Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Kyle Haywood has resigned citing health reasons, reports UNB. General…

PTI, New Delhi: Union Human Resource Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday inaugurated the 24th edition of the New Delhi World Book Fair with China as guest of honour country as both nations seek to deepen their ties through cooperation in publishing. The nine-day fair, touted as the largest in Asia is…

Three international sourcing trade shows on RMG industry with participation of around 300 companies from 30 countries will start on January 13. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed will inaugurate the four-day trade show as chief guest in the capital's International Convention Centre, Basundhara, said…

AFP, BEIJING: China’s consumer inflation rate crept higher in December, official data showed Saturday, as the world’s second-largest economy struggles with slower growth. The consumer price index (CPI) -- a main gauge of inflation—rose 1.6 percent last month from a year ago, the National…

AFP, DAMASCUS: In his cramped workshop in Damascus, Mohammad Abdallah delicately etches away at wooden panels inlaid with mother-of-pearl, a craft he…

AFP, NEW YORK: The jackpot for the US Powerball lottery rose to a whopping $1.3 billion (1.19 billion euros) on yesterday after organisers said there…

AFP, CHICAGO: General Motors will be placing a big bet the American public is willing to drive a car built in China when it unveils the Buick Envision…

AFP, TAIPEI: Taiwan's voters, angry at low salaries and unaffordable housing, are set to elect a new president -- but the island's flagging fortunes…

Stock markets opened week flat yesterday when all the price indices were down due to price fall in major securities. The daily turnover, however, remained at satisfactory level as some investors were buying for better positioning, reports BSS. Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) closed the first week of 2016…

PTI, Beijing: The Chinese capital Beijing will shut down 2,500 polluting firms in 2016 in its latest environmental protection efforts to reduce pollution as the city continues to be engulfed by smog most part of the year. The Fengtai, Fangshan, Tongzhou and Daxing districts are required to close 2,500…

AFP, KIEV: Russia has blocked the transit of Ukrainian goods heading to other countries, Kiev officials said Saturday after the two neighbouring nations imposed food embargoes in their mutual trade war. “The transit of Ukrainian goods has not yet begun”, having been blocked since the start…

AFP, THE HAGUE: Dutch Deputy Foreign Minister Lilianne Ploumen will lead a mission to Cuba on Saturday to cement trade links, accompanied by major companies including Philips, Unilever and Heineken, her ministry said. The trip comes hot on the heels of a German trade visit to Cuba this week, as relations…

A three-day international conference on sanitation, SACOSAN-VI will begin today in Dhaka with the aim of accelerating sanitation progress and hygiene…

Kazi Masihur Rahman recently joined Mercantile Bank Ltd as managing director and CEO, says a press release. He is a senior banker with thirty eight years…

BSRM has started to produce 50 mm reinforcing steel only for Padma Bridge, the first largest diameter rebar in Bangladesh on the reinforcing steel platform. This rebar is produced at BSRM steels plant at Fouzderhat, Chittagong “We have gone through a trial production on April 2015 for such higher…