Against the backdrop of dissatisfaction of mobile phone subscribers on quality of services Bangladesh Tele-communication Regulatory Commission (BTRC)…

State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki yesterday sought healthcare facilities for women garments workers for increased productivity for the RMG sector, which earns the highest foreign currency for the country, reports BSS. "More than 80 per cent RMG workers are female…

Bangladesh and India signed yesterday a financing agreement for the construction of India-Bangladesh Friendship building at the Bangladesh Police Academy,…

National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Md Nojibur Rahman said overall revenue earnings have gone up due to the activities of the reconstituted anti-smuggling central taskforce in the country, reports BSS. "Export-import in legal channels has witnessed a rise as the taskforce has increased its…

AFP, NAIROBI: Japan will pour $30 billion of investments into Africa by 2018, including $10 billion in infrastructure development, Prime Minister Shinzo…

AFP, MOSCOW: Four months after taking the helm of struggling Russian automobile giant Avtovaz, Renault executive Nicolas Maure has set his sights on returning…

AFP, NEW YORK: One of the world's premier electronic music festivals is expanding to India, seeing a major new market in the billion-plus country…

AFP, SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook said it is further automating its “trending” stories feature, a move that will scale back human input to prevent…

Stock markets extended loss to open week yesterday when majority of issues traded closed in red amid lower participation, reports BSS. All the indices at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ended in negative territory, with DSEX losing 19.71 points to 4534.55, DS30 7.20 points to 1740 and DSES 4.08 points to…

AFP, NAIROBI: The UN yesterday urged African nations to close a gender gap that is costing an estimated $95 billion (84 billion euros) a year in lost economic potential. “Where there are high levels of gender inequality, societies are missing out,” UN Development Fund (UNDP) director Helen…

AFP, BERLIN: Germany's vice chancellor and economy minister Sigmar Gabriel said yesterday that negotiations on a massive trade between the European…

Bharti Airtel has announced its 'India with Airtel’ suite of services that brings all of its telecom and connectivity solutions under one roof, to meet the needs of global companies looking to set up business in India, reports The Economic Times from New Delhi. 'India with Airtel'…

AFP, SAN FRANCISCO: The on-demand car ride service Uber lost at least $1.27 billion in the first half of this year, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing sources close to the matter. As a private company, San Francisco-based Uber is not obliged to disclose details of its financial performance, however,…

Positioned as a major investment destination to the world, India is targeting to increase its bilateral trade with the US to $500 billion from current levels of over $100 billion, in the near term, reports The Economic Times. According to a recent joint report by PwC and Indo American Chamber of Commerce…

Mohammed Shams-Ul Islam recently joined Agrani Bank Ltd as its managing director and CEO, the bank said in a statement yesterday.  Prior to the joining,…

Ataur Rahman yesterday joined Rupali Bank Ltd as its managing director and CEO, the bank said in a statement. Prior to the joining, he was serving `Probashi…

Property-based mobile application ‘pbazaar’ has been launched which intends to make searching for home or properties easy, a press statement said yesterday. This app has been launched by online real estate marketplace, pbazaar.com. pbazaar app can easily be installed on any android compatible…