Friday, 29 Nov, 2024

Business

DSE, CSE witnessing gain

DHAKA: Key share price index at both Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) is now witnessing positive trend on Monday, the second trading day of the week.However, DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, reached at 4,811.00 points by 12:36pm, starting from 4,801.15

Stocks down slightly in early trading

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway showing downward trend in share-price indices on Monday.DSEX, the prime index Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), shed over two points to stand at 4799 at 10:38 am.Trade deals stood at 913 with transaction at Tk 29 million. Of the issues

Stocks down slightly in early trading

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway showing downward trend in share-price indices on Monday.DSEX, the prime index Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), shed over two points to stand at 4799 at 10:38 am.Trade deals stood at 913 with transaction at Tk 29 million. Of the issues

Stocks end lower Sunday

DHAKA: Country's stock market marked significant fall in its price indices on Sunday.DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 22 points only to stand at 4,801 at the close on the first trading day of the week.Trade deals stood at 51860 with volume of transactions at Tk

Market showing negative

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway with downward trend of share-price indices on Sunday.DSEX, the prime Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 33 points to stand at 4,790 at 1:18pm.Trade deals stood at 29010 with volume of transactions at Tk 489 million.Of the issues

Kamal Mostafa made SBL vice-chairman

DHAKA: Kamal Mostafa Chowdhury has been made the vice-chairman of Standard Bank Limited (SBL).The SBL authorities made the statement through a press release on Saturday.However, Kamal Mostafa Chowdhury, a renowned businessman of Chittagong, is also the director of Bangladesh-Malaysia

Tofail opens Bangladesh pavilion

DHAKA: Commerce Minster Tofail Ahmed Friday inaugurated the Bangladesh pavilion at the 27th Industrial India Trade Fair in Kolkata of West Bengal. During the inauguration, the minister said that India, Bangladesh, China and Myanmar together can build a strong regional economic corridor.

Tofail for removal of Indian tariffs

DHAKA: Bangladesh Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed Friday called for removal of bilateral trade barriers from India to boost trade between the two countries.   “If the present situation of tariffs is removed, we can import greater quantities from India,” the minister told IANS on the

China adds 13 million jobs in 2014

DHAKA: China’s economy is creating more than 13 million new jobs this year, the Xinhua news agency cited the labour ministry as saying on Thursday, outstripping the official target despite slower economic growth.China added 10.82 million new jobs in the first nine months of this year,

Foreign loan, grant pledges drop by 37.6pc

DHAKA: Commitments of loans and grants made by international lenders and development partners declined by 37.6 per cent in the first five months of the current fiscal year compared with that of corresponding period of the last year.From July to November of 2014-2015 FY, development

Bourses see fall Wednesday

DHAKA:  Investors witnessed sharp fall in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Wednesday.DSEX, the broad index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed over 15 points to stand at 4,823 at the close on the fourth trading day of the week.Trade deals stood at 62364 with transaction at

Stocks witness fall Tuesday

DHAKA: The prices of the most of the shares of both Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed a negative trend from the early hours of trading on Tuesday.DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down to 4,838.75 points at 2:30pm during the closing while it

ACC grills 3 Sonali Bank officials

DHAKA: The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday grilled three officials of state-run Sonali Bank’s local office in an inquiry into a loan scam of Tk 600 crore. The questioned are Jahangir Helal, senior officer of the bank’s local office along with his two colleagues Mosharraf

US $24bln to be invested in power sector

DHAKA: State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid Bipu on Monday categorically said around $24 billion foreign investment would come in the power sector in the next six years, which will create huge jobs.He made the disclosure while addressing a discussion meeting marking Victory Day,

DI organises anti-violence conference in Bogra

DHAKA: Approximately 60 academic, business, civil society, political and religious leaders from Dhaka, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari and Rajshahi participated in the “Stop Violence, Build a Peaceful Nation” organised by Democracy International (DI), says a press release.The conference

Stocks witness mixed trends Monday

DHAKA: Key share price indexes at both Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed mixed trends on Monday. Both the bourses were witnessing a positive trend in the early hours of trading but later the price indexes of DSE and CSE went down. However, after

Stocks witnessing gain

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway showing gain in share-price indices on Monday.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose over 19 points to stand at 4,869 at 1:09 pm.Trade deals stood at 46226 with transaction at Tk 1494 million.Of the issues traded, 147

Pakistan among 14 countries to participate

DHAKA: Like every year, the Dhaka International Trade Fair, the largest exposition participated by local and foreign entrepreneurs, is going to be kicked off in city’s Agargaon on January 1 in 2015. The Ministry of Commerce is organizing the 20th International Trade Fair where some 14

Bank for civil servants recommended

DHAKA: The National Pay Services Commission (NSPC) has recommended the formation of a separate bank named "Sommriddhi Shopan" for civil servants.NSPC chairman Mohammed Farashuddin told the journalists after submitting the commission’s report to Finance Minister AMA Muhith Sunday

Market showing mixed

DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses --Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange --is underway showing mixed trend in share-price indices on Sunday.DSEX, the prime index of DSE, shed over nine points to stand at 4846 at 11:37 am.Trade deals stood at 15279 with