AFP, NEW DELHI:  Asia is “the world’s most dynamic region” but structural reforms are key given its increasing importance to the…

AFP, BEIJING:  China’s industrial production during the first two months of the year grew at its slowest rate since the global financial crisis,…

AFP, SEOUL:  A Google-developed computer programme won its best-of-five match-up with a South Korean Go grandmaster yesterday, taking an unassailable…

Curbing dependency on foreign expertise in terms of providing information security, Salman F Rahman, vice chairman of Beximco Group, yesterday said that…

Debit and credit cards of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) stopped working from 9am to 3pm yesterday because of a server failure. The bank has a huge subscriber base in the country and frantic customers phoned the SCB call centres after failing to make transactions through their cards. Bitopi Roy Chowdhury,…

A new web portal, ‘Bangladesh Trade Portal’, will officially be launched today to make export and import easier, said a commerce ministry official, reports UNB. The portal, hosted by the commerce ministry, is the first of its kind in South Asia, the official said. The trade portal is a one-stop…

Bangladesh-India Cotton Festival 2016, jointly arranged by Bangladesh Cotton Association (BCA) and Indian Cotton Association Limited (ICAL), was held in the capital yesterday, reports UNB. The event was held in cooperation with the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) and…