Jatiya Garments Sramik Federation formed a human chain in front of the Jatiya Press Club on Wednesday protesting termination of workers of Grameen Knitwear in Dhaka EPZ and withdrawal of false cases against the workers.

2 Apr 2015, 12:00 am0

Fed favors gradual rate approach

AFP, Chicago :Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday used his first speech as central bank chief to offer a rosy view of the world’s largest economy while predicting only gradual interest rate hikes. Powell, who took office in February, also said the Fed’s drawdown of its bond-buying stimulus program was proceeding “smoothly.” Global stock markets have been anxious to divine the US central bank’s next moves, fearing a faster pace of interest rate hikes could slow the world’s largest...

8 Apr 2018, 12:00 am