The employees of Airtel who accepted voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) would get the full payment within 60 days of amalgamation of Robi-Airtel, according to BTRC commission meeting minutes.        The merged entity would start the payment from the first day of amalgamation, as it…

The fifth edition of Bangladesh Denim Expo 2016, which ended in the capital yesterday, explored the latest in trends and advances in fabrics and technologies…

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said Bangladesh could export world-class products to Sri Lanka at low price if the country signs free trade agreement (FTA), reports BSS. “Sri Lanka would be benefited if it imports products like RMG, pharmaceuticals, cement, paper from Bangladesh,” he said…

Air India Express introduces low cost flight services from Dhaka to Kolkata, with convenient onward connection to Singapore with effect from November 20, says a press release. On the Dhaka-Kolkata sector flight IX 911 will depart Dhaka at 7.30 pm and arrive in Kolkata at 7.50 pm. (local time). This…

AFP, HONG KONG:  Share markets plunged yesterday and the dollar tumbled against the yen and the euro as Donald Trump was elected US president, in…

AFP, NEW DELHI: India’s government tried to quell the panic yesterday caused by a bombshell decision to withdraw 500 and 1,000 rupee notes from…

AFP, LISBON: It staged one of the year’s biggest IPOs but messaging app Line, while a huge draw among teens in Asia, says it has no big ambitions…

AFP, LISBON:  The Nissan-Renault alliance aims to offer Chinese drivers a new electric car costing just $8,000 within two years, chief executive…

Stocks finished yesterday lower after previous two consecutive days upward trend as major sectors closing the session with falling trend at both the Dhaka and Chittagong Stock exchanges, reports BSS. Among the falling major sectors were pharmaceutical and chemical, engineering and food and…

AFP, BRUSSELS: The European Union yesterday edged up its eurozone growth forecast for this year but trimmed it for 2017, warning that the economy faced new challenges due to Brexit and rising inequality. Brussels also nearly halved its economic growth outlook for Britain itself next year due to uncertainty…

Ferdous Mottakin, CEO of VISA Thing, shared his sagacity about the perils Bangladeshi people face while searching for visa information of African,…

AFP, PARIS: French regulators slapped an 80-million-euro ($88 million) fine on the Altice telecoms group on Tuesday for merging two mobile units before receiving authorisation. The French Competition Authority said the fine was the stiffest ever “in Europe and the world” for this type of…

AFP, FRANKFURT: German energy giant EON yesterday said it had booked a loss of 6.4 billion euros in the third quarter after massively overvaluing its fossil fuels spin-off Uniper. Uniper made its debut on the stock market in September where it has been trading at about a third the value estimated by…

AFP, DUBAI: Dubai was to inaugurate a water canal yesterday after a three-year construction project costing $735 million, in a fresh boost for tourism and commerce in the booming Gulf city state. The Dubai Water Canal creates a 6.4-kilometre (four-mile) waterfront in the area running from the city’s…