Robi Axiata Ltd (Robi), the second largest mobile phone operator in Bangladesh, witnessed a net loss of Tk 34.2 million in the second quarter of 2016…

Both Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchange on Wednesday suspended share trading of Summit Power due to non-compliance with completion of the company’s…

United Arab Emirate (UAE) has agreed to consider recruitment of trained Bangladeshi construction workers, according to a press release of the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment of Bangladesh, issued here today, reports BSS. Referring to a meeting between Overseas Employment…

HR Kites, a management consulting firm, has launched its brand new product potential evaluation (PE) during a recruitment assessment for a multi-national…

AFP, NEW DELHI: India's government on Wednesday approved plans to ban the booming commercial surrogacy industry, a move that would block thousands…

Many Asian organisations are badly defended against cyber-attacks, a year-long investigation by US security company Mandiant indicates. The median time…

AFP, TAIPEI: Taiwan moved yesterday to toughen its anti-money laundering law after US authorities fined a local bank linked to the so-called Panama Papers scandal. Last week, American regulators fined Taiwan's Mega International Commercial Bank $180 million for showing "flagrant disregard"…

AFP, LONDON: Facebook, Twitter and Google are not doing enough to prevent their social networks from being used by extremists for a recruitment drive, a panel of British MPs said yesterday. Failure to act would lead to the sites becoming "the 'Wild West' of the internet," the Home…

AFP, FRANKFURT: Germany is waking up to the threat of Brexit and could see weaker growth in 2017, analysts said yesterday, after a key business confidence survey showed a sharp decline. The Ifo economic institute's closely-watched index fell to 106.2 in August from its July level of 108.3, reaching…

AFP, MOSCOW: Russia's largest lender Sberbank yesterday announced it almost tripled its profits in the second quarter and predicted further stabilisation of the economy this year despite credit growth slowing. The majority state-controlled bank made a net profit of 145.4 billion rubles ($2.23 billion,…