The government has adopted a cyber-security declaration 2017 asking organisations to develop actionable cyber security roadmaps to be approved and monitored by the top management, reports BSS. The declarations signed by State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak released on Thursday has been prepared…

Bangladesh Telecommuni-cations Company Limited (BTCL) is incurring a loss of around Tk 30 crore every month although the government has injected enough…

In a bid to provide top notch immigration services to people looking to settle abroad, Amazon Immegration Service opened its Dhaka office yesterday. Imam Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury, former advisor the Caretaker Government inaugurated the Dhaka office located at Banani. Nasir A Chowdhury, chairman of Green…

AFP, FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Unemployment in Germany hit a new record low in March, official data showed yesterday, as Europe’s largest economy continues to defy economic uncertainty with a strong performance. The out-of-work figure fell to 5.8 percent this month, the Federal Labour Agency said, beating…

AFP, HONG KONG:  Asian markets sank yesterday as the quarter drew to a close, with dealers ignoring better-than-expected US economic growth data,…

AFP, LAGOS: Nigeria’s central bank has made moves to strengthen the naira currency to boost domestic manufacturing and lift the economy out of recession caused by the slump in global oil prices. But analysts said the measures do not go far enough and foreign investment would only return to Africa’s…

AFP,MEERUT:  Not a buffalo in sight as businessman Haji Shadab paced the silent abattoir, his meat shipments indefinitely on hold as India reels…

AFP, SHANGHAI: Bad-loan concerns at China’s big banks eased in 2016 despite flat earnings growth, the companies said this week, but analysts warn asset-quality problems in the world’s second-largest economy could worsen next year. Bank of China, the country’s main foreign exchange…