India keen to reduce trade gap with BD

As India is keen to reduce trade gap with Bangladesh, it wants to invest more here in a bid to increase Bangladesh’s export to India.For this purpose, India wants to invest more in the country’s various sectors including power, railways, infrastructure development, garments and ICT.The visiting delegation of India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Abdul Matlub Ahmad addresses a press conference titled ‘Meeting of IBCCI Members with Visiting CII Delegation’ at Nitol-Niloy Centre in the capital on Sunday. Confederation of Indian Industry’s eastern region chairman Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, Pran-RFL Group chairman Ahsan Khan Chowdhury, IFAD Group managing director Taskin Ahmed is also seen in the picture.  Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) led by its chairman (CII eastern region) Chandra Shekhar Ghosh disclosed this at a discussion on ‘Meeting of IBCCI Members with Visiting CII Delegation’ organized by India-Bangladesh Ch...

Bourses begin week in correction

Country’s premier bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) closed today witnessing price correction as the risk-averse investors took cautious position.The shaky investors’ selling spree was observed in the large-cap sectors, especially in bank, engineering, textile and financial institutions sectors.However, the bargain hunters were active on telecom, food and pharma sectors’ stocks. The depressed market outlook kept the investors worried that resulted 12% decrease in turnover over ...

Kohinoor Chemical Co approves 20pc cash dividend

32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Kohinoor Chemical Co. (BD) Limited was held on Sunday at the Officers Club, Baily Road in the capital.Mohammad Obaidul Karim – Chairman of the Companypresided over the meeting w...

National Monument ready for Victory Day

Noman Mahmud, SavarToday is December 16, the Victory Day. All kinds of preparations have been completed at National Martyrs Monument in Savar to celebrate the day in a dignified manner. Housing and Public Works SM Rezaul Karim said that public access to National Monument has been banned for December 08 to December 15 for security reason. It will open for all after paying tribute by the President and the Prime Minister on December 16.By visiting the monument, it is seen that the employees of National Monument are passing busy time to clean the area from morning to night. Adopting multi-level strong security measures, the entire area has been brought under CCTV coverage.Maruf Hossain Sarder, Superintendent of Dhaka Zila Police (SP) said, “Already we have adopted multi-level heavy ...

PM receives treatment at NIOH

No player will be forced to tour Pakistan: Papon

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon said that no players will be forced to visit Pakistan if the government gives its clearance to send the team there for a bilateral series, reports BSS.The Bangladesh national team is scheduled to visit Pakistan in February next for two-match Test and three-match T20 series but the BCB is yet to get the nod from the government.An aged level team of male team and Bangladesh national women’s team earlier visited Pakistan after getting the clearance from the government.The BCB boss said a decision on the national male team’s Pakistan tour will be made within four or five days after which they would take the next course of action.“Earlier we have sent two teams-an aged level male team and Women’s team with the permission from the government. But we are yet to get the clearance for the male team’s tour in Pakistan,” Papon said here today.“If it is a matter of security, the security should be same for all regardless of the aged level team or national team. However I think a decision in this regard will be made within four or five days.”Papon said still there will be lot of issues which should be fixed even if they get the clearance from the government.“The most important issue is to whether the player wants to visit in Pakistan and there are other issues along with that,” the BCB chief informed.He said that the BCB would take the opinion of every player about the tour in Pakistan if they get the clearance from the government about the tour.“We have to talk...

Arable land still decreases

The country is highly dependent on its agriculture. Aside from the fact that a large amount of food for the country comes from this sector, there is also a large amount of food being exported to other...

Be alert against corruption

While addressing the closing and certificate-giving ceremony of the 113th, 114th and 115th BCS Administration on Thursday Prime minister Sheikh Hasina asked government officials to remain alert against bribery and corruption. The premier is rele...

Charismatic Chai Garam

Cypriot cuisine comes to Dhaka

Taste of Asia at Shokudo 101