AFP, NEW YORK:  World stocks were little changed Friday as a global rally ran out of steam, leaving investors reluctant to place any firm bets ahead…

AFP, MILAN:  Troubled airline Alitalia on Friday presented trade unions with plans to cut over 2,000 jobs and slash salaries by up to a third under a cost-cutting survival plan. Unions said the job cuts would total more than 2,400, nearly a fifth of the company’s global headcount, while the…

AFP,HONG KONG:  Soulless supermalls housing luxury labels, traditional suit tailors, and markets full of cheap designer knock-offs, Hong Kong’s…

Bangladesh and Russia have initialed a draft agreement on spent fuel management of Rooppur nuclear power plant (RNPP) project, reports UNB. According to a press statement, issued by Russian contractor Rosatom, both sides-Dhaka and Moscow-singed the initial draft on March 15 in Dhaka. "The two sides…

The month-long the 25th Chittagong International Trade Fair (CITF) begins from today in the city’s Railway Pologround with a view to promoting domestic products in the international markets. Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) President Mahbubul Alam disclosed this at a press conference…

Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday called for diversifying products for expanding export market in the world with a view to making Bangladesh a middle-income country. "Readymade garment (RMG) is our main export product. The export volume of the product has increased gradually, which is good…

AFP,WASHINGTON:  Manufacturing output posted its sixth straight increase in February, but unseasonably warm weather again dragged down utilities, keeping total industrial production flat in the month, the Federal Reserve reported Friday. Multiple manufactured product lines saw increases of one…

AP/UNB, Baden-Baden: Financial officials from the world's biggest economies are struggling to define a common stance on trade in the face of the Trump administration's insistence that cross-border commerce must be "fair" as well as "free." Finance ministers from the Group…

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has planned to reward the families whose all eligible members submit income tax return, reports BSS. "To motivate people for submitting income tax return, we've mulled to introduce tax-paying family award for those with all eligible members paying tax,"…

The "National Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Fair-2017" scheduled to be concluded today, gets one day extension and will now continue till tomorrow, reports BSS. SME foundation took the decision in line with the stakeholders demand including sellers and buyers, said a press release. SME…

Xinhua, BEIJING: Some 373 million rural Chinese residents made payments by mobile banking apps in 2016, an increase of 35 per cent, according to central bank data. Transactions totaled 23.4 trillion yuan (3.4 trillion US dollars), up 71 per cent. The number of transactions jumped by 62 percent to 5.1…