DHAKA: Industry experts believe that Bangladesh's share of worldwide textile and garment exports will increase from currently 2.8 percent to 3.8 percent by 2020.To date, Bangladesh is the largest exporter of ready-made garments (RMGs) after China, reports fashionunited.co.uk on

DHAKA: Both two bourses of the country witnessed mixed trend in share-price indices on Wednesday. The broad index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, rose over 12 point to stand at 4,979 at the close on the fourth trading day of the week. Trade deals stood at 177384 with transaction at Tk

DHAKA: Bangladesh recorded a trade surplus for the very first time since independence. The trade surplus was recorded for this year’s July, officials said Tuesday, reports the shanghaidaily.com on Tuesday. It said that Bangladesh Bank (BB) senior spokesman GM Abul Kalam Azad told

FROM UN HEADQUARTERS: Norwegian Prime Minster Erna Solberg gave thanks to her Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina for the South Asian country’s achievement in the information and technology (IT) sector.Hasina also asked Erna to come up with more investment from Norway on the IT

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked the commercial banks to keep open their branches, which deal with the garment industries, on October 3, though a public holiday, prior to Eid-ul-Azha. The central bank on Tuesday issued a circular, signed by its deputy general manager, to the banks

DHAKA: Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday categorically said recommendations of the Pay and Services Commission would be implemented from the next fiscal. “The recommendations of the pay commission will be implemented from the next July,” he said. The finance minister told the

DHAKA: ‘Computer Jogot’ has arranged a three-day e-commerce fair that will be started on September 25 at the premises of Public Library at Shahbagh in city in a bid to extend the online market in the country and, above all, to promote the younger entrepreneurs.State Minister for

DHAKA: Chairman and Managing Director and Member of the Board to United Airways, an enlisted company to stock exchange, Captain Tasbirul Ahmed Choudhury has resigned from his post.Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) website published the matter on Tuesday.The Board of Directors of the company

DHAKA: United Commercial Bank Limited (UCBL) has donated Tk 1 crore to the Prime Minster’s fund to rehabilitate the flood victim people.Recently, UCBL chairman a MA Hashem and its executive committee chairman Anisuzzaman Chowdhury Ronee handed over the check to Prime Minister

KUALA LUMPUR (MALAYSIA): Networld Computer at Low Yat Plaza ‘Malaysia’s Largest IT Lifestyle Mall’ in Kuala Lumpur is providing attractive offers for the students studying in Malaysia.Networld is giving free servicing including chances of buying and selling laptops of local and

DHAKA: The Anti Corruption Commission Chairman M Badiuzzaman has gone to the USA to hold meetings with Attorney General, lawyers and economic crime specialists on various issues including bringing back the money that were laundered during the tenure of last three governments.Besides

DHAKA: Leading mobile financial service provider in the country bKash Limited offers 10 percent cash back for its wallet users on account of celebration of Eid-ul-Azha, says a press release.The release also said, “The wallet users can avail the offer by paying through bKash while

DHAKA: Walton has already won hearts of Nepalese for its high standard products and their affordable prices, said former Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal.Madhav, as chief guest, in his speech, applauded the leading Bangladeshi brand Walton while addressing its Nepal

DHAKA: French flag carrier Air France on Monday offered to freeze the expansion of its low-cost operation in a bid to end the longest strike at the airline since 1998.As the strike entered its second week, management said it would halt the development of its leisure subsidiary

DHAKA: National Board of Revenue (NBR) member Bashir Uddin Ahmed said that income tax return can be submitted through online from next year.He came up with the assertion while talking to media at National Income Tax Fair in city on Monday.Bashir Uddin said that the time for submitting

DHAKA: With the slogan of ‘Aykore prabriddhi, desh o dosher samriddhi’ (growth in income tax, prosperity in country) the 5th National Income Tax Fair is going on across the country.The fair, organized by National Board of Revenue (NBR), aims to sweep away the fear regarding income

DHAKA: Planning Commission member Arastoo Khan has been appointed as acting chairman of state-owned Agrani Bank.The bank and financial institutions division of finance ministry on Sunday issued a gazette notification in this connection. The post fell vacant on September 7 as the

DHAKA: Country's stock market marked gain in its price indices on Monday.The broad index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, rose over 11 points only to stand at 4,914 at the close on the second trading day of the week.Trade deals stood at 220,249 with volume of transactions at Tk 9,923

DHAKA: France’s transport minister warned on Sunday that the fate of Air France was in the balance as the flag carrier prepared to enter the second week of a crippling pilots’ strike.The stoppage, which has already run for seven days, is the longest suffered by Air France in 16

DHAKA: ‘Bangladesh Fashion Carnival-2014’, a five-day international fair of branded clothing and fashion products is going to be started from Wednesday at city’s Emmanuell’s Banquet Hall in Gulshan-1.Sources told banglanews that about 40 companies from home and abroad are