The country’s premier port stepped into its 131st year yesterday. Chittagong port controls 92 per cent of the exports and imports of the country.…

Stocks saw upward trend yesterday as major indices of both Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges were found finishing upward trend with higher transactions of some large-cap securities, reports BSS. Among rising major sectors were insurance and banks. Food and allied and textile were the major lagging…

A seminar titled ‘Renewable Energy, Energy and Water Efficiency in the Textile/Garment Industry’, jointly organised by the Energy Efficiency Engagement (3e) Secretariat in collaboration with the Embassy of Denmark in Dhaka, was held at a hotel in the capital yesterday.  The focus of…

The government has framed a roadmap for complete mechanisation of agriculture sector by 2041 as gradual shift of manual manpower to different sectors exposed agriculture to scarcity of labour force, officials said yesterday, reports BSS. “The farm mechanisation has become indispensable due to…

The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) annual operations exceeded the $30 billion mark for the first time in its 50-year history last year as regional…

During a typical day, we use a variety of applications that, by virtue of their artificial intelligence (AI), automatically understand our speech and provide near-real-time feedback to support decision-making. But is machine learning, one of a number of AI techniques, ready for clinical applications,…

A new global survey reveals that Internet users are increasingly concerned about their online privacy, and that 49 per cent of users polled say lack of…

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has so far received 73 project proposals involving US$ 435 million from export-oriented companies to facilitate long-term financing…

Prof Dr Raihan Hussain, chief medical officer and director of National Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, has been appointed as the member Bio-Science (Current Charge) of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) by a government order issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology…

Emirates won four accolades including Best Airline Worldwide at the ‎Business Traveller Middle East 2017 Awards held on Sunday, says a press release. At a ceremony attended by key travel industry executives, Emirates was also named “Airline with the Best First Class”, “Airline…

The world’s top luxury company LVMH said it plans to take full control of Christian Dior in order to harness the “high growth potential” of “one of the world’s most iconic brands,” whose sales have doubled over the past five years, reports AFP from Paris.  LVMH,…