China will renovate Bangladesh’s largest multipurpose convention centre, Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC), built by China about…

AFP, KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait said yesterday it plans to tap the international debt market through bond issues to finance its budget deficit after recording a first shortfall in 16 years. The oil-rich Gulf state plans to "borrow up to three billion dinars ($10 billion) in US-denominated bonds from international…

XINHUA, HANOIL: A private mini-submarine made by a Vietnamese mechanic went on its first sea trial on Sunday, local media reported. At around 8:00 a.m. local time yesterday (01:00 GMT), the mini- submarine started undergoing its first sea trial in Vietnam’s northeastern waters. The submarine was…

AFP, MOSCOW: The cottage cheese crackles like popcorn, emits a greyish smoke and finally goes up in flames, burning for an impressive ten minutes, like…

AFP, TALLINN: Upwardly-mobile, tech-savvy young professionals across the globe are swapping their briefcases and brogues for backpacks and sneakers, setting themselves up as digital nomads who can operate from wherever their laptops can go. Jobbatical and Teleport, two recent tech startups, promise…

AFP, AIX-EN-PROVENCE: Financial movers and shakers gathered in France on Saturday urged a clear and timely political response to lift the uncertainty…

AFP, ATHENS: Call it the law of unintended consequences—a measure to save Greece from the abyss of a default and crashing out of the eurozone now…