Experts at a seminar yesterday suggested that more inclusive growth can help strengthen the domestic demand of labour intensive industries like-- garments,…

A “Leather Village” will be built in Chittagong to restore the lost glory in the leather industry of the region, said Paban Chowdhury, executive chairman of Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) while addressing as the chief guest in the inauguration programme of “Development…

A three-day exposition titled 'Tea Expo-2017' will begin at the International Convention City, Bashundhara (ICCB) on Thursday. The expo will have…

AFP, DETROIT:  The global auto industry yesterday was bracing for more confrontational tweets from President-elect Donald Trump, with the festive…

AFP, LAS VEGAS:  As technology caters to an ever-younger crowd, developers are creating new tools for infants and their parents, and even aiming at the yet-to-be born. The Consumer Electronics Show, which concluded Sunday, had a "baby tech" zone which included an array of gadgetry for…

AFP, CHENGDU:  At 4:00 am the kettles crackle on a charcoal stove as regulars crowd inside an ancient Chinese temple turned teahouse, a relic in a country being overrun by Starbucks cafes. Wearing a cap and a blue vest, Li Qiang gets up in the middle of the night, as he does every day, to light…

AFP,BEIJING:  US fast-food giant McDonald’s will sell a controlling stake in its China and Hong Kong business for up to $2.08 billion to a…

The broader price index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) yesterday crossed the 5,200-point mark on higher transaction, reports BSS.  DSEX, the major…

AFP, FRANKFURT: Scandal-hit German carmaker Volkswagen said yesterday it increased sales in 2016, despite strong headwinds after it admitted to cheating…

Xinhua, MANILA: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said yesterday that its operations for Asia and the Pacific reached an all-time high of 31.5 billion U.S. dollars in 2016, a 17 per centincrease from 26.9 billion dollars in 2015. The Manila-based bank said approvals of loans, grants, technical assistance,…

Abdul Hamid Miah took the charges of managing director and CEO of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited, the bank said in a statement yesterday. Bangladesh Bank…

AFP, DETROIT: Waymo, the autonomous car subsidiary of Google's parent company Alphabet, announced yesterday at the Detroit auto show that it would develop its self-driving technology with multiple partners, positioning itself as an automotive supplier. CEO John Krafcik also said the company would…

Promotion of information and communication technology (ICT) based audit could be the vital means of combating banking sector fraudulence, reports BSS from Rajshahi. Large-scale application of ICT is also important towards making the banking transactions and other services transparent, time-fitting and…