State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim yesterday said biometric SIM verification has no correlation with spoofing, a computer apps-based technology that is now being resorted for mobile phone-based crimes.    “After completion of biometric SIM verification, miscreants…

Bangladesh has urged the United Kingdom (UK) to withdraw the temporary embargo imposed on direct air cargo transportation to the UK from Bangladesh, reports BSS. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon made the request as British high commissioner Alison Blake called on him at his secretariat…

A two-member team of Bangladesh Bank (BB) went to Manila on Monday to bring back US$15.25 million of the total $101 million heist money stolen from the central bank's account with the New York Federal Reserve Bank in February this year. "The team will work on a process to bring back $15.25…

AFP, PARIS: The OPEC cartel warned yesterday that the oil industry needs to step up investments to guarantee sufficient supply as low prices  stimulate…

 AFP, BEIJING: Chinese exports sank for a seventh consecutive month in October, data showed yesterday, as weak global demand dealt a blow to the…

AFP, TEHRAN: Iran signed a deal with France’s Total yesterday to develop a major offshore gas field, its first big contract with a Western energy…

AFP, HONG KONG: Most Asian markets extended gains on hopes Hillary Clinton will beat Donald Trump in yesterday’s presidential election but traders…

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said the auction for mobile number portability (MNP) will be held after minor changes to the guidelines of MNP. The regulator, however, said it would not be possible to launched MNP services within this year.  BTRC is going to change the…

The British government is set to announce a ban on the water pollutant known as “microbeads” after a long campaign by environmentalists. Microbeads are solid plastic particles.  They are found in some toothpastes, body scrubs and other cosmetics and give products a “speckled”…

Share transaction at the Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges went up further yesterday with maintaining a rising trend of the major price indices of the both bourses, reports BSS. The higher activates in DSE pushed the trade value to Tk 643.70 crore which was higher than the previous session of the…

Jon Eddy, head of Emerging Markets, VimpelCom, Banglalink’s parent company along with  Zunaid Ahmed Palak, state minister for ICT, visited country’s first digital incubator centre at Janata Tower in the capital on Monday, a press statement said. The ICT division established the tower…

AFP, TOKYO: Toyota said yesterday its April-September net profit dived 25 per cent, hit by a sharp rally in the yen and as North American vehicle sales fell again, but it upgraded its full-year outlook. The world's biggest vehicle maker reported a net profit of 946.1 billion yen ($9.1 billion) in…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: The Brazilian government froze Rio de Janeiro state’s bank accounts Monday, ordering the struggling state to pay up on $53 million in overdue debt. Rio, one of the states hardest hit by a deep recession in Brazil, “is blocked from making any kind of payment until the…

AFP, DUBAI: Hyperloop One signed an agreement with Dubai on Tuesday to "evaluate" the building of the world's first near-supersonic hyperloop transport system in the Gulf emirate. "We are here today to sign a historic agreement with our partners from (the Dubai) Road and Transport…