Standard Life Investment - a major investor in Royal Dutch Shell - has said it will oppose the oil company's proposed takeover of BG Group. It said…

Our journey started about three years ago when we started asking ourselves what we can do to build the startup community. Few of the enthusiastic people from the community gathered and started a conversation about startups. The community came up with an idea to host a 6 day startup event called StartupBash…

AFP, LAS VEGAS: Gadgets galore are letting dog lovers stay connected to their pets even when they can’t take canine companions with them on the…

The upgradation process of e-payment system of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) for enhancing its capacity for accepting large transactions and providing a hassle-free tax payment procedure to the taxpayers is nearing completion, reports UNB. “The software upgradation process for enhancing…

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed urged India to remove tariff and non-tariff barriers for increasing Bangladesh's exports to India, reports BSS. "It is urgent to increase trade cooperation between the two countries by removing the barriers," said the commerce minister who is now in India…

AFP, BRUSSELS: The EU’s anti-trust regulator on Friday cleared FedEx’s 4.4-billion-euro ($4.8 billion) deal to buy Dutch rival TNT Express,…

More websites with local contents should be increase for more internet penetration in the country, speakers said at a dialogue on digital content and connectivity yesterday. “Some 90 per cent of people use internet through mobile phones. So it is essential to increase local contents to get more…

German carmaker Volkswagen has posted its first drop in VW brand sales in 11 years as the company continues to cope with its emissions scandal, reports BBC. Sales of VW brand cars fell 4.8 per cent in 2015 to 5.82 million cars from 6.12 million a year earlier. Falling demand in China and US added to…

Arfan Ali has been promoted to additional managing director of Bank Asia Ltd, the bank said in a statement yesterday.  Prior to the promotion, he…

Hassan O Rashid has been promoted to additional managing director of Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) with effect from January 1, the bank said in a statement yesterday.…

US jobs growth remained solid in December as the economy added 292,000 jobs, beating expectations. The Bureau of Labor Statistics data also showed the jobless rate held at its seven-and-a-half year low of 5 per cent. Professional and business services, construction, health care, and food services all…