The government has lifted its ban imposed on the export of raw jute with effect from April 3, reports UNB. The Textiles and Jute Ministry issued a circular…

Regent Airways, one of the leading airlines in Bangladesh has added in its fleet a new Boeing 737-800 aircraft which will start flying to Oman from April 7, a new Middle East destination, said a press release here. The new Boeing arrived at Dhaka Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on early Thursday…

A High Court (HC) bench yesterday suspended election schedule of the Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) for one month, reports UNB. A HC bench comprising Justice Obaidul Hasan and Justice Krisna Devnath passed the order after hearing a writ petition. M Abdullah, owner…

The government yesterday reduced the registration fees of motorcycle through re-fixing its rate, reports UNB. Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) issued a notification in this regard. According to the notification, the owners of 100cc motorcycles (weighing 90 kg without fuel) will have to pay…

Bangladesh Fuel Distributors Association and Khulna Tank Lorry Owners Association observed a seven-hour strike from 6.00am yesterday at 10 districts in Khulna division to realize their seven point demands, reports BSS. President of Khulna division fuel distributors association Abdul Gaffar said the…

AFP, HONG KONG:  The dollar extended a recent recovery yesterday and Japanese stocks climbed as a better-than-expected jump in US growth raised the…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO:  Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is raising hackles after warning that the mega Petrobras corruption…

Battered by last year’s killer quakes and subsequent crippling border stir, Nepal’s tourism industry is banking heavily on Indian tourists for sustained growth in its main forex earner, reports PTI. According to officials from travel and tourism sector here, the quake in April, 2015 and…

AFP, PARIS:  It took a decade to get to the negotiating table, and it could easily take another to finish the job, but UN talks in New York to safeguard…

Stock markets yesterday faced a steep fall due to mounting sell pressure in small and large-cap securities, taking the broader indices at the country's twine stock exchanges to several months low, reports BSS. Investors, however, were not much active in buying despite the sell pressure, capping…

The government to honour the first ever President’s Award to 12 industrial units tomorrow. The purpose of the award is to inspire all the industrial units to expedite the country’s industrial development and create more jobs, reports UNB. This is going to be the first such award recognising…

People from northern rural areas of Bangladesh can overcome lean season if they are provided with stipends for migration to work seasonally in urban centers, according to a research work by the Copenhagen Consensus Center, think tank that researches and publishes solutions for the world's biggest…

AFP, SINGAPORE: Oil prices edged up in Asia yesterday, recovering slightly from last week’s decline, but analysts said traders would likely delay any big moves until next month’s meeting of key producers. Hopes for an agreement between Russia, Saudi Arabia and other crude giants to at least…

AFP, TOKYO: Japan’s NTT Data said yesterday it had agreed to buy computer giant Dell’s IT service operations for $3.0 billion in a bid to expand in North America. The Tokyo-based IT firm, a unit of Japan’s former telephone monopoly NTT, said it will absorb about 28,000 employees with…

AFP, TOKYO: The dollar climbed against the yen and euro in Asia as an upward revision of US economic growth increased the chances of another Federal Reserve interest rate hike. The greenback suffered heavy losses earlier this month after the US central bank lowered its forecasts for tightening borrowing…

AFP, WASHINGTON: US consu-mer spending edged higher in February as income growth slowed and consumer prices fell slightly, according to official data released Monday that suggested tepid expansion in the economy. Consumer spending, which accounts for about two-thirds of the activity in the US economy,…