The first meeting of Bangladesh-Thailand Joint Working Group on Health Services will be held in the capital today, aiming to discuss cooperation in the health services industry, reports UNB. A high-profile 10-member delegation from the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand was scheduled to arrive …

State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Division Tarana Halim yesterday said they would deploy mobile teams to stop the harassment during the…

Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu yesterday said the country has earned $90.11 million exporting different kinds of electric items to several countries in the financial year 2014-5, reports BSS. The industries minister said this in the Jatiya Sangsad while replying to a question from treasury bench…

AFP, PARIS:  The world’s tourism map is being redrawn at lightning speed as holidaymakers switch preferences prompted by terror attacks, epidemics…

AFP, HONG KONG:  Asian stock markets took another battering yesterday, with Tokyo leading a day of sharp losses as investors grow increasingly concerned about the world economy and the possibility of a global recession. More bourses reopened after the Lunar New Year break but immediately plunged…

AFP, TOKYO:  Highschooler Nao Noguchi is a perfect illustration of why Japanese camera sales have plunged the past few years -- she uses her smartphone…

AFP, TOKYO:  The yield on Japan’s benchmark 10-year government bond dipped below zero for the first time this week, offering the topsy-turvy…

German Ambassador in Dhaka Dr Thomas Prinz yesrterday inaugurated the first ‘peer-to-peer’ village grid in Bangladesh, reports UNB. The pilot project, in Shakimali Madborkandi village, Shariatpur, 50km south of Dhaka, successfully demonstrates the SOLbox technology. “This ambitious…

AFP, CAPE TOWN:  An air of gloom hung over Africa’s biggest annual mining conference this week as corporate giants and governments wrestled with boom times gone bust in the wake of China’s downturn. Politicians urged mining firms to limit job losses in economies already facing shrinking…

AFP, LONDON: Oil rebounded on bargain-buying yesterday after the previous day’s plunge but analysts warned any gains would be limited as the global glut showed no sign of letting up. Investors were also nervously awaiting the release later in the day of a report on US stockpiles that is forecast…

AFP, WASHINGTON: An IMF programme to prop up cash-strapped Ukraine’s stricken economy cannot continue without reform by the authorities in Kiev, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde warned yesterday. “Without a substantial new effort to invigorate governance reforms and fight…

AFP, TOKYO: Nissan yesterday said strong North American sales drove it to another surging profit, as the world’s top auto market China shows signs of picking up. The Altima sedan maker said its April-December net profit jumped nearly 34 per cent from a year earlier to 452.8 billion yen ($3.7 billion),…

MetLife Foundation and Swisscontact jointly launched a project titled ‘Financial Inclusion for Readymade Garment Workers in Bangladesh’ at Radius Centre in Gulshan in the capital recently, says a press release. The launch event also featured of a discussion session on financial inclusion,…

Arif Khan has been elected president of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) in its meeting held on Tuesday, says a…

AFP, PARIS: French luxury goods group Hermes warned yesterday that sales growth would probably fall below target this year because of economic and political uncertainties. Hermes’s share price dropped sharply in an early reaction, before being swept higher in a buoyant overall Paris stock exchange.…