DHAKA: The textile industry of the country is all set to hold its first-ever exhibition in the UK in a bid to accelerate its growth by creating outsourcing scope as well as markets all over the globe.Alliant event management in Bangladesh and GenX UK Limited jointly will organise the fair

KHULNA: Chittagong Stock Exchange organized its 2nd road show on Internet Trading Service (ITS) in Khulna on Saturday to make Internet-based trading popular among local investors.Investors in the CSE so far are reluctant to use the ITS for lack of knowledge of the services. The ITS was

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank is going to introduce LED lamps (light emitting diode) in governor’s floor next month in a bid to save power consumption. “We will introduce LED lamps to save energy as the country is facing worst crisis in this sector,” Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor Dr. Atiur

DHAKA: Investment Corporation of Bangladesh Limited (ICB) on Thursday declared dividends of its 15 mutual funds for the 2009-10 fiscal.Of mutual funds, eight funds are being running by Investment Corporation of Bangladesh Limited and others by ICB Asset Management Company Limited.The

DHAKA: The government Thursday announced Tk 3,000 as the minimum wage for readymade garment workers, nearly doubling the amount from Tk 1,662.50, although the labour side stuck to their guns for a much higher pay.Labour and Employment Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain made the

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman Thursday warned the commercial banks of their over enthusiastic investment in the capital market.  “You must make the banking sector risk-free and must not push the sector into an extra-risk for temporary profit,” he said addressing the

DHAKA: The dormant development paradigm embodied in PPP got a boost as the government Thursday decided to turn Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund (BIFF) into a company for attracting private investment into country’s infrastructure sectors.With Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the

CHITTAGONG: Chittagong City Corporation (DCC) Thursday announced a Tk 741.51 crore budget for 2010-11 fiscal, giving priority to removal of the perennial problem of water logging from the port city. The newly elected CCC mayor, M Manjur Alam, announced the budget in a press conference at

CHITTAGONG: Two more ships with 5,000 dead weight tonnes capacity are now ready for export to Germany. Western Marine Shipyard, a local shipbuilding company, has built the “EMS Sea” and “EMS River” which can carry cargo and container, Managing director of Western Marine Md

DHAKA: Apparel owners conditionally agreed to a 7-grade wage structure for the workers with Tk 3000 fixed as the minimum take-home pay. The wage structure was determined Tuesday at the final meeting of the wage board for the workers formed by the government. The labour side of the

DHAKA: State-owned Janata Bank is set to launch a savings scheme to attain economic prosperity of the low-income people. First of its kind by the bank, the ‘small savings project at home’ scheme will be introduced in Tongi.The project will serve the low-income people and make them

DHAKA: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Tuesday approved right share of three companies.Executive director of SEC Anwarul Kabir Bhuiyan confirmed banglanews24.com.bd that a meeting of the SEC approved right share of Confidence Cement, Asia Pacific Insurance and Daffodil

DHAKA: Work atmosphere and workers’ wages in factories topped the agenda as a high-powered delegation from the United States Trade Representatives (USTR) met country’s garment exporters’ apex body the BGMEA on Tuesday. The two-member delegation comprising Carlos H Romeo, Deputy

DHAKA: Finance Minister AMA Muhith Tuesday said civic amenities alike urban society must be ensured in the villages if to halt rural-to-urban internal migration that appears to have assumed a crisis proportion. “People from villages are rushing towards the cities because we failed to

DHAKA: City Bank has launched country’s first international standard airport lounge at Hazral Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday.Shafiqul Alam Mehdi, Secretary of Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry, inaugurated the lounge, the Bank at a press conference said.Chairman of City

DHAKA: A high-powered delegation from the United States Trade Representatives (USTR) office is due here Tuesday for a spot view of industrial situation before giving a decision on the much-sought-after Globalized System of Preference (GSP) for trading Bangladesh products on the American

DHAKA: A high-powered delegation from the United States Trade Representatives (USTR) office is due here Tuesday for a spot view of industrial situation before giving a decision on the much-sought-after Globalized System of Preference (GSP) for trading Bangladesh products on the American

SAVAR: Trouble-ridden three factories of Nasa Group at Ashulia here reopened Monday after four days of closure following labor unrest.But, about 500 workers remained absent in their work places on the first day of opening to avoid arrest following filing of a case by the garments

DHAKA: Privatisation Commission chief Dr Mirza Abdul Jalil on Monday expressed his firm commitment to privatise 23 public industries. “These public industries must be privatised and the process is now on in this regard,” Jalil told a news conference here. Jalil’s statement came

CHITTAGONG: Chittagong Port dockworkers Monday postponed their two-hour work abstention following assurance by the port authorities to meet their demands.Leaders of Dock Bandar Sramik-Karmachari Federation announced the postponement of their agitation programme on Sunday night after