Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed announced that the exports of Bangladesh will reach USD 60 billion by the end of the Seventh Five Year Plan. “According to the latest data, the export level has seen a growth rate of 9 per cent this year,” he said at the 'ICC Dialogue on Sustainable development…

AFP, LONDON:  World oil prices recovered further this week, extending a recent fightback thanks to a falling dollar and agreement by producers to meet next month to discuss a global supply glut. Crude futures rallied for a third day running Friday before giving way to some profit-taking, while…

AFP, SAN FRANCISCO:  New iPhone and iPad models likely to be unveiled Monday are aimed at helping Apple keep momentum in the fast-evolving mobile…

AFP, WASHINGTON: Over its 10-year history, Twitter has marked numerous world events and created its own unique moments. Here are a few key milestones in Twitter history: March 2006: Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey (@jack) sent the first tweet, an automated message saying “just setting up my twttr.”…

AFP, TEHRAN:  Iran’s supreme leader said yesterday that the economy must come first, insisting in a Persian new year’s day message that…

Oracle’s earliest customers included the US Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of Defense, organizations focused intensely on security. In more than 30 years in the enterprise software business, Oracle has refined a security strategy that starts with an engineering culture rooted in…

The Rural Electrification Board (REB) has undertaken a project to install 50 lakh prepaid meteres, replacing the electro-magnetic meteres from all Palli Bidyut Samities in the country, reports BSS. “We have taken various projects for the REB to reduce hassle of the customers and bring more rural…

AFP, NEW YORK: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide said Saturday it has signed three hotel deals in Cuba, a first for a US hospitality company since…

AFP, MADRID: This year was supposed to be a good one for Spanish builders but the lack of a government three months after an inconclusive general election has put the brakes on economic activity. “Everything that has to do with construction in this country is blocked,” said Carlos Luaces, …

With the aim of optimising space in eco-friendly manner to have a meaningful life, the three day long architecture symposium ended yesterday. The Bengal…

Tata Steel is in discussion with foreign companies for investments up to Rs 20,000 crore in heavy industries over the next five years at its Special Economic Zone (SEZ) project at Gopalpur in Odisha, reports PTI. "We believe we should be able to get foreign investment between Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000…

M Maksud, managing director of Corona Power Gene-ration Ltd, was elected president of executive committee of the France Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce for 2016-2018.   The election of the chamber was held recently at a local hotel in the capital, says a press release. Also, seventeen executive…

AFP, PARIS: The European Central Bank’s plan to buy corporate bonds to help the eurozone economy is boosting the private-sector debt market which promptly responded with a new record-sized company bond. With interest rates near or below zero and few other monetary policy tools left in its arsenal,…