Singapore has turned into a center of financial competency in the Southeast Asian region and the government has come forward to take the financial hub…

AFP, NEW YORK: As “Black Friday” kicks off the annual holiday shopping season, US retailers are hopeful in light of stock market records and…

AFP, BERLIN: Germany’s flagship carrier Lufthansa yesterday offered pilots a new wage deal to end a crippling three-day strike that has led to mass…

Bangladesh Bank (BB) expects to get back $30 million more of its heisted reserve from the Philippines within the next two to three months, reports BSS. "Bangladesh has already retrieved approximately $15.25 million from the Philippines. We are expecting to get back $30 million more within next…

AFP, NEW DELHI: India’s Tata Steel removed Cyrus Mistry as chairman of its board Friday, as uncertainty grows over the fate of its huge loss-making…

Aiming to bring the tourist city of Cox’s Bazar under the railway network, the construction work on 100.83-km Dohazari-Ramu-Cox’s Bazar single line dual gauge rail track will begin in June next, according to official sources, reports UNB. To implement the rail link project, they said, one…

The South Asia Regional Public Procurement Network (SAPPN), with Asian Develop-ment Bank, The World Bank, and Procurement iNET, has launched South Asia Procure-ment Innovation Awards 2016-17, reports UNB. The key objective of the awards is to enhance learning and knowledge sharing from…

Charu Ceramic Ind Ltd of Bangladesh, a sister concern of Great Wall Ceramic Ind Ltd, signed a MoU with Siam Sanitary Ware Co Ltd, a leading sanitary ware manufacturer of Thailand, to produce world famous COTTO brand products in Bangladesh, a press statement said yesterday. “Considering the demand…

Mahindra Comviva, a global leader in providing mobility solutions, yesterday announced that it is aiming at achieving two-fold business growth over the next three years.  To achieve the next growth phase, the company has invested in a mobile first, data enabled and contextually relevant,…

AFP, BEIJING: Lego’s first Asian factory opened in China Friday, the company said, a year after the Danish firm found itself embroiled in controversy over refusing to sell toy bricks to provocative Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. Only the fifth Lego factory in the world, the plant in eastern Zhejiang…

HATIL, a premium Furni-ture brand, is offering tour package for married couple. Starting from today, the campaign will offer one lucky couple (2 persons) a free honeymoon round trip to any destination on earth of their choice, says a press release.  Besides, every week 6 lucky couples (12 persons)…