Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has cancelled 30 internet service provider (ISP) licences, including seven nationwide permits as the companies did not apply for renewal after their authorisations expired. According to the Telecommunication Act 2001 (Amendment 2010) it is a…

Japanese expert with the local engineers have conducted systematic retrofitting construction work in a garment factory of Ashulia for the first time in the country to make the RMG unit earthquake resistant. Retrofitting is a technology that could be used to make a vulnerable building earthquake resistant…

AFP, DENPASAR: Ash spewing from an Indonesian volcano closed Bali airport again Sunday, just a day after it reopened, causing fresh travel chaos for weary holidaymakers stranded on the holiday island. Mount Raung on the main island of Java has been erupting for weeks, and on Thursday a cloud of drifting…

AFP, MOSCOW: Russia is considering direct deliveries of fuel to Greece to help prop up its economy, Energy Minister Alexander Novak said yesterday, quoted by Russian news agencies. “Russia intends to support the revival of Greece’s economy by broadening cooperation in the energy sector,”…

Key share price index at the country’s premier bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), crossed the 4600 points mark gaining three consecutive sessions while Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also witnessed gain yesterday, report agencies. DSEX, the broader price index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE),…

AFP, JAKARTA: Indonesia is seeking to rejoin OPEC to get access to cheaper oil supplies as demand soars and domestic production falls, but critics say the move is an unwelcome distraction from efforts to overhaul the country's troubled energy sector. Resource-rich Indonesia, Southeast Asia's…

AFP, BEIJING: China's GDP growth likely slowed further in the second quarter, an AFP survey has found, as a slowdown in investment and trade weighed on the world's second-largest economy. The median forecast in a poll of 14 economists indicates gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 6.9 per cent…

AFP, BRUSSELS:  Germany has drawn up plans for a temporary five-year Greek exit from the euro if it fails to improve its bailout proposals, a European source told AFP Saturday as eurozone finance ministers met in Brussels. “It’s an internal paper, it was not distributed today (at the…

Abdul Razzak, member of National Board of Revenue (tax administration and human resources management), was elected president of Bangladesh Civil Service Taxation Association for 2015-16 while  Alamgir Hossain, director of Central Intelligence Cell,was elected secretary. They were elected in the…

A 19-member new executive committee of Rangpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) has been elected unopposed for the 2015-2017 biennial term, reports BSS from Rangpur. Abdul Kashem, Mostafa Ahmed and Mozammel Haque Dambel have been elected unopposed the president, senior vice-president and vice-president…

Mahindra Comviva, one of the leading companies providing mobility solutions, yesterday introduced its latest version of the Smart Policy Controller Ver.5.0. The new version is designed to help the service providers to reduce the Capex/Opex for managing data traffic and significantly increase the ROI,…

AFP, KUWAIT CITY: Iran should boost trade with its Gulf Arab neighbours if a deal on its nuclear programme sees sanctions and an oil embargo lifted, but higher Iranian crude production could worsen tensions within OPEC, analysts say. As of Saturday, the prospects of such a deal were still very much…

AFP, LONDON: Money was already tight for single mother Nicola Marshall and looks set to get tighter in a new austerity drive in Britain that will affect millions of low-paid workers. “There’s going to be people out there who simply don’t have money to spare,” said the 37-year-old…

AFP, JEDDAH: Residents of the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah are slowly returning to its historic centre, where a Ramzan cultural festival and UN heritage status are giving new life to the old quarter. Last year the United Nations added Jeddah to its UNESCO global heritage list, acknowledging its distinctive…

Earlier this week, Bangladeshi American Shah Talukder, the founder and general manager of Cisco’s Safety and Security Systems Business Unit, launched an app called YakSee, which allows its users to programme their own interactive broadcasting station. The main inspiration behind this invention…