Share price indices at the country’s twin bourses—Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- gained yesterday, the fourth trading day of the week, reports UNB. The DSE benchmark index, DSEX gained 20.70 points or 0.45 per cent to close at 4527.42 on the day. Of the…

The European Union published its first list of international tax havens yesterday as part of a crackdown on multinational companies trying to avoid paying tax in the 28-nation bloc, AFP reports from Brussels. The list of 30 territories includes Hong Kong and Brunei in Asia, Monaco, Andorra and Guernsey…

Ghana has expressed its willingness to procure jute sacks from Bangladesh for their agricultural products packaging, reports UNB. Ghana gave an official offer to buy jute sacks from Bangladesh when Ghana’s High Commissioner to India with concurrent accreditation to Bangladesh Samuel Panyin Yalley…

The three-day ICT Expo-2015, concluded in the capital yesterday, it saw huge crowds, especially the young ones, in its seminars as experts shed light on new technologies of the most modern innovation of science for everyday use, reports BSS. Yesterday’s seminar was titled “Future Technologies”,…

AFP, TOKYO: Toyota yesterday defended a controversial new share sale that critics, led by overseas institutional investors, derided as a bid to tame shareholder activism. The world’s biggest automaker said 75 per cent of shareholders voted in favour of the plan on Tuesday that will see it sell…

Standard Bank Limited, established in 1991, observed its 16th anniversary yesterday. On the occasion, Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed, chairman of the bank and immediate past president of FBCCI, inaugurated 100th branch of Standard Bank Limited at Karwan Bazar and launched a new mobile financial service--Spot…

Xpress Money, one of the world’s leading money transfer brands, has launched ‘Eid Anando’, an exciting promotion for its Bangladeshi customers, who receive remittances from branches of Agrani Bank Limited across the country, says a press release. All beneficiaries of the country, who…

Mahmudul Khaleque has joined the Premier Bank Limited as deputy managing director (DMD) recently, says press release. Prior to this, he served as senior executive vice president (SEVP) of One Bank Limited. He started his career in 1984 at IFIC Bank, followed by, Eastern Bank, City Bank  and One…

Opera Max, a free data-management and data-saving app from Opera Software, finally made its debut in the country yesterday, says a press release. It can be downloaded from the Google Play store. Opera Max shrinks videos and photos across most apps on mobile data connections – as well as on Wi-Fi…

Mahindra Comviva, a global leader in providing mobility solutions, yesterday announced the launch of enhanced edition of ‘payPLUS’, an integrated payment solution in the capital yesterday, says a press release.   With a full blown omni-channel payPlus is being offered by enabling in…

AFP, CANBERRA: Australia and China signed a landmark trade deal yesterday after a decade of talks, providing a boon for growth and jobs by abolishing tariffs across a raft of sectors. Trade Minister Andrew Robb and visiting Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng formally inked the document in Canberra,…

AFP, TOKYO: Japan posted a $1.75 billion trade deficit in May, a dramatic fall from a year earlier due to a drop in energy imports, but still not enough to offset lacklustre shipments overseas, official data showed yesterday. The gap between imports and exports came in at 216.0 billion yen ($1.75 billion),…

AFP, YANGON: Every morning on his way to work in Yangon, builder Zaw Min Tun takes a swig of water at a Buddhist temple, a vital place to quench a thirst for the many ordinary citizens left behind by Myanmar’s economic boom. Bottled water is among the plethora of consumer industries set to take…

AFP, ATHENS: The Greek central bank warned yesterday that the country could crash out of the eurozone and even the European Union if it fails to reach a bailout deal with international creditors. In one of the starkest warnings so far from a Greek institution, the Bank of Greece said: “Failure…