In a bid to take the country’s Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector into the fast lane, the first ever BPO Summit jointly organised by the…

The capital city of the country would soon see an appreciable improvement in the traffic movement as the construction Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) and the…

Young volunteers and social entrepreneurs have vowed to work together and contribute more to sustainable development as the word is changing fast. They got together to celebrate the International Volunteer Day (IVD) through a pitching competition for inspirational and innovative projects organized by…

President Abdul Hamid yesterday urged Qatar to take more skilled manpower from Bangladesh ahead of FIFA World Cup 2022 to be hosted by the gulf country, reports UNB. The president made the request when newly appointed Ambassador of Qatar to Bangladesh Ahmed Bin Mohammed Nasser Al-Dohalmi presented his…

XINHUA, BEIJING: China will introduce more favorable policies to help domestic enterprises go global, an official from the Ministry of Commerce said. The ministry will partner with other ministries to push policies for outbound investment, cooperation among countries participating in the Belt and Road…

AFP, SINGAPORE: Oil stayed below $40 a barrel in Asia yesterday after the OPEC cartel decided against slashing high output levels and traders turned their attention on a US central bank meeting next week. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for delivery in January was down 33 cents at $39.64 and Brent…

Heavy selling of large-cap securities yesterday broke the gaining streak on the country’s twin stock exchanges when the benchmark indices were considerably down, reports BSS. DSEX - the broader index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) - experienced a steep drop within the first 30 minutes of trading,…

AFP, HONG KONG: Asian stock markets climbed yesterday after another strong US jobs reading provided fresh evidence the economy is recovering and reinforced…

AFP, ISTANBUL: Tensions with Russia could cost Turkey's economy nine billion dollars in the worst case scenario of "zero relations", Turkish Deputy Prime Minister said yesterday. Moscow has imposed a series of economic sanctions against Ankara after Turkish fighter jets shot down a Russian…

AFP, BEIJING: China's foreign exchange reserves fell to their lowest level in nearly three years in November, official data showed yesterday, with analysts blaming "record" capital outflow on expectations the yuan will depreciate. The country's foreign exchange stockpile, the world's…

The number of subscribers of Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (REB) has reached to 13.6 million people until November, says a press release. In line with the Vision 2021, REB has taken up a number of activities at hand including construction of new power distribution lines to bring the whole population…

AFP, TOKYO: Japan’s market watchdog yesterday said that scandal-hit Toshiba should be slapped with a record $60 million fine over a profit-padding scheme that hammered the reputation of one of Japan’s best-known firms. The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission said it was calling…

AFP, DOHA: Oil prices are not expected to rise next year, the head of French energy giant Total told reporters in Qatar yesterday. “We don’t anticipate a recovery in 2016,” Total CEO Patrick Pouyanne said on the sidelines of the International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC)…

AFP, FRANKFURT: German industrial production increased slightly in October, driven by rising activity in the manufacturing and construction sectors, the economy ministry said yesterday. The ministry calculated that factory output increased by 0.2 per cent in October compared with a month earlier, corrected…

AFP, TOKYO: The dollar rose yesterday as strong US jobs data cleared what analysts said may be the final hurdle to the first Federal Reserve interest rate hike in nearly a decade. Official data Friday showed more than 200,000 new jobs were created in the United States in November, reinforcing the view…

AFP, SYDNEY: Australia will introduce an entrepreneur visa and offer tax breaks for start-ups, the government said yesterday as it tries to unleash an…

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AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Opening a gourmet cafe in a country deep in economic and political hot water might seem risky, but like many foreigners, Australian…

In China, 75 per cent of workers claim their stress levels have risen over the past year, says a recent Regus survey, compared to just 48 per cent …