Bangladesh Bank (BB) has signed separate agreements with 10 more private banks to facilitate fund for a long-term financing under the “Green Transformation Fund for Export-oriented Textile and Textile Products and Leather Manufacturing Industries”, reports BSS. Under the deals, the ten banks…

AFP, LONDON:  Britain will be “just fine” after it leaves the European Union, Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook said in an interview broadcast yesterday. “We are very optimistic about the UK’s future and we are all in,” the CEO of the US tech giant told ITV television…

The government has taken a plan to bring country’s all unions under high speed internet connectivity by 2018, reports BSS. “We have already brought Upazila office under broadband internet connectivity and step has also been taken to bring all unions under digital connectivity,” Director…

Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) has a prospect to create jobs for 303,000 people, of whom 100,000 directly, by bringing total foreign investment worth $1.2 billion by the year 2020, officials of the country’s first-ever private EPZ said, reports BSS. “With the support of the government…

AFP, PARIS:  OPEC countries are complying almost fully with a landmark deal to reduce the global oil glut, but demand is likely to be more vigorous than anticipated this year, the International Energy Agency said yesterday. Under an agreement that came into effect in January, OPEC countries throttled…

The third win power plant of Bangladesh was officially inaugurated yesterday at Kutubdia of Cox’s Bazaar. The other two plants are located in Mohurichar of Feni and Kutubdia of Cox’s Bazaar. A total of 20 turbines, each with 50 watt capacity is installed there to produce one megawatt electricity…

BLURB: World markets surged in the two months after Trump’s November election, buoyed by his promises to slash taxes, hike infrastructure spending…

AFP,WASHINGTON: Twitter shares plunged Thursday as the social network reported sluggish revenue and user growth—its finances sputtering despite increased prominence from President Donald Trump’s extensive use of the platform. Shares sank more than 12 percent to close at $16.41 as investor…

AFP,BEIJING:  Chinese exports surged more than forecast in January, data showed yesterday, in a fresh sign of improvement in the world’s number…

AFP,LONDON:  British consumer health giant Reckitt Benckiser yesterday gobbled US infant and child nutrition specialist Mead Johnson for $16.6 billion in a takeover which targets rapid expansion in Asia. The friendly deal, worth the equivalent of 15.5 billion euros, was pitched at $90 per share…