A four-day trade show, titled ‘Thailand Week 2016’, begins here on Wednesday, aiming to help expand trade relations between the two countries. Reports UNB. The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), Ministry of Commerce, Thailand and Royal Thai Embassy in Dhaka will jointly…

AFP, ASHGABAT:  Pensioner Anna Kovalyova, 63, would struggle to make ends meet on her pension worth $250 if it was not for the subsidies from the…

AFP, NEW DELHI:  India’s central bank chief on Saturday said “new rules of the game” were needed for monetary policy-making, arguing that greater oversight was crucial in an increasingly integrated global economy. Respected central banker Raghuram Rajan proposed a traffic light-style…

AFP, BERLIN: In a hotel not in a galaxy far, far away, a robot bids you welcome as you pull into the driveway. Another hands out the keycard to your room,…

AFP, SHANGHAI:  With a huge global steel glut and slowing demand in China, an enormous recent spike in the price of iron ore has left analysts scratching…

Stock market opened week mixed yesterday amid lower trade when the broader index fell at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), but rose marginally at Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), reports BSS. The two selective indices at DSE also showed positive trend at the first session of the week. The broader DSEX index…

A robust growth in jute production is expected this season due to farmers’ easy access quality seeds, transfer of know-how from the agriculture extension department (DAE) and fair price for couple of years, official sources said, reports BSS. DAE sources said they have set a target of harvesting…

AFP, LONDON: British finance minister George Osborne warned Sunday of further spending cuts to come in the government budget to be unveiled this week. The chancellor of the exchequer said he needed to find savings by 2020 equivalent to 50 pence in every £100 the government spends. “The world…

PTI, Islamabad: Pakistan’s trade deficit worsened to USD 15.1 billion in the first eight months of the ongoing fiscal year, despite steep decline in global crude oil prices and duty-free status of its exports to the European markets. The trade bulletin on Friday released by Pakistan Bureau of…

Shafiet Wahed and Kazi Md Talha have been promoted as deputy managing directors of NRBC Bank recently, the bank said in a statement yesterday. Wahed started…

Xinhua, BEIJING: China will further ease foreign investors’ access to service and high-end manufacturing sectors, Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng said yesterday. Sectors of finance, education, culture and logistics will be opened wider to foreign capital, and restrictions on high-end manufacturing…

AFP, NEW DELHI: India's market regulator on Saturday announced a clampdown on "wilful defaulters" as the government tackles mounting bad bank loans, days after tycoon Vijay Mallya left the country owing more than $1 billion. Under Indian law, business-owning individuals or firms can be…