Country’s call-money market is witnessing accelerated transactions as both the lending and borrowing increased throughout the last one week thanks to the changed and improved political climate following the January 5 national election.
As the demand for cash rises, the weighted average rate of interest on the overnight borrowing from the money market increased to 7.21 percent Sunday from 7.15 percent a week ago.
Bangladesh Bank data show that a total of Tk 6623.50 crore was transacted at the call...
India and Bangladesh have initiated the process to end a five-decade row over a river island in south Tripura. Surveyors of both countries are engaged in demarcating the boundary at Muhurichar, the disputed 66-acre piece of land for which border forces on both sides have fought on numerous occasions in the past five decades.
The surveyors assisted by the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) are marking the border for the past couple of days. “Temporary pillars are b...
THE men from a village of beautiful Bangladesh were shouting, beating the ground with long sticks.
Crouching down, growling and marauding, is not a royal bengal tiger but one of their own.
It’s just past dusk and the band of villagers - a bit like volunteer rural firefighters - are demonstrating how they balance protecting the endangered bengal tiger, the national animal of Bangladesh, with safeguarding the village community.
We’re in the Sundarban of Bangladesh - a vast natural wonderland seen by few Westerners. The UNESCO World Heritage Site is the largest mangrove forest-wetland in the world and is populated by hundreds of bird and fish species, reptiles, deer and dolphins - an...
Bangladesh has overtaken India in readymade garment exports despite the recent setbacks it received like instances of building collapses and fire at manufacturing units, says a study by Exim Bank.
Between January and October 2013, readymade shipments by Indian exporters to the US grew 6.3% to $3.2 billion, while the same by Bangladesh jumped 11.4% at $4.9 billion, the premier export finance agency said.
"In the absence of latest data, imports by the US are a very good benchmark of understanding the latest trends. Bangladesh has been aggressively pushing the garment exports and has made a slew of policy changes to facilitate those," Exim Bank chief general manager Pra...
The 2nd meeting of the Board of Directors of Bangladesh Thai Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BTCCI) for the term 2013-2015 was held on Saturday at its conference room in the city.
Sajjatus Jumma, President of the chamber presided over the meeting while Rashed Maksud Khan, Former DCCI President and BTCCI Founder President, Zafar Osman, former DCCI President and BTCCI Director, Asif Ibrahim, former DCCI President and BTCCI Director were present on the occasion.
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Lions Club of Dhaka Dilkusha Green under Lions Clubs International, District 315 A1, Bangladesh distributed blankets among the poor cold stricken people.
District Chairperson and Charter President of Lions Club of Dhaka Dilkusha Green Ln. Mohammad Mizanur Rahman handed over blankets among the cold stricken people.
Club Secretary Ln. Qamar Uddin Ahmed, 1st Vice-President Ln. Hasan Mahmud, 2nd Vice-President Ln. Shafiqul Alam, Joint Secretary Ln. Muhammad Masud Rana, Director Ln. Kazi imtiaz Ud...
