AFP, BEIJING:  The new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will boost investment in the region while contributing to “fairer” global…

AFP, CARACAS: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro admitted before a hostile legislature Friday that the oil-rich nation is mired in a “catastrophic”…

AFP, SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon said Friday it has taken the first steps to begin maritime shipping operations, adding to its already vast arsenal of logistical operations. The company confirmed to AFP that it had registered with the US Federal Maritime Commission to operate via a Chinese subsidiary Beijing…

Telecom regulator has set nine benchmarking criteria in the revised mobile number portability (MNP) guideline to evaluate an operator for the service, reports BSS. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has adopted the changes in the guideline to make the MNP operator appointing process…

Women entrepreneurs are producing quality fibre and various household products from pineapple leaves in Madhupur upazila of Tangail. Vanity bags, ornament…

With a view to creating skilled manpower in the shipbuilding sector, government has taken an initiative to train up 10,000 people within next three years. Ministry of Finance inked a deal with Association of Export Oriented Shipbuilding Industries of Bangladesh (AEOSIB) in Chittagong yesterday to implement…

AFP, NEW YORK: The US dollar fell against the euro and yen Friday as US data and comments from the Federal Reserve pointed to falling inflation expectations. The dollar slipped to $1.0916 per euro and to 116.96 yen at about 2200 GMT. The move came after the US retail sales data for December showed weakness…