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Vodka blamed for high death risk in Russian men

Russian men who down large amounts of vodka — and too many do — have an “extraordinarily” high risk of an early death, a new study says. Researchers tracked about 151,000 adult men in the Russian cities of Barnaul, Byisk and Tomsk from 1999 to 2010. They interviewed them about their drinking habits and, when about 8,000 later died, followed up to monitor their causes of death. The risk of dying before age 55 for those who said they drank three or more half-liter bottles of vodka a week was a shocking 35 percent. vodka

SJIBL annual managers’ conference held

Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) inaugurated two days long “Annual Managers’ Conference-2014” on Friday at Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in the capital. The opening ceremony of the conference was presided over by its managing director Farman R Chowdhury while the chairman of the Board of Directors of the bank AK Azad was present as chief guest.  Managers Conference JPG-2 AThe meeting evaluated the performance of the last year and...

US economy scored robust growth in 4th quarter

The US economy grew at a robust annual rate of 3.2 percent in the fourth quarter despite the partial government shutdown in October, according to Commerce Department data released yesterday. Growth in gross domestic product was led by pick-up in exports and a strong acceleration in consumer spending, the main driver of the US economy. Most analysts had penciled in 3.0 percent GDP growth in the October- December quarter, following the 4.1 percent pace in the third quarter. us-flag---0

Forex reserve still above 18bn

The country’s foreign exchange reserve is still maintaining an over 18-billion mark remaining at $18,160.61 million as of January 28 this year. The foreign currency reserve also witnessed a rise of $5,117.94 million from the $13,042.67 million registered on January 28 last year, according to statistics released by the Bangladesh Bank on Thursday. remmitance Earlier, on December 19, 2013, Bangladesh’s foreign currency reserves crossed the $18-billion mark for the first time in the country’s history...

Banking system liquidity worries FBCCI

  The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) expressed its concern over the banking system liquidity generating from inertia of the businesses to invest in productive sectors. “Although the target for the growth in private sector credit flow was fixed at 15.5 percent from July-December in 2013, the credit flow at that period was not that satisfactory due to the absence of proper infrastructure as well as business friendly environment caused by political uncertainty,” the apex trade body said in a statement on Thursday. FBCCI

Traders buy 150,000t wheat from Indian

Three traders in Bangladesh have bought 150,000 tonnes of wheat from neighbouring India at prices ranging from $302 to $305 a tonne, including cost of delivery to Chittagong port, two sources said on Wednesday. wheatBangladesh has turned to India for wheat supplies since New Delhi lifted a ban on exports in 2011. Separately, Bangladesh's state grains buyer has received the lowest offer from Glencore of $303 a tonne, including freight, insurance and other expenses, in a tender that opened on Tuesday. Bangladeshi tr...
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