Business & Economy
GDP growth would be 6pc in FY-14: Kamal
Business Desk :Despite constraints and unusual situation in the country, the GDP growth rate of Bangladesh is expected to be 6 percent in the current fiscal 2013-14, Planning Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal...
DSE turnover crosses Tk 700cr
UNB, Dhaka :Share price index at the country’s twin bourses – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – began the week on Sunday with moderate gain as the two bourses have...
JICA open to fresh Padma talks
bdnews24.com :The Japan development agency, JICA, is ready to talk again about the Padma bridge project if the government wants, its new chief for Bangladesh says.The new Chief Representative Mikio Hataeda told bdnews24.com that...
Bank Asia opens Agent Banking pilot phase
Business Desk :In an effort to bring the country’s non-banking population under banking network and ensure financial inclusion, Bank Asia has begun Agent Banking pilot phase in Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj district.In the presence...
Boosting local yarn production can revitalize silk sector
BSS, Rajshahi :Boosting production of local yarn can help revitalizing the silk sector to regain its lost legacy, said the sericulture and silk related experts and professional.They viewed that the local consumption could be...
Land revenue collection in Barisal rises to Tk 28.90cr
UNB, Barisal :Collection of land revenue in the district has increased by Tk 9 crore to Tk 78.90 crore in 2013 compared to the previous year.Sources at the Barisal district Land Revenue and Land...
No MFN now, it will be NDMA with Pakistan
PTI, New Delhi :In order to enhance bilateral trade, India and Pakistan yesterday agreed on a non-discriminatory market access (NDMA) programme in place of the MFN regime, besides opening up Wagah-Attari border round the...
