State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim yesterday reiterated that biometrically unverified SIMs would be deactivated from May 1 after…

Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) leaders urged the government to lower VAT on construction materials to bring the cost of housing at affordable level. The rate of interest on home loan is too high in our country whereas housing or accommodation is one of our basic needs. The government…

AFP, SHANGHAI: China announ-ced its first-ever “fix” for the gold price yesterday, as the world’s biggest producer and consumer of the yellow metal seeks to establish its own benchmark. The Shanghai Gold Exchange set the price for 99.99 per cent gold at 256.92 yuan ($39.71) per gram,…

AFP, SAN FRANCISCO:  US telecoms giant Verizon has emerged as a leading contender to take over struggling Internet pioneer Yahoo as other big names reportedly drop out, US financial media said ahead of quarterly results yesterday that are expected to show the portal suffering a further sharp drop…

AFP, SAN FRANCISCO:  Streaming television star Netflix saw its shares sink Monday after better-than-expected quarterly earnings were offset by disappointing forecasts for subscriber growth in coming months. California-based Netflix reported profit climbed a bit to $28 million while revenue from…

Stock market suffered sharp fall yesterday, with 205 securities incurring loss among traded 319 issues, reports BSS. The price fall across the board caused 33.78 points loss to the broader index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) that plunged below 4400-point mark on Monday and came further down at 4357.63…

In this present world virtual life has more impact on us than our real life. Virtual life is a life through the lens of technology and real life, the one in which we live in. Smart phones, tabs, iwatch, these have brought the virtual world in our hands. In today’s date social networking has become…

Etihad Airways Partners’ (EAP) $700 million landmark finance transaction in 2015 was recognised with a third key international award after being named ‘Innovative Deal of the Year’ by the prestigious publication, Airfinance Journal, said a press statement. The five-year bond agreement…

AFP, SINGAPORE: Oil prices extended their losses yesterday as disappointment over the failure of talks to freeze output outweighed the possible impact of a strike by oil workers in key producer Kuwait. Prices had plunged early Monday soon after news that the long-awaited meeting of major producers in…