said. According to the indictment, Ashish Aggarwal worked as an analyst for the US bank in San Francisco from…

AFP, TOKYO: Japanese auto giant Toyota said yesterday it would gradually restart operations in Tianjin after halting production in the wake of deadly explosions at a hazardous goods facility in the Chinese port city. The firm said workers will begin preparatory work today to restart a factory kept offline…

AFP, SHANGHAI: European markets joined Asia on a roller-coaster session yesterday, as China’s interest rate cut showed no sign of ending a crisis fuelled by fears over stalling growth in the world’s number-two economy. Frazzled investors sent Europe’s top indexes falling by more than…

Walton has been awarded with Bdjobs.com Best Employer Award 2014 as recognition of its remarkable contribution to the development of human resources. Walton excelled on all the five pre defined areas as work environment, management culture and practice, career prospects and proper salary structure,…

In my job, meeting central bankers is par for the course. It goes with the territory, reports BBC. But it’s not every day you meet one like India’s…

AFP, SYDNEY: Australia’s city of Newcastle, which claims to be the world’s biggest coal export port, said yesterday it will pull money out…