Tobacco impediment to attaining SDGs
Staff Reporter :Tobacco has emerged as a major impediment to attaining Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To meet the SDG targets by 2030, there is no...
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‘Suicidal thoughts strike every day’: India’s sextortion scourge
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Samsung named ‘No 1 Mobile Handset Brand’ in BD for 5th time in a row
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Preparation key to facing challenges: FBCCI
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Bkash remains country’s best brand for 4 consecutive years
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Orion Infusion retracts previous plan, will give 20pc cash dividend
Business Report :Orion Infusion has decided to give 20 per cent cash dividend to its investors for 2021-22.However, the company’s initial plan was to declare...
Dhaka stocks rise, but turnover declines Business Report Stocks returned to the green on Wednesday after falling for two consecutive days, but the turnover of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) experienced a fall. The DSEX, the benchmark index of the DSE, advanced 15 points, or 0.25 per cent, to 6,195. The DS30, the blue-chip index, rose 0.12 per cent to 2,194 while the DSES, the index that represents shariah-based companies, up 0.24 per cent to 1,355. Among the traded companies, 74 advanced, 91 declined and 168 remained the same. Turnover, an important indicator of the market, hit Tk 258 crore, which is 4 per cent lower than the previous day’s Tk 269 crore. Islami Commercial Insurance posted the highest appreciation, rising 9.87 per cent, while Orion Infusion surged 8.7 per cent and eGeneraion Ltd advanced over 7 per cent. Tallu Spinning Mills suffered the sharpest fall, sliding 1 per cent. Here, Renwick Jasneswa, Eastern Lubricants, and Libra Infusion also dropped by around 1 per cent each. Orion Infusion was the most-traded stock on the day with its shares worth Tk 23 crore transacted.
Business Report :Stocks returned to the green on Wednesday after falling for two consecutive days, but the turnover of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) experienced...
World economy to face more pain in 2023 after a gloomy year
AFP, Paris :This was supposed to be the comeback year for the world economy following the Covid pandemic.Instead, 2022 was marked by a new war,...
