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Stocks tumble for 3rd straight day

Stocks tumbled for the third straight day on Monday in absence of fresh fund injection while selling of shares for cash dragged the indices further down. The broader index at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) sank into the red at the last week’s close that extended this week in the past two trading sessions, reports BSS. “Market is following industry specific fundamentals and economic cues. Investors are watching market triggers closely before setting next trade”, said Lanka Bangla Securities Limited (LBSL). dseThe DSEX lost 15.79 points to close the sessio...

Garment exports decline in July

Exports of readymade garments from Bangladesh registered double-digit decline in the first month of financial year 2015-16, according to the latest government data. In July 2015, Bangladesh earned $2.215 billion in garment exports, showing a decrease of 12.02 per cent compared to exports of $2.518 billion made in the corresponding month of the previous fiscal, Export Promotion Bureau data showed. The decline in the value of garment exports was in tune with the 11.96 per cent drop in overall exports by Bangladesh during the month. One reason for the decline in exports is the holiday

Leather exports slump amid environment concerns

Country’s tannery industry looks set to suffer a big blow as demand for finished leather and leather products in major international markets has been plunging amid grave concerns over the environmental hazard created by the country’s leather industry. Sector insiders say July exports further reflected the sluggish trend that in the country’s leather industry has continued over the last couple of years, Xinhua reported. “Demand for Bangladesh’s finished leather and leather products has been squeezing in international markets owing to concerns over environmental hazard,” said a former president

Nature awareness art exhibition at SUST

A 4- day long nature awareness art exhibition started at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) on Monday (17th August, 2015). The exhibition has been arranged by the Green Explore Society, a nature and environmental organization of SUST campus. The exhibition will be closed on 20th August by this week. The exhibition was inaugurated by the Vice –Chancellor Prof. Dr. Aminul Haque Bhuyan on the DSC01653campus at about 12.30pm, at Arjuntola. After closing the inaugural session SUST VC commented on the inspection b...

Gift offered with Helio S1 per-booking

Edison Group teaming with Grameenphone is going to launch 4G supported premium handset Helio S1. Customers can pre-book Helio S1 from Symphony Smart Plug-In, Symphony Exclusive Priority Outlets and Grameenphone centers (www.grameenphone.com) from 18th August to 25th August, 2015. Each of the first 1,000 pre-bookers will get a flashlight enabled selfie-stick for free and free data offer from Grameenphone. [caption id="attachment_19006" align="alignright" width="540"]slides total slides total[/caption] A customer has to pay Tk. 3,000/- in ad...

Safe drinking water thru’ ‘Drinkable Books’

The next stage is to test the books in larger trials where they are used by local residents A book with pages that can be torn out to filter drinking water has proved effective in its first field trials. In trials at 25 contaminated water sources in Bangladesh, South Africa, and Ghana, the paper successfully removed more than 99% of bacteria. drinkabl-ebook-webThe “drinkable book” combines treated paper with printed information on how and why water should be filtered. Its pages contain nanoparticles of silver or copper, ...
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