In its desperate drive to boost revenue collection, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) is going to bring the companies enlisted with the Registrar of…

Prices of most vegetables and essentials in the capital’s kitchen markets came down a bit over the week ending yesterday, reports UNB. Visiting city’s Karwan Bazar, Nayabazar and Shantinagar Kitchen Markets, this correspondent found out that the prices of newly harvested potato, bean, tomato,…

AFP, VIENNA: OPEC appeared on course to maintain current oil output at a meeting yesterday rather than cut production to lift sagging crude prices. Despite oil prices plunging by more than 60 per cent in 18 months, OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia and the cartel's other Gulf state members are defying calls…

Bangladesh has proposed restarting the Uzbek flight between Dhaka and Tashkent to help boost business and trade ties between Bangladesh and Uzbekistan, reports UNB. Bangladesh also urged Uzbekistan to import jute products, fishes, RMG products and pharmaceuticals from Bangladesh as it maintains high…

AFP, TOKYO: The euro held most of its gains yesterday as the European Central Bank's increased economic stimulus fell well short of market expectations. Speculation had swirled for weeks that the ECB would  further loosen its grip on monetary policy and ramp up a vast bond-buying programme…

AFP, LONDON: Sales of new Volkswagen cars collapsed in Britain by nearly a fifth last month as the German carmaker was plagued by fallout from the pollution-cheating scandal, industry data showed Friday. There were 12,958 new registrations of Volkswagen branded vehicles in November, down almost 20 per…

AFP, PARIS: Growth in French private-sector business activity slowed in November following the attacks in Paris, data showed on Thursday. A final Purchasing…

AFP, NEW YORK: Goldman Sachs is developing a virtual currency system that aims to revolutionize securities transactions, according to a US patent application filed by the Wall Street investment bank. The technology, named SETLcoin, would transform the securities "clearing" system, where an…

AFP, TOKYO: A revision of Japanese GDP will be a key trading cue for Tokyo investors next week, after the European Central Bank's revised stimulus…

AFP, PIRACICABA, Brazil: Brazil thinks it has the sweet solution to ridding the world of reliance on fossil fuels for cars and other vehicles: sugar cane…

AFP, JOHANNESBURG: Chinese President Xi Jinping announced $60 billion of assistance and loans for Africa at a summit in Johannesburg yesterday, signalling China's commitment to the continent despite a recent fall in investment. China's economic growth has taken a dip this year, triggering a…

AFP, FRANKFURT: German industrial orders, a key measure of demand for goods in Europe's top economy, rose in October, driven by robust demand from the euro area, the economy ministry said on Friday. Provisional official data showed an increase in orders of 1.8 per cent month-on-month in October,…

AFP, WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund's decision to include China's yuan in its elite reserve currencies basket was based solely on "technical" considerations, spokesman Gerry Rice said Thursday. The IMF yuan announcement on Monday sparked allegations that the IMF was bowing…