The primary problem with Waste-to-Energy (W2E) in Bangladesh lies in finding appropriate technology, not in bureaucratic red tape or financial assistance, asserted the adviser for energy to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, yesterday. During a seminar on W2E, organised on the…

AFP, LONDON: A referendum on whether Britain should leave the European Union would create economic uncertainty, IMF chief Christine Lagarde said in a…

Some 150 new entrepreneurs will get down to business as they received entrepreneurship training provided by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in collaboration with the Bangladesh Employers’ Federation (BEF). The group received certificates at a ceremony held at the BEF to mark their…

AFP, FRANKFURT: Beleaguered German auto giant Volkswagen yesterday said that worldwide sales of its own-brand VW cars slid 2.4 per cent in November and the figure for the whole of 2015 was likely to fall short of last year’s level, as well. VW said in a statement it sold 496,100 VW-brand cars…

Bangladesh has won the Child and Youth Finance International (CYFI) Country Award 2015 from Asia and the Pacific region for massive financial inclusion activities, particularly in the area of Bangladesh Bank’s school banking, reports BSS. Launched in 2010 by the central bank, school banking has…

AFP, NEW DELHI: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will look to seal a deal on building India's first bullet train after he arrived in New Delhi yesterday…

AFP, LONDON: Global oil prices tanked yesterday close to seven-year lows on oversupply woes, sparking a fresh wave of selling across European stock markets as panicked investors fled the energy sector. Crude, which has slumped since OPEC left its oil output at a record high level last week, took another…

AFP, BEIJING: Trading in the shares of Chinese conglomerate and Club Med owner Fosun International was suspended yesterday, amid reports that its billionaire…

AFP, MOSCOW: Russia yesterday officially launched its own rating agency as it seeks to counterbalance the influence of Western agencies which have taken a pessimistic line on the country's crisis-hit economy. "Upon completion of the state registration of a legal entity, Analytical Credit Rating…

AFP, SHANGHAI: China will merge two of its biggest state-owned shipping companies, official media reported yesterday, as the government seeks to reform lumbering public companies to try to bolster growth. The State Council, China's cabinet, approved the restructuring of China Ocean Shipping Group,…

Ford says it will invest $4.5bn (£3bn) to expand its fleet of plug-in and hybrid electric vehicles, and will start selling 13 new electric models by 2020, reports BBC. That will include a new Ford Focus that charges more quickly and has a longer range, the US car giant said. It also intends to…

 AFP, NEW DELHI: Japanese auto maker Honda said Thursday it was recalling around 90,000 units of two of its diesel car models in India over a potential defect in a fuel pipe. Honda Cars India, the company's Indian arm, ordered the recall of 64,428 units of its Honda City sedan and 25,782 units…