The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Expatriates’ Welfare and Oversees Employment Ministry yesterday came up with a recommendation for quick initiatives to ensure manpower export to Malaysia in line with the recent government-to-government plus (G2G+) agreement, reports BSS. The recommendation…

The 100KM four-lane highway, to be constructed at a cost of Tk 700 crore, from Sirajganj to Panchagarh via Gaibandha along the western embankment of river Jamuna, will be implemented soon. Work has begun to reclaim around 6.5 square kilometer area under the Jamuna river. There is also a plan to recover…

AFP, SINGAPORE: Yo-yoing currencies, spiralling inflation and plunging commodity costs are shaking up the rankings of the world’s most expensive…

AFP, FRANKFURT: With inflation now back in negative territory and the economic outlook clouding over, the European Central Bank is widely expected to give the eurozone another “adrenaline shot” of stimulus measures at its policy meeting yesterday, analysts said. Moves announced by the ECB…

AFP, Malawi: It has never taken off, and could well be a death trap, but a homemade helicopter built in Malawi is drawing crowds captivated by its creator’s…

AFP, JAIPUR: Auto giant Hero unveiled a new $125 million design centre in India yesterday, complete with 10 miles (16 kilometres) of test track and giant…

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Alison Blake said the skill agenda is tremendously important for Bangladesh, as it seeks to keep pace with countries like China and India in the global garment trade and construction industry, reports UNB. “With a growing, young population, the country has…

PRAN, a processed food company in Bangladesh, has started exporting potato to Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, setting the export target for this year at 40,000 tonnes. "We started exporting the vegetable as per their (buyers of the three countries) demand from this week," said Mizanur Rahman,…

Walton, a local manufacturer of electronics products, is set to enter into Nigerian market, the company said in a statement yesterday. Delegation from J&K Walton Technologies NIG Ltd has already completed the import procedures at Walton Group’s head office in the capital recently. The three-member…

Bangladesh has been elected as a host country for arranging “World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT)-2021, the largest event of the world in information technology, reports BSS. At a meeting, World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) yesterday selected Bangladesh to host…

UC Browser has joined hands with Twitter and Microsoft Bing to provide a mobile gateway to all things cricket, says a press release. The browser is a flagship product with 30 per cent market share in Bangladesh (according to StatCounter) from UCWeb, a business within Alibaba Mobile Business Group. Ahead…

AFP, NEW YORK: Volkswagen’s straight-talking US chief Michael Horn has quit the automaker as it struggles with the fallout of a massive pollution cheating scandal, a decision that caught the industry by surprise. The departure of Horn, the 54-year-old car executive who made headlines worldwide…