Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim yesterday informed parliament that over 98 per cent of the demand for medicines is being met by local production, and that locally produced drugs are now being exported to some 127 countries across the globe, reports UNB. "Due to the sincerity and…

Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed has urged India to remove all tariff and non-tariff trade barriers to enable Bangladesh increase exports to the neighbouring…

The country’s economists and development workers yesterday put emphasised on increasing the budget for social safety net programme. The present social safety net programmes of Bangladesh are facing various challenges. Though a substantial amount of national budget is spent on safety net programme,…

State minister for labour and employment Mujibul Haque said Bangladesh has planned to increase the export of readymade garment (RMG) to US$50 billion in 2021from the existing US$28 billion, reports BSS. "Our garment industries are known as green one in the world and the government has been working…

AFP, HONG KONG: The dollar dipped yesterday in Asia as investors brushed off another record Wall Street close and upbeat US data while the rally in stock markets stuttered. Another positive assessment of the US economy and reassurance over tax reform from President Donald Trump was not enough to spur…

AFP, BEIJING: China is experiencing its deadliest outbreak of the H7N9 bird-flu strain since it first appeared in humans in 2013, killing 79 people in…

AFP, BONN: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson makes his diplomatic debut at a G20 gathering in Germany yesterday, where his counterparts hope to find out what "America First" means for the rest of the world. Host nation Germany has billed the two-day meeting as a chance for the club of leading…

AFP, SEOUL: The scion of South Korean giant Samsung appeared in court yesterday as judges deliberate a second attempt by prosecutors to arrest him over…

AFP, SAN FRANCISCO: President Donald Trump has vowed to improve cyber attack defense, but security experts meeting this week say a fractious domestic and international political landscape could hamstring efforts to improve internet security. As the White House mulls an executive order on cybersecurity…

Stocks finished the week yesterday upward trend with rising participation of investors particularly around large-cap stocks reflecting the daily turnover, reports BSS. The trade value at DSE increased to Tk 1,062.76 crore from last week Tk 913.55 crore while the trade volume also rose to 29.32 crore…

AFP, COLOMBO: Google's venture to beam the internet to remote areas of the world via balloon has hit a legal snag in Sri Lanka that could see the…

Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) will stage the 2nd "Technology Based Business Model Workshop" at its IFST auditorium on March 11, reports BSS. Science and Technology Affairs Minister Architect Yeafesh Osman is expected to join the inaugural function as the…

Kuwait Airways is increasing the capacity for its flights to/from Dhaka following the demand of inter-connecting services linking North America and Europe, a press statement said.  The airways is going to increase the frequencies of flights from daily flights to nine flights during a week, the…

AFP, SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Wednesday began letting businesses in the US or Canada post jobs and take applications from jobseekers, posing a challenge to Microsoft-owned LinkedIn. The platform's users will be able to find help-wanted posts at business pages on Facebook or by looking in a new…

AFP, VIENNA: Austria’s defence ministry will sue European giant Airbus over alleged corruption and bribery linked to a controversial $2 billion sale of Eurofighter jets, an official said yesterday. The country's largest-ever defence deal has been plagued by scandals from the very start. "We…

AFP, SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo said Wednesday it was notifying some users that hackers may have been able to use a maneuver to break into their accounts without stealing passwords. The latest notifications were in response to the record breach disclosed late last year affecting an estimated one billion users…